{"product_id":"how-to-write-a-damn-good-mystery-a-practical-step-by-step-guide-from-inspiration-to-finished-manuscript","title":"How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-By-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames N. Frey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of internationally bestselling books on the craft of fiction writing, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Damn Good Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of nine novels, including the Edgar Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Long Way to Die\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, Extension, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and the Oregon Writers' Colony, and he is a featured speaker at writers' conferences throughout the United States and Europe. Former students include recent Anthony award-nominees Betty Winkleman and Cara Black, and many best-selling authors including Marjorie Reynolds, Melba Beals, and April Sinclair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Confidently guides the novice through the crime-writing basics.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eminently practical and rich in details. A must for budding crime-fiction authors.\" --\n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Frey ... delivers a witty and entertaining writer's-conference-in-a-book.\" --\n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally bestselling books on the craft of writing has now written what is certain to become the standard \"how to\" book for mystery writing, \u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Damn Good Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists-a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters-and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls \"the author of the plot behind the plot.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, and accessible (and often humorous) style, how the characters-the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses and the bystanders-create a complete and coherent world. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring both the on-stage action and the behind-the-scenes intrigue, Frey shows prospective writers how to build a fleshed-out, believable, and logical world. He shows them exactly which parts of that world show up in the pages of a damn good mystery-and which parts are held back just long enough to keep the reader guessing. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an indispensable step-by-step guide for anyone who's ever dreamed of writing a damn good mystery.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 809 (EAN 9780312304461, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/26\/2004 pg. 235 (EAN 9780312304461, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 103 (EAN 9780312304461, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/26\/2004 (EAN 9780312304461, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eFrey, James N\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames N. Frey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the internationally bestselling \n\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Damn Good Novel\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eHow to Write a Damn Good Novel, II\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as nine novels. He has taught and lectured on creative writing at several different schools and conferences throughout the U.S. and Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frey, James N\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2004-02-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Writing \/ Fiction Writing|Language Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Writing \/ Nonfiction (Incl. 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