#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 4: What's a sure sign an author is a master of their craft?'nWhenever you read a new book/story by this author, it still manages to surprise you.'n(Consider Terry Pratchett as an example.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 4: What's a sure sign an author is a master of their craft?

Whenever you read a new book/story by this author, it still manages to surprise you.

(Consider Terry Pratchett as an example. He managed to write 40-something Discworld books without becoming repetitive or formulaic. It's easy to write a series that follows a set template: it's much harder to avoid pandering to the reader's preconceptions.)