Authors undertake a difficult task when they attempt to create a compelling mystery that "plays fair" with readers.
Hill spent most of his professional career as a story consultant and gave lectures and workshops on Plot construction..
Plot Genie and its subsequent supplements flourished during the Depression, when newsstands were filled with pulp magazines, and every magazine sported at least one short story.
A cardboard spinner wheel -- "The Plot Robot" accompanied each copy. ..".
Although an interesting narrative," De Mille wrote, "it contains no dramatic plot." Apparently, Hill was inspired to created THE Plot GENIE, a book containing lists of Plot elements, characters, and settings.
De Mille rejected one of his submissions.
Hill sold two silent film screenplays when the great director Cecil B.
About the Author: Wycliffe A.
Writing a great mystery story is an elementary task with the Plot Genie: Detective-Mystery supplement Results may vary.
Hill presents nine sections, each with various sub-sections - Type of crime, victim, perpetrator, clues and red herrings, motives - to create a layered and complex puzzle to challenge readers.
The Plot Genie: Detective-Mystery supplement can aide you, like a loyal sidekick and raconteur In this volume, Wycliffe A.
Authors undertake a difficult task when they attempt to create a compelling mystery that "plays fair" with readers
