• Craft

    My First Thriller: David Baldacci

    After David Baldacci got the phone call that would change his life, he had to walk back into a roomful of insurance lawyers.

    May 5, 2022  By Rick Pullen
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    The Fine Art of Incredible Plot Twists

    Elizabeth Day on nine works from different eras and genres, all united by one thing: a twist that completely upends your reading experience.

    May 3, 2022  By Elizabeth Day
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    Does genre matter?

    When rules help and when they hinder, and how the editing process shapes genre.

    May 3, 2022  By Laura Jarratt
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    Beyond the Plot: Craft Tricks of Great Commercial Thrillers

    Cassidy Lucas brings some much-needed analysis to the craft of commercial fiction.

    April 29, 2022  By Cassidy Lucas
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    Highly Unreliable and Morally Ambiguous Narrators

    "[U]nreliable narration can be enormously successful when the author’s use of misdirection or withholding is tied expressly to the character’s experience, behavior, and/or worldview."

    April 28, 2022  By Kit Frick
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    "Perception, self-deception, and truth": Soon Wiley Talks Craft and Character

    "When it comes to my characters, I almost always start with their desires."

    April 27, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    Alma Katsu: Why I Finally Decided to Write a Main Character Who Shares My Ethnicity

    When the writing gets personal...

    April 27, 2022  By Alma Katsu
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    The State of the Crime Novel: A Roundtable With The Edgar Nominees

    Edgar Awards Nominees Reflect On How The Pandemic Has Changed Their Writing Lives

    April 26, 2022  By Molly Odintz
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    Why the Mystery Novel Is a Perfect Literary Form

    David Gordon on the long, rich history of private eyes – and why contemporary novelists keep on turning to them.

    April 26, 2022  By David Gordon
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    Michael Nava Remembers Dick Lipez, Who Wrote Pioneering Gay Mysteries As Richard Stevenson

    Dick Lipez (1938-2022), writing under the pen name of Richard Stevenson, wanted to "present a gay man as contented and not tortured."

    April 26, 2022  By Michael Nava
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