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Nancy Raven Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Writing Craft Classes in a Book
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013
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I just read Sue Grafton's book, "Writing Mysteries." Grafton edited the book and chapters are by many great, current mystery writers. As a writer, the book was a pure pleasure of learning about writing craft. Definitely not just for mystery writers. Think of all those classes you paid for and attended on specific writing subjects you were very interested in, and then someone else in the class asks a question at the begining "like how do I get an agent," and the teacher spends the class time discussing getting an agent. You leave frustrated and annoyed because that's not why you attended and you just wasted your time and money. Or the times you've attended an advanced class, only to have the teacher have to explain beginner things, because some people are in the wrong class. This is a pet peeve for me. Reading "Writing Mysteries" is like taking those classes without the veering off topic you find in classes. It's table of contents follows a nice progression from beginning to end of the book writing process. Yes, it does respond to "How do I get an agent," but only at the end in it's own chapter where it belongs. I highly recommend this book for fellow writers.
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Writing Mysteries
bySue Grafton
4.4 out of 5 stars
96 global ratings