Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America **Signed**
by Grafton, Sue
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- Hardcover
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- first
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- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0898795028
- ISBN 13
- 9780898795028
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Synopsis
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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- All-Ways Fiction (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019039
- Title
- Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America **Signed**
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0898795028
- ISBN 13
- 9780898795028
- Publisher
- Writers Digest Books
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- NON-FICTION;
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