The Technique of the Mystery Story

By Wells, Carolyn

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Title:	The Technique of the Mystery Story
Author:	Wells, Carolyn
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-Fiction, Human Science, Occult & Supernatural
Collections:	Authors Community
Historic Publication Date:	BookRix Community
Publisher:	1913


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Description: 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