Weaves advice and experience from today's top mystery authors (Michael Connelly, Ann Rule, Lawrence Block, Tess Gerritsen, and more) into a comprehensive mystery writing "how-to" guide.

Everything and everyone you need to know to become a successfully published author!

During a big snow, Mr. Putter decides to write a mystery novel, but what he ends up with is entirely different.

The author helps writers to use the creative process to develop a creative attitude.

"Takes readers step by step through the writing process, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques."--Cover.

"Batman" editor and writer Dennis O'Neil provides instruction on writing comics, discussing story structure, drama, subplots, characterization, script preparation, miniseries and maxiseries, graphic novels, ongoing series, story arcs, the Levitz paradigm, megaseries, adaptations, and continuity.

After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie's mother works as an editor.

When Eva sits on her stoop trying to complete a school assignment by writing about what happens in her neighborhood, she gets a great deal of advice and action.

Roy Peter Clark distills decades of experience into 50 tools that will help any writer become more fluent and effective. This book covers everything from the most basic ("Tool 5: Watch those adverbs") to the more complex ("Tool 34: Turn your notebook into a camera") and provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, e-mails, PowerPoint presentations,...