Of course the plot contains all plot twists, surprises, getting the hero in trouble, piling on more trouble, then making his troubles unsolvable, before wrapping it up.Īlso in Crider’s introduction he says this about plotting, quoting Larry Dent’s formula: Thinking about what Whittington said, if you have the plot of the story-that being what happens to whom from beginning to end- then all you have to do is fill in the blanks. Whittington used 12 pseudonyms and wrote, depending on the source, 170 or over 200 books, and according to Wiki wrote 85 over 12 years. For the next 20 years I sold everything I wrote.” From the moment I learned to plot, I was assaulted with ideas screaming, scratching and clawing for attention. Never again would I be stumped for plot idea or story line. It was like being half-asleep and abruptly waking. I could plot – forward, backwards, upside down. Fifteen years it took me to learn, but I knew. “I understood plotting, emotional response, story structure. Whittington is quoted by Bill Crider in the e-book version of A Night for Screaming about plotting, saying: One of the books, A Night for Screaming by Harry Whittington is one of many that caught my attention. Books to Die For is an anthology of essays written by mystery writers about their favorite mystery/crime book and author in that genre.
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