Twenty Rules For Writing Detective Stories by S. S. Van Dine
An influential set of twenty rules for fair-play detective fiction that privileges logical deduction and transparency, requiring that all clues be available to the reader and forbidding sensational gimmicks. It bars supernatural explanations, excessive coincidence, secret societies, romantic subplots, and the detective as culprit, aiming to make the mystery a fair contest between reader and sleuth.
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- 1928
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- American
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- Original Language
- English
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