You Can Write a Mystery

by Gillian Roberts

Overview

Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, and gave up the idea because you didn't know where to begin? Now is your chance to write the mystery of your dreams. You Can Write a Mystery, written by Gillian Roberts, author of the Anthony Award-winning Amanda Pepper series, will help you start your mystery, and guide you through to the end.With this book you'll learn how to build your story from the ground up, based on what Roberts calls the "Seven Cs." Examples and exercises will help you complete your story—filled with cliffhangers, intriguing characters and hooks. This book offers practical suggestions for handling problems likely to arise during the writing process. You will learn:·The Seven Cs your book can't do without—characters, conflict, causality, complications, change, crisis and closure·The Fifteen Commandments for mystery·How to design your sleuth·How to hide clues and exploit red herrings·Research techniques·How to develop a style, find a tone and construct a killer plotIn addition to practical writing advice, Roberts offers expert guidance for editing, revising and submitting a top-notch manuscript, whether for traditional or independent publishing. With its easy-to-understand format, You Can Write a Mystery will help take you from writer…to accomplished mystery writer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611876505
Publisher:	Histria Books
Publication date:	01/06/2014
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
File size:	730 KB

About the Author

Gillian Roberts is the nom de mystère of mainstream novelist Judith Greber. Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery for Caught Dead in Philadelphia, she is also the author of Philly Stakes, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia, With Friends Like These . . . , How I Spent My Summer Vacation, In the Dead of Summer, The Mummers' Curse, The Bluest Blood, Adam and Evil, and Helen Hath No Fury. Formerly an English teacher in Philadelphia, Gillian Roberts now lives in California.