Write Your Own Mystery Story Paperback – January 1, 2007

It is only 64-page long with images largely occupying every single page.It is probably enough for causal writers who would like to try writing a mystery story once in a while, but for serious writers who want to be published, this isn't one of the best sources to go for. There are far better books attacking this topic thoroughly. such as  Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers  and  How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense .

A great little book. Not only for young writers.Many examples and illustrations from mystery books and movies are used to encourage you to write your own mystery story. Step-by-step it leads you through the building blocks of a story: plot, characters, details of setting, wrap-up. And what to do next: publication (or not), writing groups, starting a new story, etc.Writing is fun!If you read, more than one book from this series though, you'll find that especially the early chapters and the final chapters show many similarities, some adjusted to the genre, some not.