Re: RARA-AVIS: The Big Sleep

David White (dpwhite@eden.rutgers.edu)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:52:41 -0500 (EST) pretty much, from what i've read, chandler didn't lot specifically, it was
a see where things went sorta thing... that's why his plots weren't always
so choerent.. it doesn't seem like he revised much...

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, William Denton wrote:

> On 19 March 1999, Mari Hall wrote:
>
> : Michael Connelly or somebody that was on that panel on Chandler at
> : Left Coast Crime in San Diego would know because they talked about it
> : on that panel.
>
> It's a well-known story, how they contacted Chandler and he said he didn't
> know. How did Chandler plot out his books? Did he write about this
> anywhere, or is it in a bio? I've been reading some stuff by another
> mystery writer about how he plotted his books, and he has it all there
> down to the finest details. I know Chandler liked to have a man with a
> gun climb in the window when things got dull--did he just start writing
> and see where things went?
>
> Bill
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