These are mostly about getting the details of guns, injuries, and forensic evidence right, rather than anything to…

These are mostly about getting the details of guns, injuries, and forensic evidence right, rather than anything to do with writing as such. But getting those things wrong will lose a proportion of your readers, who will no longer trust you. If you can’t get reality right, they won’t be prepared to suspend disbelief for your fiction.

Originally shared by Writers Write

https://writerswrite.co.za/dashiel-hammetts-24-rules-for-detective-writers/

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15 responses to “These are mostly about getting the details of guns, injuries, and forensic evidence right, rather than anything to…”

  1. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Might be of interest, Prue Stopford ?

  2. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Might be of interest, Prue Stopford ?

  3. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Might be of interest, Prue Stopford ?

  4. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Might be of interest, Prue Stopford ?

  5. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Might be of interest, Prue Stopford ?

  6. Prue Stopford Avatar

    Ellie Kennard thank you very much Ellie, I never ignore good advice like this, and even though my genre is entirely different you can often apply new ideas 🙂

  7. Prue Stopford Avatar

    Ellie Kennard thank you very much Ellie, I never ignore good advice like this, and even though my genre is entirely different you can often apply new ideas 🙂

  8. Prue Stopford Avatar

    Ellie Kennard thank you very much Ellie, I never ignore good advice like this, and even though my genre is entirely different you can often apply new ideas 🙂

  9. Prue Stopford Avatar

    Ellie Kennard thank you very much Ellie, I never ignore good advice like this, and even though my genre is entirely different you can often apply new ideas 🙂

  10. Prue Stopford Avatar

    Ellie Kennard thank you very much Ellie, I never ignore good advice like this, and even though my genre is entirely different you can often apply new ideas 🙂

  11. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Prue Stopford my thought exactly! It’s the principle that can apply to all genres.

  12. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Prue Stopford my thought exactly! It’s the principle that can apply to all genres.

  13. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Prue Stopford my thought exactly! It’s the principle that can apply to all genres.

  14. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Prue Stopford my thought exactly! It’s the principle that can apply to all genres.

  15. Ellie Kennard Avatar

    Prue Stopford my thought exactly! It’s the principle that can apply to all genres.

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