Read Like A Writer

There are two ways to learn how to write fiction: by reading it and by writing it. Yes, you can learn lots about writing stories in workshops, in writing classes and writing groups, at writers' conferences. You can learn technique and process by reading the dozens of books like this one on fiction writing and by reading articles in writers' magazines. But the best teachers of fiction are the great works of fiction themselves. You can learn more about the structure of a short story by reading Anton Chekhov's 'Heartache' than you can in a semester of Creative Writing 101. If you read like a writer, that is, which means you have to read everything twice, at least. When you read a story or novel the first time, just let it happen. Enjoy the journey. When you've finished, you know where the story took you, and now you can go back and reread, and this time notice how the writer reached that destination. Notice the choices he made at each chapter, each sentence, each word. (Every word is a choice.) You see now how the transitions work, how a character gets across a room. All this time you're learning. You loved the central character in the story, and now you can see how the writer presented the character and rendered her worthy of your love and attention. The first reading is creative—you collaborate with the writer in making the story. The second reading is critical.


John Dufresne, from his book, The Lie That Tells A Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

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Saturday, August 19, 2023

Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington

Murder in the Maze by J. J. Connington

MURDER IN THE MAZE

BY J. J. CONNINGTON

CONTENTS

I.The Hackleton Case
II.The Affair in the Maze
III.The Immediate Results
IV.The Chief Constable
V.The Evidence in the Case
VI.The Toxicologist
VII.The Pot of Curare
VIII.Opportunity, Method, and Motive
IX.The Burglary at Whistlefield
X.The Third Attack in the Maze
XI.The Squire’s Theories
XII.The Fourth Attack
XIII.The Dart
XIV.The Forged Cheque
XV.The Secretary’s Affairs
XVI.The Last Attack in the Maze
XVII.The Siege of the Maze
XVIII.The Truth of the Matter

'A really first-rate detective story' T. S. Eliot

When twin brothers Roger and Neville Shandon are murdered by poisoned darts in Whistlefield's famous hedge maze, Sir Clinton Driffield arrives to restore order. He finds two terrified witnesses - visitors to the estate - and clues aplenty in this brilliantly conceived and meticulously realized country-house mystery.

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About the Work

Originally published: 1939
Genre: Mystery
Subject: Fiction / Crime, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional

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