[petitfour]

Funny. My husband doesn’t think Patterson writes his own books much less the one written with the Bubba. lol

[nurees]

He actually doesn’t. He writes many but when you see him writing with someone else, it’s a collaboration or he had the idea for the plot.

[reformedliberal]

...doesn’t think Patterson writes his own books much less the one written with the Bubba.
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Patterson sells Masterclasses in formula writing. Writers have stated for decades about what it’s like to work for Patterson. It sounds like a novel factory. But it works.

I’ve tried a few of his novels in the past. I’m especially disgusted by his one-sentence *chapters*, but his students, who pay A LOT for the privilege, write ecstatically about what they learned.

FWIW: Patterson writes outlines and scene-by-scene synopsis and others fill it out to specification. Patterson has final editorial control.