01793cam a2200277 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001500069040001700084041000800101050002600109082001000135100002700145245012900172260004300301300002500344504005600369520074700425650004701172650002401219650004901243650003901292856009601331856008801427BJBSDDR20230410130658.0ta030812s2004    nyu      b    000 0 eng    a0312304463  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng14aPN 3377.5bF893h 200400a808.31 aFrey, James N.,d1943-10aHow to write a damn good mystery :ba practical step-by-step guide from inspiration to finished manuscript /cJames N. Frey.  aNew York :bSt. Martin's Press,c2004.  axi, 271 p. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-271).  a"Frey urges writers to aim high - not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery. A damn good mystery is first a dramatic novel, Frey insists - a dramatic novel with living, breathing characters - and he shows his readers how to create a living, breathing, believable character who will be clever and resourceful, willful and resolute, and will be what Frey calls "the author of the plot behind the plot."" "Frey then shows, in his well-known, entertaining, accessible (and often humorous) style, how the characters - the entire ensemble, including the murderer, the detective, the authorities, the victims, the suspects, the witnesses, and the bystanders - create a complete and coherent world."--Jacket. 0aDetective and mystery storiesxAuthorship. 4aCuentos policiacos  4aDetective y ficción de misterioxAutoría 4aHistorias de detectives y misterio423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol054/2003058633.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003058633.html