Ellen Sussman, one heckuva writing teacher, has put together a "master class" on mystery writing. She's recruited the incredibly articulate Edgar Nominee Cornelia Read and the critically praised author of 5 books, John Billheimer , to offer hints, insights, and perspective. Oh yeah, and Ellen asked one more local writer of crime fiction. Me.
Here's Ellen's description of the class: Three acclaimed mystery writers, Cornelia Read, Keith Raffel and John Billheimer, will join me in a panel discussion about their craft. I'll ask them about plotting the mystery novel, about character development, about conventions of the genre, about breaking those conventions. I'd like to find out what we non-mystery writers can learn from these masters of plot, character, voice. And for those of you who are writing mysteries, we can find out how these three have succeeded in a very competitive field.
The class is scheduled for May 13 for three hours starting at 6.30 and the cost is $60. If you're interested, email ellen at ellen@ellensussman.com. Should be fun and informative.
Ellen Sussman
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