How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript - Couverture rigide

Frey, James N

 
9780312304461: How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript
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ISBN 10 : 0312304463 ISBN 13 : 9780312304461
Editeur : St. Martin's Press, 2004

Synopsis

Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally bestselling books on the craft of writing has now written what is certain to become the standard "how to" book for mystery writing, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery.

Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot."

Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, and accessible (and often humorous) style, how the characters-the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses and the bystanders-create a complete and coherent world.

Exploring both the on-stage action and the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Frey shows prospective writers how to build a fleshed-out, believable, and logical world. He shows them exactly which parts of that world show up in the pages of a damn good mystery-and which parts are held back just long enough to keep the reader guessing.

This is an indispensable step-by-step guide for anyone who's ever dreamed of writing a damn good mystery.

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À propos de l?auteur

James N. Frey is the author of the internationally bestselling How to Write a Damn Good Novel and How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II, as well as nine novels. He has taught and lectured on creative writing at several different schools and conferences throughout the U.S. and Europe.

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Éditeur
St. Martin's Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312304463
ISBN 13 
9780312304461
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
271
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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