Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense: Break into the Exciting and Profitable Field of Book, Screenplay, and Television (Writing Guides)

Byrnes, Tom

ISBN 10: 0761510265 / ISBN 13: 9780761510260

Published by Prima Lifestyles, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense: Break into the Exciting and Profitable Field of Book, Screenplay, and Television (Writing Guides)
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761510265
• ISBN 13: 9780761510260
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

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, or movies
• Market your story for maximum profit
• And much moreAs a special bonus, author Tom Byrnes has included in-depth interviews with true crime movers and shakers including writers, publishers, and Hollywood producers.

Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense will show you how to craft gripping accounts of the dark deeds that dominate the news and sell them to publishers and beyond.

About the Author

Tom Byrnes is the author of the national bestseller Madame Foreman: A Rush to Judgment, about the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial. He is also an award-winning editor and a journalist whose work has appeared in national newspapers and magazines.

From the Inside Flap

nd 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, or movies
Market your story for maximum profit
And much moreAs a special bonus, author Tom Byrnes has included in-depth interviews with true crime movers and shakers including writers, publishers, and Hollywood producers.

Writing Bestselling True Crime and Suspense will show you how to craft gripping accounts of the dark deeds that dominate the news and sell them to publishers and beyond.

About the Author

Tom Byrn