Writing mysteries : a handbook /
Weaves advice and experience from today's top mystery authors (Michael Connelly, Ann Rule, Lawrence Block, Tess Gerritsen, and more) into a comprehensive mystery writing "how-to" guide.
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Cincinnati, Ohio :
Writer's Digest Books,
[2002]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Preparation.
- The rules and how to bend them / by Jeremiah Healy
- Sparks, triggers, and flashes / by Marilyn Wallace
- On work schedules / by Dick Lochte
- Writing with a partner, or...What part of "no" don't you understand? / by Warren Murphy
- Expertise and research / by Faye Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman
- Where do I find a Jewish Indian? or How I stopped worrying and learned to love research / by Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Background, location, and setting / by Julie Smith
- Part II: The process.
- Characterization / by Michael Connelly
- Rounding up your characters / by Margaret Maron
- Writing a series character / by Sara Paretsky
- The amateur sleuth / by Nancy Pickard
- Vivid villains / by Sandra Scoppettone
- In search of a novel / by George C. Chesbro
- Building without blueprints / by Tony Hillerman
- Outlining / by Robert Campbell
- Perspectives on point of view / by Loren D. Estleman
- Dress for success : developing your personal style / by Carolyn Wheat
- How to write convincing dialogue / by Aaron Elkins
- Pacing and suspense / by Phyllis A. Whitney
- Depiction of violence / by Bill Granger
- Clues, red herrings, and other plot devices / by P.M. Carlson
- The book stops here / by Lawrence Block
- In the beginning is the end / by John Lutz
- Revision / by Jan Burke
- How to find and work with an agent / by John F. Baker
- Dial M for market / by Russell Galen
- The mystery novel from an editor's point of view / by Ruth Cavin
- Part III: Specialties.
- Writing mysteries for young readers / by Joan Lowery Nixon
- The joys and challenges of the short story / by Edward D. Hoch
- The medical thriller / by Tess Gerritsen
- Legal thrillers / by Linda Fairstein--; Historical mysteries : the past is a foreign country / by Laurie R. King
- From the cradle to the pen : the evolution of a true crime writer / by Ann Rule
- E-media : crime fiction e-volves / by G. Miki Hayden
- The best of the genre and a reference list of books on writing and technical information / by Angela Zeman and Barry Zeman.