Story Skeleton—The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon doesn’t just shift the tone of crime fiction—it shifts the structure.
https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/the-maltese-falcon
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The Maltese Falcon doesn’t just shift the tone of crime fiction—it shifts the structure.
https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/the-maltese-falcon
#writingcommunity #mystery #writersofmystery #mysterywriters #amwritingmystery #noir
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Loved this:
“it adopts the structure of an adventure story. The detective moves through a sequence of escalating trials, each one raising the stakes and deepening the entanglement. The story unfolds as a test of will and principle, not just intellect.”
He’s Ulysses.