See how Tana French uses sentence style, summary, and suspense to pull readers into the first chapter of The Searcher.

Sandra Scofield’s guide to revising your novel will teach you how to analyze your draft and improve it with detailed craft advice.

Jack Bickham’s advice on how to harness the logic of cause-and-effect to create effective plots, characters, and scenes.

A step-by-step guide to planning and writing a well-plotted mystery.

A review of the newest edition of Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction, the standard text used in many creative writing programs.