Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense: Break Into the Exciting and Profitable Field of Book, Screenplay, and Television

by Tom Byrnes

Book Overview

True crime and suspense stories make a killing at the box office, on bestseller lists, and on TV. Both new and experienced writers have found that they can master the special skills required to make crime pay - in book and movie contracts. Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense shows how you, too, can: Find and develop compelling true crime stories from everyday sources Dig out the facts and put them on paper Fashion your story for books, TV,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761510265
• ISBN13: 9780761510260
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

True Crime CAN Pay

True Crime sells, and you may as well be the one to write it. Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense is the best tool on the market today for future crime writers. Tom Byrnes--the author--shows you how to get a story, decide if it's right for you and for the Reader, then leads you to finding more information and ultimately to writing the story. But wait! There's more (no, not Gingsu Knives)... he goes even further and tells you how to sell it. If that weren't enough, the back of the book has passages from other well known True Crime writers/producers. You get the picture, now buy the book!