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Patrice Sarath

Gordath Wood

Writing lessons — avoiding the action catalog

Words: 0 Bad author, no cookie! One of the dangers  if you will of showing rather than telling, is that you can become mired in the action catalog. This is sentence after sentence that detail, often excruciatingly, what the protagonist is doing second by second. Miranda hit the snooze button Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 years ago
Gordath Wood

Word count — closing in on The End

Words: 850 (yesterday 1,375) Music: None, unless you count the noise of the fan. Music to my ears, anyway The project is almost finished. I estimate I am around 5,000 words from the end, maybe fewer. I will finish on schedule or as near to it as possible, and after Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 yearsMay 27, 2009 ago
the writing life

Mammoth Book Invite

Words: 1,785 Music: Eklektikos on KUT. Austinites have a love-hate relationship with John Aielli. Luckily, he was on vacation today, and the replacement DJ is a lot less irksome.  Note to Slaid Cleeves: While naming your new CD “Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away” shows you know your audience, I hope you Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 yearsMay 25, 2009 ago

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