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You Can Write a Mystery (You Can Write)
by: Gillian Roberts

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3872
EAN: 9780898798630
ISBN: 0898798639
Label: Writers Digest Books
Manufacturer: Writers Digest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: August 15, 1999
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Studio: Writers Digest Books
Sales Rank: 36129

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Product Description:
Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, and gave up the idea because you weren't sure how to start it? Well now is your chance to go out and write that mystery you have always dreamed of. 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.

"The 'rules' that govern the mystery are the rules that govern all fiction. Every novel needs suspense and drama," says Roberts. With this book you'll learn how to build your story from the grave up. Roberts focuses on what she calls the "SEVEN C'S", why you need them and how they help your story. She offers examples and exercises that will help you complete your story filled with cliffhangers, intriguing characters and hooks. This book also offers practical suggestions for handling problems likely to arise during the writing process. Along the way, Robert's will teach you:

- The 15 commandments for mystery
- How to design your sleuth
- The Seven Cs your book can't do without - characters, conflict, causality, complications, change, crisis and closure
- How to hide clue, and exploit red-herrings
- Research techniques
- How to develop a style, find a tone and construct a killer plot

You Can Write A Mystery, offers practical guidance for the first-time writer. Its easy-to-understand format will help the most amateur to become a mystery writer. In addition to the practical writing advice supplied, Roberts also offers expert advice for editing, revising and submitting a top-notch manuscript.

Customer Reviews

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- Awesome Crime Writer's Reference
This book is very well written. I really enjoyed reading this, and the information in the end of this book is priceless!!! Gillian Roberts did an excellent job, and she keeps it simple. I would highly recommend this book for any aspiring writer. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Robert's work. Thanks so Much. Take Care Mikey.

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- The goodest writors' book out their,
You Can Write a Mystery is not as valuable to me as a writer as, say, Funk and White's Elements of Style. It does however, have it's place in a writer's toolbox. It is a valuable piece of equipment.

The magic of this short but powerful book, is that it has many rules and points of interst that you did know, but also many that you may have forgotten. The points you did know are reminders ringing like little bells as each of them are reinserted into your writing thought process.

Buy it. Read it. Live it.

Rating:

- Great Support for Mystery Writers
This book is a wonderful collection of mystery writing dos and don'ts. If you're even considering authoring a mystery book, then this book will give you great tips and hints at perfecting your craft.

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- Concise, yet packed with great information
I purchased this book for a seminar. It pleased me to find this slender work contains so much information. It's not wordy, repetitive or crammed with filler like many of these kinds of books. And best yet, it helped me work through some of the kinks in my novel TRUE/FALSE. Thank you Gillian Roberts. I highly recommend this book to anyone writing a mystery novel or story.

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- Compact and Inspiring
I did not know Gillian Roberts as an author but had the fortunate encounter with her few months back. I bought this book after her talk in the Philadelphia Writers' Conference. This book proved my belief she is a very good teacher of fiction.
To begin with, the book is only 124 pages (including an index).
As I open the book now to write this review, I find lines highlighted on practically every page.
The first chapter gives us fifteen commandments. Since I finished the book every day I open it and briefly go through them. I loved the three like 'thou shalt begin and keep going till you're through. Thou shalt write for yourself, not the market and thou shalt not wait for visits from the muse.'
In the second chapter you've 7 Cs: Character, Conflict, Causality, Complications, ... Read More

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