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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
David Mamet
Vintage
Vintage
Playwright David Mamet's three lectures at Columbia University are ostensibly about issues of dramatic structure, but as they unfold, and Mamet continually explores the relationship between dramatic structure and the lives we live, much broader...
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Writing Mysteries
Writers Digest Books
Writers Digest Books
The mystery, like other stories, relies on believable characters, a strong narrative, and crisp prose. But it is also "a way of examining the dark side of human nature," says Writing Mysteries editor Sue Grafton. The book's 37 contributors ponder...
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You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write)
Gillian Roberts
Writers Digest Books
Writers Digest Books
Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, and gave up the idea because you weren't sure how to start it? Well now is your chance to go out and write that mystery you have always dreamed of. You Can Write A Mystery , written by Gillian...
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The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved
Judith Freeman
Pantheon
Pantheon
Raymond Chandler was one of the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this compelling, wholly original...
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The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery
Robert J. Ray
Dell
Dell
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...
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
Patricia Highsmith
St. Martin's Griffin
St. Martin's Griffin
Suspense, like other genre fiction, is often assumed to be inferior in quality to more "serious" fiction. A suspense story can be every bit as well-wrought as any other, argues Patricia Highsmith in Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction . To show...
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Elements of Mystery Fiction, The: Writing the Modern Whodunit
William Tapply
Poisoned Pen Press
Poisoned Pen Press
The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whonunit has guided and inspied mystery writersveterans as well as beginners-- for nearly a decade. Here William G. Tapply, with more than 20 popular mystery and suspense novels under his belt,...
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