Paul Tomlinson Books In Order

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Paul Tomlinson is a science fiction, crime, and fantasy author born in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He made author interviews for Starburst magazines and Starlog. He’s also the co-creator of the official Harry Harrison website.
He is the writer of the Sword in the Stone-dead, a fantasy novel Slayer of Dragons and Robot Wrecker.

Mystery: How to Write Traditional & Cozy Whodunits

Paul Tomlinson shows all the facets of constructing a mystery through a detailed table of contents. There are also useful comments on personalities. Paul has compiled a thrilling history of traditional cozies with a surprise ending including steps of his C.M.

It’s a useful guide for anyone looking forward to weaving mystery tales. Full of information with amazing detectives and more modern cozies. The author uses his own writing experience of writing mystery stories to share ideas on plot, how to create your Watson and where a writer should throw in the red herrings.

The tips are easy to read and understand, thanks to the references, which are a great resource for the reader. The Mystery is a great resource for someone planning to go deeper in their understanding of how to create mysteries.
Be sure to get more information than you’ll ever need, as it gives you multiple road maps to writing a mystery. It’s a story of solving the Mystery of the Mystery.

It gives readers tips on writing cozy murders that readers will adore. Paul Tomlinson lists some things the reader usually expects to find in cush stories. For instance, readers will expect to see a victim and a murderer.
There should also be an investigator trying to hunt down the murderer. Such a character should be a great performing detective, a woman sleuth, or even an aggressive amateur. The setting should have a small circle of suspects.
Paul hints that there should be clues pointing to what happened and some red herrings. There should also be someone assisting the sleuth in the investigations. The investigations should also show the means, opportunity, motive, and alibis throughout the story.

A writer should be able to put up a plot with all the things together in good order. In the course of Paul’s book, you’ll have tools for creating all the above ingredients alongside breakdown of the three structures mostly used for whodunits.
These structures include the first murder act, the midpoint of the murder, and the main suspect or the falsely accused. Before the end of the book, you should be able to know how impossible mysteries are created and how inverted mysteries are different from the ordinary type.

Paul gives his reader a bonus of a deep analysis of how the guidelines are used to develop and weave a complete murder mystery book from the original idea to the last edit. He mentions several books that serve as examples of different types of mysteries.

If you want your book to have good research and cite the genre’s history, this novel will help improve your creative skills.
Plot Basics

Paul states that there is usually no formula for a novel’s plot; however, there is a pattern that readers have said is satisfying for a long time. You must understand the structure that you can apply to the novel or screenplay of any genre.
In plot basics, you should be able to break down the plot into quarters and then decide what should take place in each. As a writer, you should apply the rule of three to provide a strong through-line with increasing action and suspense.
Once you find that you can divide the plot into sequences that allow a writer tell their story with enough dramatic effect, you are good. They include the main turning points plus a midpoint, and a climax.

The elements belong to each of the sequences and how a writer can develop them. One can use the sequences method to plot a story from the start. You can also use it to edit the debut draft of a screenplay or even a book.
Once you figure out what needs to go where in a story, you can go on with the fun part of writing and develop a great plot that your readers or movie-goers will find enjoyable. This guideline book is ideal for beginners, thanks to the basic concepts.

For fiction writers who are starting out or advanced writers who are looking for a refresher, this book will be very helpful. Before starting any story, note that plot and character are the most important elements that readers always look for in novels.

Paul’s novel dedicates the first eight as an overview of the history of a story on the screen and how it applies to book writing. He also includes plot vs. character in the course of the overview.
Suspense thriller

In this novel, paul shows how one can write a suspense thriller story from scratch. The magic of weaving a successful thriller or play is to know the conventions of the genre. As a writer, you have to master the elements that have to be in the story, and the kind of plot structure viewers or readers expect.

This novel has all the details you’ll need to master the elements.

Paul shows how one can come up with a suspenseful story the way Alfred Hitchcock did it. He also shows how a writer can scare their readers with Robin Cook-style medical thrillers and entertain readers with the latest military thriller like Tom Clancy’s show.

Paul shows what happens when technology goes wrong, as Michel Crichton did. Throughout the novel, you’ll learn how to raise the stakes for the hero since there are lots of techniques for generating suspense.

The author also teaches how one can write a killer chase and templates for the various sub-genre of a suspense thriller. He analyzes what makes thrillers succeed and, in the process, cites Grisham, Dan Brown, Hitchcock, and other writers of blockbuster movies and best-selling novels.

The book is detailed and well-researched, making it useful to writers looking for a solid foundation in their work.