Copywriting MASTER CLASS from 350 Million Man James Patterson

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by GordonJ

The 70% I believe are newer numbers as he's added more female collaborators to his group. I like that he admits he doesn't enjoy writing the sentences, but is more of a broad stroke outline type writer.

Art of War has several new TODAY strategies, like the Higher Ground approach.

I don't read much fiction these days, I could never read S. KING although my ex read it at bedtime every night. When she was reading Cujo, I used to growl in the middle of the night...got a cuddle one way or the other. HA

I mention King because he has been a vocal critic of Patterson and doesn't think much of him as a writer...but I'm sure we can all learn from
Patterson's methods.

Similar to sculptors, who had their co-workers carve out the stone, and they (Big Name) put the finishing touches on it, and got the bigger bux too.

Hi Gordon,

I agree that James Patterson has a unique approach, from what I've read (not having done the course.)

I believe he writes an outline of the story, and another writer "fleshes it out"... Something like that, anyhow, I believe!

It's pretty smart. A way to churn out a lot more books for his fans than he could possibly write on his own...

You're right, we can learn from this technique!

I know James Patterson comes from an advertising background. Perhaps this is more-or-less what they did at his ad agency.

Best wishes,

Dien