Howdunit A Masterclass In Crime Writing By Members Of The Detection Club

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008380147
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club written by Martin Edwards and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.

Author : Sue Grafton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1582971021
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Mysteries written by Sue Grafton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-04-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's your ticket to the greatest mystery-writing workshop ever! In this extraordinary compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America share insights and advice that can help make your writing dreams a reality. You'll learn how to: • Develop unique ideas • Construct an airtight plot packed with intrigue and suspense • Create compelling characters and atmospheric settings • Develop a writing style all your own • Write convincing dialogue • Choose the appropriate point of view • Work with an agent • Conduct accurate research • and much, much more! You'll also find special guidelines for creating clues, dropping red herrings, and writing medical, legal, historical, true crime, and young adult mysteries. It's all the information you need to solve the mystery-writing riddle!

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008192456
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators written by Martin Edwards and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards. ‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’ The Times

Author : Serita Stevens
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HowDunit - The Book of Poisons written by Serita Stevens and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they're writing a short detective story, crime novel, or something else, writers at every level--and in every genre--can find the information they need to make their work more accurate and gripping in this reference that cuts through the medical jargon to address everything from a poison's symptoms and reactions to how it can be administered.

Author : Rosemary Rowe
Publisher : Teach Yourself
ISBN 13 : 9781473601369
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterclass: Writing Crime Fiction written by Rosemary Rowe and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEARN HOW TO WRITE GRIPPING CRIME FICTION. Do you have an idea for a gripping crime novel? Would you like to know how to plot your book flawlessly? Do you want to create beautifully crafted characters and nail biting twists? This book is designed for anyone who wants to write an unputdownable crime novel. Whatever your subgenre, whether Scandi-crime or detective 'cosies', this book is full of inspirational advice, acute insights and practical exercises. The first part of the book establishes the rules of writing crime fiction - from convincing characters to the role of research. The book then covers the practical craft of writing and editing, before explaining in detail how to secure a contract and/or self-publish your work. A comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to be the next Val McDermid or Ian Rankin. ABOUT THE SERIES The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

Author : Anne Wingate
Publisher : Writers Digest Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scene of the Crime written by Anne Wingate and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 1992-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Howdunit Series, Scene of the Crime is written by a professional in the field. It provides the inside details that writers need to weave a credible - and salable - story. essential buys for any serious author...Will cut research time in half! - Mystery Scene Magazine

Author : Christopher Breu
Publisher : Fordham University Press
ISBN 13 : 0823287785
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Noir Affect written by Christopher Breu and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noir Affect proposes a new understanding of noir as defined by negative affect. This new understanding emphasizes that noir is, first and foremost, an affective disposition rather than a specific cycle of films or novels associated with a given time period or national tradition. Instead, the essays in Noir Affect trace noir’s negativity as it manifests in different national contexts from the United States to Mexico, France, and Japan and in a range of different media, including films, novels, video games, and manga. The forms of affect associated with noir are resolutely negative: These are narratives centered on loss, sadness, rage, shame, guilt, regret, anxiety, humiliation, resentment, resistance, and refusal. Moreover, noir often asks us to identify with those on the losing end of cultural narratives, especially the criminal, the lost, the compromised, the haunted, the unlucky, the cast-aside, and the erotically “perverse,” including those whose greatest erotic attachment is to death. Drawing on contemporary work in affect theory, while also re-orienting some of its core assumptions to address the resolutely negative affects narrated by noir, Noir Affect is invested in thinking through the material, bodily, social, and political–economic impact of the various forms noir affect takes. If much affect theory asks us to consider affect as a space of possibility and becoming, Noir Affect asks us to consider affect as also a site of repetition, dissolution, redundancy, unmaking, and decay. It also asks us to consider the way in which the affective dimensions of noir enable the staging of various forms of social antagonism, including those associated with racial, gendered, sexual, and economic inequality. Featuring an Afterword by the celebrated noir scholar Paula Rabinowitz and essays by an array of leading scholars, Noir Affect aims to fundamentally re-orient our understanding of noir. Contributors: Alexander Dunst, Sean Grattan, Peter Hitchcock, Justus Nieland, Andrew Pepper, Ignacio Sánchez Prado, Brian Rejack, Pamela Thoma, Kirin Wachter-Grene

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008105979
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Murder written by Martin Edwards and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075096443X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truly Criminal written by Martin Edwards and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truly Criminal showcases a group of highly regarded writers who all share a special passion for crime, reflected in this superb collection of essays re-examining some of the most notorious cases from British criminal history. Contributors are all members of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA), including leading novelists Peter Lovesey, Andrew Taylor and Catherine Aird (winner of 2015 CWA Diamond Dagger). There is also a bonus essay by the late great Margery Allingham about the controversial William Herbert Wallace case, which has only recently been rediscovered. Among the real-life crimes explored in the book are the cases of Samuel Herbert Dougal, the Moat Farm murderer, George Joseph Smith, the 'brides in the bath' killer and Catherine Foster, who murdered her husband with poisoned dumplings – some of the most infamous killers in British history. With a foreword by international best-selling author Peter James, this collection demonstrates the art of 'true crime' writing at its very best.

Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1590583280
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arsenic Labyrinth written by Martin Edwards and published by Poisoned Pen Press Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lake District mystery. The return of Guy, a local drifter with a talent for deception, to Coniston, sparks new interest in the disappearance of Emma Bestwick, causing DCI Hannah Scarlett to reopen the old investigation, a case that leads her to the Arsenic Labyrinth, stone tunnels used to remove arsenic from tin ore, and to local historian Daniel Kind, who may hold the key to untangling old secrets.