[Just Joshin] 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories
Blogging at The Usual Suspects today on SS Van Dine's classic rules for
writing mysteries. Some things never change...
writing mysteries. Some things never change...
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I know, and yet some of the classic Holmes stories would be ruled out by that -- and some of Christie's too. But I do know what you mean.
--18. A crime in a detective story must never turn out to be an accident or a suicide. To end an odyssey of sleuthing with such an anti-climax is to hoodwink the trusting and kind-hearted reader. --