Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: Why Every Mystery Writer in the World Should Read This Book
1. Why People Read Mysteries and Other Useful Stuff for Mystery Writers to Know
2. Ideas to Get You Started—The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
3. The Plot Behind the Plot
4. Creating a Murderer
5. How to Become Intimate with a Murderer
6. The Hero/Detective
7. Creating a Damn Good Hero
8. The Other Characters: Some Mythic, Some Not and Mythic Motifs of Interest to Mystery Writers
9. All About Plotting, Stepsheets, Flowcharts, and That Kind of Stuff or How to Get the Hell Out of the Way and Let Your Characters Tell the Story
10. Designing the Plot for Fun and Profit
11. Plotting Theory
12. The Hero/Detective Gets to Work
13. How Our Hero/Detective Figures It All Out
14. All About Bringing Off a Gripping Climax and Other Good Stuff
15. Gotcha! Putting the Murderer in the Bag
16. Writing Damn Good Prose
17. The Fine Art of Writing the Mystery Scene
18. All About Viewpoints and Voices or Who’s Telling This Damn Story Anyway—Me or Him? Him or Me?
19. Drafting, Rewriting, and Polishing Your Damn Good Mystery
20. The Killer Attitude or Getting an Agent, Dealing with Editors, Promotion, Book Signings, and Living the Writer’s Life.
Bibliography
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →