Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
by Sue Grafton (Editor), Jan Burke (Editor), Barry Zeman (Editor), Mystery Writers of America (Corporate Author)
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Sue Grafton weaves the experience of today's top mystery authors into a comprehensive "how-to." Writing mystery fiction can be a special kind of puzzle. In this new, revised edition of the Mystery Writers of America classic, Sue Grafton weaves the experience of today's top mystery authors into a comprehensive mystery writing "how-to." Writers will learn how to piece a perfect mystery together and create realistic stories that are taut, immediate and fraught with tension.The book's contributors include a "who's who" of the mystery writing elite: Faye and Jonathan Kellerman on conducting accurate research; Michael Connelly on mastering characterization; Tony Hillerman on writing without an outline; Lawrence Block on overcoming writer's block; Sara Paretsky on creating successful series characters; Tess Gerritson on writing the medical thriller; Ann Rule on the art of writing true crime. And many more!
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- Title
- Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
- Author
- Sue Grafton (Editor), Jan Burke (Editor), Barry Zeman (Editor), Mystery Writers of America (Corporate Author)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used:Good
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- 1
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- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1582971455
- ISBN 13
- 9781582971452
- Publisher
- Mystery Writers of America
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Date Published
- 2002-10-01
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