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Overview"Here is how to become a published crime writer. ""Writing Crime"" is an excellent introduction to the genre from a well-established and highly respected author. In this book, you will learn: how to start writing crime; how to layer your novel with clues; how to find a market for your work; and, how to be a professional crime writer." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marina Oliver , Graham LawlerPublisher: GLMP Ltd Imprint: Studymates Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm ISBN: 9781842850770ISBN 10: 1842850776 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 30 September 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Different approaches and dealing with outlines 3 Settings and Issues 4 Characterisation and motivation 5 Dialogue 6 Backgrounds and specialist knowledge 7 Narrative Style and first paragraphs 8 Focus, suspect, clues and red herrings 9 Pace or the smoking gun 10 Denouements and endings 11 researchReviewsFor me, the invaluable part of this guide is that along with the advice there are practical, helpful exercises to attempt. I challenge any new writer to finish this book and pick up a blank sheet of paper and to find that it remains blank. Writing a Historical Novel will also help you with blocks along the way and, most usefully, gives advice on how to get your work published. I recommend it whole-heatedly. Richard Lee Founder/Publisher The Historical Novel Society Author InformationJanet Laurence is an established crime writer. She is the author of the Darina Lisle crime series as well as the Canaletto murder series and the novel To Kill the Past. She also contributed to the Murder they Wrote Collection in 1994 and is writer in residence at a college in Australia every summer. Janet Laurence lives in Somerset where like her heroine she enjoys cooking. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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