From literary fiction to The Leftovers, writer Patrick...



From literary fiction to The Leftovers, writer Patrick Somerville describes being adrift in the world of TV

My sense of storytelling, however, has hopefully gotten a little
sharper. My sense of the importance of scenes, too. It’s funny—you can
write a whole book without a real scene in it. Narration can be that
powerful, for better or for worse. It can blur the story as much as it
tells it. For a writer like me, I think my work is better when I’m
standing to the side and not somehow trying to interpret it in real time
through the narration. Working in TV has reminded me to get out of the
way.

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