--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Guthrie" <allan@...> wrote:
> Millions of people, however, buy him for the quality of his stories.
> Patterson's admitted that he's not particularly good at the
> putting-the-words-together part, but then lots of great prose stylists
> aren't that hot at the storytelling part.
The guy farms out his writing and you don't think he sucks? If he's
not good at putting together the words, then he should be called an
inventor or a manager, not a writer. Stories are a dime a dozen, it's
putting them together in prose that makes literature. Mind you, I have
not read Patterson so I can't comment on his prose. I'm just reacting
to your description.
Best,
mrt
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