Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction - Softcover

Highsmith, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031228666X ISBN 13: 9780312286668

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, 2000

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"[This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories."--Damon Knight
"[Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus."--Joan Smith, "The Los Angeles Times "
"For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith."--"Time"

[This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. "Damon Knight"

[Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. "Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times"

For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. "Time""

[This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. Damon Knight

[Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times

For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. Time

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"[This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories." --Damon Knight

"[Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus." --Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times

"For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith." --Time

Reseña del editor:

One of the top suspense novelists in the world explains how to use the elements of suspense to create and develop an exciting story, from the initial idea and the formation of the plot to the final draft; provides examples from her own work; and discuses her own trials and tribulations in the literary world. Reprint.

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• Verlag: St. Martin's Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 031228666X
• ISBN 13: 9780312286668
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158