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OverviewBrought together by award-winning crime author Marele Day, twelve crime writers and readers give invaluable insights into what they do, what they look for - and how you can do it too. How To Write Crime shows you skills, techniques and short cuts and offers ways to solve problems that have helped the best-selling contributors in their careers. Exercises follow most of the chapters. Chapters such as 'Research', 'Plot and Structure', 'Character' and 'Dialogue' will help refine your skills; 'Taking Care of Business' will give you a headstart in the business of getting published; and 'The Reader's Point of View' should always be remembered. How To Write Crime is much more than a practical guide - it reveals writers at work and provides insights into how their books were produced. So, stop cleaning the fridge, sharpening the pencils and arranging the furniture - sit down, read this, and start writing! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marele DayPublisher: Allen & Unwin Imprint: Allen & Unwin Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781863739986ISBN 10: 186373998 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 01 March 1996 Recommended Age: From Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsContributors Introduction - Marele Day 1 What kind of ghoul am I? Genre and subgenre - Stephen Knight 2 Research - Sandra Harvey 3 Fact into fiction - Kerry Greenwood 4 Plot and structure - Garry Disher 5 Character - Minette Walters 6 Dialogue - J. R. Carroll 7 Beginnings, endings and bits in between - Robert Wallace 8 Setting, action and suspense - Nigel Krauth 9 The words on the page - Debra Adelaide 10 From rough idea to final draft - Jean Bedford 11 Taking care of business - Marele Day 12 The reader's point of view - Stuart Coupe BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationMarele Day is a writer, teacher and freelance editor. Her poems, stories and literary criticism have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines but she is best known for her thrillers featuring private eye Claudia Valentine - The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, The Case of the Chinese Boxes, The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado (for which she won the Shamus Crime Fiction Award), and The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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