Writing Mysteries

10 best books like Writing Mysteries (Sue Grafton): GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction, Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers, Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers, Scene of the Crime: A Writer 's Guide to Crime Scene Investigation, Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons, Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print, Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'em Dead with Style, How to Write Killer Fiction, Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within, Dialogue

GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction

Author	Debra Dixon
ISBN	0965437108

Goal, motivation, and conflict are the foundation of everything that happens in the story world. Using charts, examples, and movies, the author breaks these key elements down into understandable components and walks the reader through the process of laying this foundation in his or her own work.

Learn...

Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers

Author	Lee Lofland
ISBN	1582974551

Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement.

With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author...

Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers

Author	D.P. Lyle
ISBN	0312309457

In Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Mystery Writers, Dr. D. P. Lyle culls the best of his popular "The Doctor Is In" question-and-answer column for the Mystery Writers of America, in which he answers medical and forensic questions from writers all over the country.

A...

Scene of the Crime: A Writer 's Guide to Crime Scene Investigation

Author	Anne Wingate
ISBN	0898795184

Others have already noted that this book, written about CSI techniques in 1992, is dated. It is. But, and this is a huge but, if you are writing a story that begins in the early '90s, this is the book that must be on your bookshelf. It will prevent you from making continuity mistakes. In 1992, no one rushed...

Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons

Author	Serita Stevens
ISBN	0898793718

I've carted this reference book to each of the dozen or so places I've lived since college, and I've only used it a few times, but it's one of those books that is so well done that I can't let it go. You can look up poisons by reaction time, symptoms, foods that disguise them, and many other characteristics...

Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print

Author	Lawrence Block
ISBN	0898792088

Writing the Novel from Plot to Print to Pixel is a book about writing by the legendary Lawrence Block.

Lawrence Block sent me this in an email a couple weeks ago, asking me if I was interested in reviewing his upcoming book about writing. Once I changed into pants that weren't as soaked in my urine,...

Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'em Dead with Style

Author	Hallie Ephron
ISBN	1582973768

Solve the MYSTERY of how to write and sell a KILLER story!

With the help of interactive exercises, mystery author and crime fiction critic Hallie Ephron gives you the momentum you need to turn a kernel of an idea into an intriguing mystery novel. You'll learn to capitalize on your writing strengths...

How to Write Killer Fiction

Author	Carolyn Wheat
ISBN	1880284626

1880284626|9781880284629. How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense published in the year 2003. The author of this book is Carolyn Wheat . page displaying collection of Carolyn Wheat books here. This is the Paperback version of the title "How to Write...

Writing from the Inside Out: Transforming Your Psychological Blocks to Release the Writer Within

Author	Dennis Palumbo
ISBN	0471382663

"Dennis Palumbo has great insight into a writer s psyche.... Every writer should have a shrink or this book. The book is cheaper."
--Gary Shandling, actor, comic, and writer "wise, compassionate, and funny..."
--Aram Saroyan, poet and novelist

"Dennis Palumbo provides a sense...

Dialogue

Author	Lewis Turco
ISBN	0898793491

This was pretty decent.

I thought the book didn't really deliver what it promised on the cover (i.e. "How to get your characters talking to each other in a way that vividly reveals who they are, what they're doing, and what's coming next in your story"), even if it did have some useful information....

On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association

Author	Mort Castle
ISBN	1582974209

The masters of horror have united to teach you the secrets of success in the scariest genre of all!

In On Writing Horror, Second Edition, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and many others tell you everything you need to know to successfully write...

How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript

Author	James N. Frey
ISBN	0312304463

Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally best-selling books on the craft of writing, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, and The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth, has now written what is certain to become...

Cause of Death: A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder, and Forensic Medicine

Author	Keith D. Wilson
ISBN	0898795249

Another useful guide to the drama of death and injury, with focus on the contemporary process of handling a body. Hospital procedures, autopsy, the physical behavior of the body after death ... all this is in these pages. Like other guides in this line I've read, Cause of Death suffers from being a mile...

Story Structure Architect

Author	Victoria Lynn Schmidt
ISBN	1582973253

Build a timeless, original story using hundreds of classic story motifs!

It's been said that there are no new ideas; but there are proven ideas that have worked again and again for all writers for hundreds of years.

Story Structure Architect is your comprehensive reference to the...

Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons

Author

Michael Newton

Talk about murder! Inaccurate information about weapons can kill your story before a potential publisher has even finished reading your manuscript. Today’s readers of mysteries, thrillers, Westerns, true crime, police procedurals, and romantic suspense are better informed about weapons...

The Weekend Novelist

Author	Robert J. Ray
ISBN	0823084507

Who doesn't dream of writing a novel while holding on to their day job? Robert J. Ray and co-author Bret Norris can help readers do just that, with this practical and accessible step-by-step guide to completing a novel in just a year's worth of weekends.

THE WEEKEND NOVELIST shows writers at...

The Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress Less & Create Success

Author	Sage Cohen
ISBN	1582979952

Take Control of Your Writing Life!

The creative process can be treacherous, even for the most experienced writer. Facing the blank page, staying inspired, sustaining momentum, managing competing priorities and coping with rejection are just a few of the challenges writers face regularly.

"The...

The Complete Handbook Of Novel Writing: Everything You Need To Know About Creating & Selling Your Work (Writers Digest)

Author

Writer's Digest Books

Get advice from the best in the business on every stage of the novel-writing and publishing process!

In The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 3rd Edition, you'll learn from established writers about how to make your novel a reality. Discover techniques and strategies for generating ideas,...

The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers

Author	Elizabeth Benedict
ISBN	0805069933

Twelve years after it was first published, The Joy of Writing Sex remains the classic writer's resource on creating compelling sex scenes. Elizabeth Benedict covers all the issues, from the first time, to married sex and adultery, to sex in the age of AIDS.

Her instruction, supported with...

Don't Murder Your Mystery: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.

Author	Chris Roerden
ISBN	1933523131

This is a great book for would-be writers of any genre, though Roerden focuses on mysteries in particular. Roerden has been an editor for some three decades (or something like that) and it shows. The tone is light and lively, and the examples of good and bad writing are excellent. It's a great reference,...

On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells

Author	Leigh Michaels
ISBN	1582974365

Sweep Readers Off Their Feet With a Romance They'll Never Forget

In On Writing Romance, award-winning romance novelist Leigh Michaels talks you through each stage of the writing and publishing process. From the origins and evolution of the romance novel to establishing a vital story framework...

The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook

Author	Sherrilyn Kenyon
ISBN	1582972958

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Character Names

Back in print and better than ever, The Writer's Digest Character Naming Sourcebook has been updated and expanded to help you find character names and their meanings quickly and easily!

This one-of-a-kind resource was specifically...

How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play

Author	Barbara Baig
ISBN	1582978050

Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel or a memoir or a collection of poems, or you simply want to improve your everyday writing, this innovative book will show you how to build your skills by way of practice.

Through...

Howdunit: How Crimes Are Committed and Solved

Author	John Boertlein
ISBN	1582970157

A good collection of bits from the other Howdunit books and some new chapters.



It includes:

- Street Cops

- The American Criminal Justice System

- An Overview of Murder (from "Murder One")

- Mass Murders (from "Murder One")

- Serial Murders...