----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Borgers" <
wbac1203@wanadoo.be>
> Al, you could also look for:
> 'Writing the Novel from Plot to Print'-1979- by
Lawrence Block as well;
> numerous reprints after the 1st ed.(the one I have
is dated 1993)
> There's a third one by Block, but I never saw it:
'Spin Me a Web'.
"Writing the Novel" is one of the few I've managed to get
hold of. I also want to get "Telling Lies", as mentioned by
Bill Crider in an earlier post. I haven't heard of "Spin Me a
Web" at all. I'll look out for it, though.
> And, a kind of anthology of recommendations
including some HB/Noir
writers'
> views- IMO, a very interesting book : 'Mystery
Writers Handbook' by the
> MWA(1976- but numerous reprints)chapters by
Avallone, John D. MacDonald,
Fr
> Brown... and more
Sounds like a must buy.
> Then, in the autobiography of Robin Cook (a.k.a
Derek Raymond)'The Hidden
> Files'(1993), there are extended parts of his book
exposing his
> views about the motivation and behavior of a writer
exploring the Noir
> genre in his writing. Very good read, good insight,
but do not expect a
> "cookbook". It's more an "impressionist" sketch than
a handbook.
Sounds good, too.
> In Chandler's letters you could also find some of
his detailed opinions on
> writing a.s.o, but these are maybe more difficult to
gather.
Yeah, but worth the effort, I'd imagine.
>
> Patricia Highsmith's little opus was
titled:'Plotting and Writing Suspense
> Fiction'-1966- (revised edition in 1986)
It's now on order from the States.
Thanks a lot for the recommendations, Etienne.
Al
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