The Technique of the Mystery Story - Carolyn Wells

The Technique of Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells is a detailed guide to creating and writing mystery stories. This book provides insight into the history and types of mystery stories alongside guidance on writing techniques, devices and structure.

Specially written for aspiring authors trying to hone their writing skills, this invaluable guide is filled with extensive advice from established authors along with famous quotes from literary critics. Wells explores different variations such as ghost stories, scientific mysteries and detective novels alongside the essential principles and devices of creating compelling and unexpected endings. The book follows each topic in turn whilst providing inspiration and realising examples.

For the die-hard mystery fan & author, there is no other guide that can offer greater understanding of the art form and uncovers so much knowledge along the way.

Электронная Книга «The Technique of the Mystery Story» написана автором Carolyn Wells в году.

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Язык: Английский

ISBN: 9783986476373

The Technique of the Mystery Story Carolyn Wells – Do you love mystery stories, such as the Sherlock Holmes stories and those of Edgar Allan Poe and Agatha Christie? Do you ever yearn to be a good writer of mysteries?Carolyn Wells was a prolific author of mystery novels. In this detailed book, she teaches the history, types, principles, devices, plots, and structures of mystery writings. She gives advice to would-be authors of this genre, including ghost and riddle stories as well as detective and crime mysteries.This authoritative work begins with a justification of mystery as a legitimate literary art form, with numerous quotations from authorities. Then proceeding systematically through her topics, she explains and illustrates the mystery-writing craft with excerpts from mystery works and quotations of literary critics and notable authors.The lover of mystery will find many authors and stories cited and excerpted in this book, which would be a good resource for finding more material to satisfy the reader's thirst for the genre. Aspiring authors will find insights through the critical eyes of this successful mystery author and of the many authors whom she quotes.This is virtually a miniature course in creative writing of the mystery story.