writing lessons - Patrice Sarath

Writing lessons — punctuation

It occurred to me I hadn’t done one of these in a while. Sorry about that. This installment is a simple one, but it came to mind because one of the students at the workshop was having difficulty with it. A poorly punctuated manuscript will be thrown out by an Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 yearsSeptember 10, 2009 ago

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Armadillocon wrap-up

Armadillocon was quite fun — kudos to all the organizers! What a weekend. Scott Lynch, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, was guest of honor, and it was just fantastic to meet him. Joan D. Vinge and James Frenkel were there — talk about the lions of the SF Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 years ago

Gordath Wood

Writing lessons — hide the ball

Beginners often don’t know what information to reveal and what information to hide. Especially in science fiction and fantasy, writers have to set up a world as well as characters and a plot (which makes me wonder why mainstream literature underestimates SF/F so badly, but there you go). While we Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 years ago