Background
James Frey was born on March 15, 1943, in Syracuse, New York, United States.
James Frey was nominated Edgar Allen Poe Award from Mystery Writers of America, for The Long Way to Die.
James Frey's portrait.
James Frey's portrait.
James Frey speaking at the Tri-Valley Writers meetup.
(Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is...)
Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is perfect for beginners as well as professional writers who need a crash course in the down-to-earth basics of storytelling. Talent and inspiration can't be taught, but Frey does provide scores of helpful suggestions and sensible rules and principles. An international bestseller, How to Write a Damn Good Novel will enable all writers to face that intimidating first page, keep them on track when they falter, and help them recognize, analyze, and correct the problems in their own work.
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1987
(This crime story describes how "Zank the Tank", a heavy-w...)
This crime story describes how "Zank the Tank", a heavy-weight contender, agrees to track down a missing teenager, an apparently simple task which unfortunately takes him to the 'wrong' side of San Francisco where he discovers that he needs finesse to survive outside the ring as well.
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1988
(Ex-boxer turned San Francisco private eye Joe Zonka is hi...)
Ex-boxer turned San Francisco private eye Joe Zonka is hired to clear a cop of a murder he did not commit, while the cop's crazy daughter wants Zonka to bust him out of jail.
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1988
(San Francisco P.I. Odyssey Gallagher joins forces with he...)
San Francisco P.I. Odyssey Gallagher joins forces with her ex-lover, the tough but dumb Charley Gore, to locate the mistress of a wealthy client's husband.
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1991
(Sickened by the missions he has had to perform for a CIA-...)
Sickened by the missions he has had to perform for a CIA-backed secret organization, Tom Croft has put "the company" behind him and fallen in love, but when he refuses to fulfill a contract and kill Gray Wolf, he finds his own life endangered.
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1992
(Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel is one of the most ...)
Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel is one of the most widely used guides ever published for aspiring authors. Here, in How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II, Frey offers powerful advanced techniques to build suspense, create fresher, more interesting characters, and achieve greater reader sympathy, empathy, and identification. How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II also warns against the pseudo-rules often inflicted upon writers, rules such as "The author must always be invisible" and "You must stick to a single viewpoint in a scene," which cramp the imagination and deaden the narrative.
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1994
(In his widely read guides How to Write a Damn Good Novel ...)
In his widely read guides How to Write a Damn Good Novel and How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, popular novelist and fiction-writing coach James N. Frey showed tens of thousands of writers how - starting with rounded, living, breathing, dynamic characters - to structure a novel that sustains its tension and development and ends in a satisfying, dramatic climax. Now, in The Key, Frey takes his no-nonsense, "Damn Good" approach and applies it to Joseph Campbell's insights into the universal structure of myths. The Key is designed as a practical step-by-step guide for fiction writers and screenwriters who want to shape their own ideas into a mythic story.
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2000
(Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internat...)
Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internationally best-selling books on the craft of writing, How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques, and The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth, has now written what is certain to become the standard "how-to" book for mystery writing, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery. Frey urges writers to aim high-not to try to write a good-enough-to-get-published mystery, but a damn good mystery.
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2004
James Frey was born on March 15, 1943, in Syracuse, New York, United States.
James N. Frey is an author and writing workshop instructor who has also written several books on his craft, beginning with 1987's How to Write a Damn Good Novel. Frey's The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth draws on Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth and uses romance novels as an example of how readers are willing to read the same stories again and again. In the first half of the book, Frey examines the mythic structure in such works as Beowulf, Peter Bencheley's novel Jaws, and the story of Robin Hood. In the second half, he includes a novella, The Blue Light, as an example of using myth in writing. Library Journal reviewer Lisa J. Cihlar called The Key a "well-written and witty how-to."
In his How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript, Frey guides writing readers through the steps necessary to complete a novel, detailing the art of creating compelling characters and constructing a plotline that will increase suspense. He concludes by offering advice on finding an agent and getting published. Booklist contributor David Pitt called Frey's approach "eminently practical and rich in details, a must for budding crime-fiction authors."
(This crime story describes how "Zank the Tank", a heavy-w...)
1988(Sickened by the missions he has had to perform for a CIA-...)
1992(Written in a clear, crisp, accessible style, this book is...)
1987(Ex-boxer turned San Francisco private eye Joe Zonka is hi...)
1988(In his widely read guides How to Write a Damn Good Novel ...)
2000(Frey's How to Write a Damn Good Novel is one of the most ...)
1994(Edgar award nominee James N. Frey, author of the internat...)
2004(San Francisco P.I. Odyssey Gallagher joins forces with he...)
1991