How to Write a Mystery
A Handbook by Mystery Writers of America
Released April 2021
Edited by Lee Child
With Laurie R. King
April, 2021 (Scribner)
ISBN13: 9781982149437
Winner of Macavity, Agatha and Anthony Awards
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Seventy of the most successful mystery writers in the business answering the question:
What writing advice do you wish you’d had at the beginning of your career?
How to Write a Mystery continues the Mystery Writers of America tradition of helping authors tell—and sell!—their stories, from the rank beginner to the established bestseller. This all-new MWA handbook helps writers not only create timeless and compelling stories, but also navigate an ever-shifting publishing landscape. From pacing and dialogue to creating diverse characters and building reader outreach, How to Write a Mystery is a complete guide for a new generation of mystery writers. Because:
“Crime doesn’t pay… enough!”
| Introduction by Lee Child
Contributors of essays: Neil Nyren — The Rules (and When to Break Them) |
With tips from:
Beth Amos |
