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Title: Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America by Sue Grafton, Jan Burke, Barry Zeman, Mystery Writers of America ISBN: 1-58297-102-1 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: General, but full of Great Suggestions
Comment: Every aspiring mystery writer, especially beginners, should take a good look at this book. It can save beginning writers a lot of grief. More experienced writers may find some of the focus a bit tedious, but that very same beginner focus has come in handy for me a number of times (usually when a project is losing steam, or I'm having difficulty with pacing... things like that). I definitely recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Do NOT Wait to Get This Book If You Want to Writer Mysteries
Comment: WOW! I just finished reading this book and I NEVER read a book twice, but I plan on going back and re-reading every chapter in this book at least twice to make sure I didn't miss anything in the first go-round.
This chapters in this book are written by some of the best Mystery writers in America (hence the title) but what they divulge in each chapter, informationwise, is worth it's weight in gold (or in budding mystery writers--worth it's weight in editor's advice, author's hints to getting printed, and agents dreams for all their best selling authors).
Don't wait until this book can be purchased used -- buy it new at full-price now--you won't regret it. Then read each chapter, high-light the good points, then go back and re-read a chapter or two often.
My favorite and most rich in information chapter was the one near the end describing what agents do for writers in terms of monetary contracts, how hard-copy versus soft-copy books will enrich you one way or the other, and there's even a chapter on e-printing that shared lots of neat little pieces of information.
But, the best thing about this book is you feel like the Mystery Authors who contributed a chapter each were sitting next to you, telling you little secrets about writing and the industry that they were only telling you so you could succeed and get ahead of all the others. And they were all very encouraging, positive thinking, essays.
Sue Grafton edited the book and my hat is off to you Ms. Grafton--I have read every one of your Kinsey Milhoune books A-Q, and if you don't get R out soon, I'm going to die!
Highly advise buying this book if you are aspiring to be a Mystery Writer in any genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: Everything you'll need to finally write that mystery!
Comment: Writing Mysteries, 2nd Ed.: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
Edited by Sue Grafton, with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman
Writers Digest Books(2002)
"Writing a novel is a long distance run of the imagination...Writers need all the help they can get, wherever they can get it..." (George C. Chesbro, p.91)
So you want to write a mystery? There's a few things you'll need for your journey, among them a healthy dose of curiousity and imagination, but nothing so important as a well-worn copy of Writing Mysteries (2nd Ed.), written by the Mystery Writers of America. Everything you'll need is here, organized into just under 300 pages of collective wisdom, from well-known and not-so-well-known mystery authors.
The handbook is divided into three parts: Preparation, The Process, and Specialties. Part I includes chapters on "The Rules and How to Bend Them," how and where writers get their ideas, the pros and cons of writing with a partner, and several chapters on research and background, all exploring different facets of these subjects.
Part II, The Process, dives right in to beginnings, middles, and endings, with specific sections focusing in-depth on characterization, creating a series character, using point of view, and developing one's personal writing style. Discussions on dialogue, pacing, and "clues, red herrings, and other plot devices" lead into the beginning of the end--thoughts and recommendations on plot, revision, agents, and markets.
Part III, Specialities, contains separate and thorough chapters each detailing a particular type of mystery writing--writing short stories, for younger audiences, true crime, e-book mysteries, and even a list of additional recommended reading and references.
So there you have it--everything you'll need to know to write a mystery--from the inkling of your first clue to the portrayal of the hero/sleuth your audiences will clamor to read about again and again. The best of the best are here--Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Tony Hillerman, Michael Connelly, Stuart Kaminsky, Sara Paretsky, Joan Lowery Nixon, Lawrence Block, and a host of other unique voices to guide the beginning mystery writer on the journey from idea to publication. With humor and honesty, a varied assortment of very different writers share their thoughts and even some of their "trade secrets" in this excellent writer's resource. Every aspiring mystery writer should have a copy of Writing Mysteries within arm's reach.
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Title: The Weekend Novelist Writes A Mystery by Robert J. Ray ISBN: 0440506581 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 06 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Crime Writer's Reference Guide: 1001 Tips on Writing the Perfect Murder by Martin Roth ISBN: 0941188493 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write It) by Gillian Roberts ISBN: 0898798639 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense by Carolyn Wheat ISBN: 1880284626 Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Pub Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Howdunit: How Crimes Are Committed and Solved (Howdunit) by John Boertlein ISBN: 1582970157 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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