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| by: Robert J. Ray | ||
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 How to Write a Damn Good Thriller: A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript You Can Write a Mystery Writing Mysteries Features: ISBN13: 9780440506584 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. What people say about The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery: Not Just For Mystery Writers. 'The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery' is not just for mystery writers. Helpful book. This seems to be a very well conceived and helpful book. Great writers write great writing books! Bob and Jack have the keys to hot writing! The only how-to book you'll ever need. This is one of the few how-to books for the pro as well as the newbie. Want to write a mystery? Do you love to read mystery novels? Targeted approach. This is a nice targeted approach to the art of writing. This is a wonderful book. I use this book all the time and I am working on an outline using this method. If you only get one book.... This was the single most helpful book I found to help complete the process of writing an entire mystery. Nothing new here. Nothing here you can't find on an internet help site. Clean up your act as a mystery writer. Bob Ray and Jack Remick must have very clean offices. Ok for a start. This book got me going, but that's where it ended. Very Good. I bought this book to learn more about creating a suspenseful story (not necessarily a traditional mystery novel). A review of The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery. Most aspiring and accomplished writers own at least a modest collection of how-to-write books. Like taking a college course. Great book! A terrific book for veterans as well as novices. While I've never written a mystery, I am a professional writer and I found myself underlining huge chunks in this book that apply to just about every fictional endeavor. Weekend novelist? Probably not. Writing fiction is like painting a landscape. Do what they say and you, too, can write a best seller! I stumbled upon "The Weekend Novelist" about six months ago and it transformed my writing life. The best book on writing fiction in at least a decade. In Seattle, Jack Remick and Robert Ray have been developing and teaching these approaches and exercises to understanding plot and character for years. Like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Sara Paretsky and Thomas Harris, you, too, can learn the trade secrets of quality detective fiction.It's true. Just one year from now, you can deliver a completed mystery novel to a publisher--by writing only on weekends. Authors Robert J. Ray and Jack Remick guide you through the entire mystery-writing process, from creating a killer to polishing off the final draft. Each weekend you'll focus on a specific task--learning the basics of novel-writing, the special demands of mystery-writing, and the secrets professionals use to create stories one scene at a time, building to a shivery, satisfying climax. Using Agatha Christie's The Body in the Library as a model for the classical mystery tale and Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park for the hard-boiled mystery, this unique step-by-step program gives you all the information you need to reach your ultimate goal: a finished book in just 52 weeks! Let two successful masters of the genre show you how...Discover: Why you must create your killer first The tricks to writing dialogue that does it all--moves your plot, involves your reader, and makes your style sizzle How to "bury" information (and corpses) for your reader to find Why you should NOT build your book around chapters Special techniques for clearing writer's block Plus: examples from Sue Grafton, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Cornwell, Thomas Harris, Raymond Chandler, and more. |
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