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Patrick Carman
American
Writer
Born:
Feb 27
,
1966
Book
Love
Me
People
Think
You
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
Patrick Carman
Good
You
Kids
Focused
Tell
Totally
Good Story
Listen
Common
Story
Multitasking
I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen.
Patrick Carman
Writing
Remember
School
Seen
Thinking
Back
Books
Way
High
High School
About
Fact
Written
Got
Lot
In Fact
Stories
Ever
Dozens
I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.
Patrick Carman
Degree
College
Economics
Took
Courses
English
I travel to a lot of schools, and I see firsthand that while we do still have a lot of traditional readers, we don't have as many as we used to. And we're missing an awful lot of kids entirely... Do I want to get rid of the Internet? Obviously, I don't want that because of all the amazing things it brings.
Patrick Carman
Travel
Amazing
Internet
Kids
See
Entirely
Missing
Schools
Obviously
Readers
Because
Firsthand
Still
Traditional
Amazing Things
Lot
Get
Want
While
Used
Rid
Many
Awful
Awful Lot
Things
Brings
I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops... I learned to type on an actual typewriter.
Patrick Carman
Phones
Cell Phones
Type
Typewriter
Relic
Learned
Were
Lot
Cell
Sixteen
Different
Fifteen
Laptops
Actual
Things
When I was a kid, I used to love it when one of my friends would jump out from behind a door and try to scare me. I always did the same thing in response.
Patrick Carman
Love
Me
Try
Same Thing
Kid
Out
Response
Would
Scare
Always
Jump
Friends
Did
Same
Behind
Door
To Love
Used
Thing
'Skeleton Creek' is like nothing you've ever read before because it's a book and a movie at the same time.
Patrick Carman
Time
You
Book
Before
Nothing
Like
Read
Because
Same
Same Time
Movie
Skeleton
Ever
Creek
They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard.
Patrick Carman
Me
Daughter
Because
Bumped
Germany
Skateboard
Chancellor
Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.
Patrick Carman
Love
People
Will
Important
Community
Local
Indie
About
Never
Cheap
Like
Most
Important Role
Amazon
Replace
Role
Doorstep
Fast
Things
Plays
I'm a visual thinker, thrill seeker, and I'm easily distracted. I see everything I'm writing, and I think it naturally affects the pace of things.
Patrick Carman
Writing
Think
Everything
Easily
Distracted
Visual
See
Seeker
Thrill
Affects
Pace
Naturally
Things
Thinker
I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.'
Patrick Carman
Circle
Black
About
Wrote
Movie
Clues
Really
Conscious
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