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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
  

Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction (Hardcover)

de Patricia Highsmith (Author) "THE first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself ..." En savoir plus
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Suspense, like other genre fiction, is often assumed to be inferior in quality to more "serious" fiction. A suspense story can be every bit as well-wrought as any other, argues Patricia Highsmith in Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction. To show how, Highsmith focuses as much on her failures as on her successes. Amid discussions about growing ideas, story development, plotting, first and second drafts, and revisions are anecdotes from Highsmith's own career. Highsmith (Strangers on a Train) admits to editing with crayon (doing so "gives one the proper cavalier attitude"), napping on the job (it helps solve problems), and having written one "really dull" book. Though this book is slim, there are some lovely thoughts on such issues as creating a murderer-hero with "pleasant qualities," "stretch[ing] the reader's credulity," and using "as much care in depicting the face and appearance of ... main characters" as a painter would with a portrait. --Jane Steinberg --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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From the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley comes a how-to manual on her craft. In Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction, the late Patricia Highsmith gives advice on generating ideas ("It is amusing to let the imagination play with such incidents as a faintly heard song and an invaded apartment, and to see what evolves from them"), helpful practices (keep a notebook), overarching philosophies ("The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself") and specific craft issues ("where should one place the climax in a book?"). The advice is all sound (particularly her ideas on "almost incredible" coincidences), and her status as a suspense heavyweight and a commercial success make her book eminently credible.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Interesting and entertaining, Mai 8 2004
I'm glad I bought this book. As an author of suspense myself, I found it very worthwhile. It won't teach you how to write--but I've found no book can really do that. In the same vein as Stephen Kings book On Writing, it is more an account about how this highly successful author developed her craft over the years, her successes and failures. If you want a how to guide you would be better off with another title. It also enhances the enjoyment of this book if the reader is familiar with Highsmith's books. I found it interesting to know where she got her ideas and how she developed a small incident into a novel.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Mildly amusing, but useless., Fév 24 2004
Par Karen D. (Cheney, WA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Very little useful information contained in this book. You can learn more about the craft from reading her fiction!

Get Stephen King's On Writing instead. Much more practical advice.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Behind the Scenes at the Abbatoir, Aoû 7 2003
Par Atar Hadari (London United Kingdom) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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A modestly written, terse, readable and nuts and bolts book about how plots come to be put together, how a writer makes a living (or doesn't) and how to tell the story. What I found most charming about this "How-To" book was that it wasn't chirpy, wasn't preachy, didn't have a whiff of unreality arising from its advice, and was eminently practical. The only crime writing manual so far that I have picked up, browsed in, bought, took home and actually finished reading from cover to cover (sometimes doing the reading on a bus, that's how gripping it is). Recommended.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Easy to read in one sitting
I have never read Patricia Highsmith's work, but I have seen Talented Mr. Ripley on DVD. I picked up this book in order to get a better feel of what writing suspense fiction is... Read more
Publié le Jui 22 2003 par ladynyte808

4.0étoiles sur 5 Helpful, Yet Sometimes Contradictory Advice
Patricia Highsmith produced some really wonderful works of suspense. It helps to be familiar with at least one or two of them before jumping into this book; she refers to her... Read more
Publié le Déc 30 2002 par A. Wolverton

2.0étoiles sur 5 A Bad Guide Written By An Excellent Writer
It is true that not all great writers are good teachers of writing; this book only proves the point. There are points of merit. Read more
Publié le Nov. 23 2002 par 50cent-haircut

3.0étoiles sur 5 A very personalized guide, with a few helpful hints
In this short book, Patricia Highsmith offers her opinions on writing suspense stories. She addresses story ideas, using personal experiences, story development and plotting,... Read more
Publié le Jui 21 2002 par M. A Michaud

4.0étoiles sur 5 How She Did It
In her introduciton to Plotting and Writing Suspense, prolific suspense author Patricia Highsmith tells us that this will not be a how-to book, but a book that collects her own... Read more
Publié le Mai 26 2002 par Sebastien Pharand

3.0étoiles sur 5 More of a How-I-Did than a How-To
As noted on the cover of the book, Highsmith is the author of "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Strangers on a Train," both of which have been made into movies. Read more
Publié le Avril 28 2002 par Jeffrey Leeper

3.0étoiles sur 5 interesting but..
I thought this was an interesting book, and I read all of it, but I didn't get any useful pointers about writing from it. Read more
Publié le Mars 14 2002 par Charlotte M. Perkins

5.0étoiles sur 5 Beyond Genre To Literature
This book is an excellent essay on the craft of writing, far beyond any label or genre you might want it to focus on. Read more
Publié le Déc 25 2001 par Joan Torrents

5.0étoiles sur 5 General advice, because suspense is universal
Patricia Highsmith doesn't sell out, despite writing in the suspense genre. The reason, as one gathers from this book, is that she sees suspense as a necessary ingredient of all... Read more
Publié le Déc 5 2001

3.0étoiles sur 5 For the Highsmith fans
I enjoyed a few of Highsmith's novels and short stories, and was impressed enough to become curious about how the author came up with her detailed insights into the psychology... Read more
Publié le Aoû 25 2000 par pure-swallow

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