manuscripts - 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, 16 yearsSeptember 10, 2009 ago

Gordath Wood

Writing lessons — full tilt boogie

As you might have noticed, I’ve been racking up the word count lately. This is unusual, because normally my output is about 200-300 words per day. Part of it is a self-imposed deadline, but part is a sort of frenetic energy that I’m expressing in words. When I wrote Gordath Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 16 yearsMay 1, 2009 ago