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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