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

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

Gordath Wood

ApolloCon workshop — thoughts on cleverness

Here at last are the photos from the workshop. Alexis Glynn Latner and I took turns taking pictures with the class. Myself and students. Alexis and students. Thanks again for a wonderful workshop. Okay, on to the important stuff. On vacation, I thought a lot about the workshop and what Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 17 years ago