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The Technique of the Mystery Story Illustrated
A complete practical guide for detective and mystery story writers of today. How to arrange, invent, plot out, develop and narrate ingenious, convincing, and baffling stories of crime. CONTENTS: CHAPTER I--THE ETERNAL CURIOUS 1. The Inquisition into the Curious is Universal 2. Early Riddles 3. The Passion for Solving Mysteries CHAPTER II--THE LITERATURE OF MYSTERY 1. The Rightful Place of the Mystery Story in Fiction 2. The Mystery Story Considered as Art 3. The Claims of Antagonists and Protagonists CHAPTER III--THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY 1. Ancient Mystery Tales CHAPTER IV--GHOST STORIES 1. A Working Classification 2. The Ghost Story 3. Famous Ghost Stories 4. The Humorous Ghost Story CHAPTER ...
Detective and Mystery Stories for Curious Kids
Unleash your child's inner detective with "Detective & Mystery Stories for Curious Kids!"Are you looking for an exciting, engaging, and educational book to help your child develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Then look no further!This book is packed with thrilling detective and mystery stories that will captivate young readers and keep them on the edge of their seats. Each story is carefully crafted to be easy to read and follow, yet also challenging enough to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving. Each story requires kids to use their analytical skills to piece together clues and make deductions. This makes "Detective & Mystery Stories for Curious Kids" the ...
The Technique of the Mystery Story
Why is the detective story? To entertain, to interest, to amuse. It has no deeper intent, no more subtle raison d'être than to give pleasure to its readers.It has been argued that its "awful examples" (sometimes very awful!), are meant as cautionary pictures to restrain a possible bent toward the commission of crime. It is held by some that the habit of analytical and synthetical reasoning, requisite to appreciate the solving of these fictional mysteries, is of value in training the mind to logical and correct modes of thinking; the practical application of which, in the everyday affairs of life, proves a valuable asset in the worldly struggle for success.According to Mr. H. E. Dudeney, in ...
Detective Stories
Enjoy a dazzling display of deductive skills and bravery as the most puzzling cases are solved by the likes of Sam Spade, Hercule Poirot, and Sherlock Holmes.
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories
Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue" launched the detective story in 1841. The genre began as a highbrow form of entertainment, a puzzle to be solved by a rational sifting of clues. In Britain, the stories became decidedly upper crust: the crime often committed in a world of manor homes and formal gardens, the blood on the Persian carpet usually blue. But from the beginning, American writers worked important changes on Poe's basic formula, especially in use of language and locale. As early as 1917, Susan Glaspell evinced a poignant understanding of motive in a murder in an isolated farmhouse. And with World War I, the Roaring '20s, the rise of organized crime and corrupt police with...
PLOTTO Genie: The Endless Story
How to Build Plots That Grab Your Readers and Won't Let Go - By Building and Integrating Characters, Story Arcs, and Engaging Themes Ever wonder what makes a great book or movie different from a pitiful excuse for entertainment? Mostly, it starts with a plot. But what makes a plot work? From months of my own studying the vast numbers of approaches to plotting, it's clear that there is still a wide gulf between the mechanics of a plot and having a working framework usable for any writer. This led to the study of two authors who had already done their own studies of which plots made successful entertainment, and actually built their own still-popular plot generators based on this knowledge. Many well-known and obscure writers have used these methods instead of being dogged by ""writer's block."" The anwers to what makes a great plot are simple and few. The bonus in this book is giving you your own plot generator to help you when you're stuck. Get Your Copy Today.
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A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is used by more libraries worldwide than any other controlled vocabulary system. Yet, many librarians and paraprofessional staff do not have any formal education or training in LCSH. They find themselves having to decipher or construct LCSH strings and don’t know where to begin. Here’s a resource that uses language non-catalogers can understand and provides hands-on, user-friendly training in LCSH. Here Karen Snow transfers her popular LCSH workshops and continuing education courses to book form for those who can’t attend her courses. This book offers material on the basics of subject analysis, the importance of controlled vocabularies, and t...
The Technique of the Mystery Story
The Technique of the Mystery Story Carolyn Wells - 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 h...
