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Writing Mysteries

Writing Mysteries

A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America
MysterySelf-Help
Pages
312
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

This guide provides aspiring mystery writers with valuable insights and practical advice from top authors in the genre. Learn how to develop compelling ideas and characters, master pacing and suspense, and effectively edit and revise your work. The book also covers essential steps for submitting manuscripts to publishers.

Prose complexity
4/10

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Genres

Mystery Self-Help

Authors

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Mystery Writers of America

The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is a professional organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday. It presents the Edgar Award, a small bust of Edgar Allan Poe, to mystery or crime writers every year. It presents the Raven Award to non-writers who contribute to the mystery genre. The category of Best Juvenile Mystery is also part of the Edgar Award, with s...

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Sue Grafton

New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton is published in twenty-eight countries and twenty-six languages--including Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian. Books in her alphabet series, begun in 1982, are international bestsellers with readership in the millions. And like Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald, Grafton has earned new respect for the mystery form. Readers appreciate her buoyant style, her eye for detail, her deft hand with character, her acute social observances, and her abundant...