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"For help on developing a hook, check out the book, Write Away, by Elizabeth George, which provides 8 or 9 types of hooks you could employ.   The idea of a serial killer being the protaonist, as has been mentioned by others, is…"

"These stories are done a lot.  Watch Criminal Minds.  And they have become normal fare for other TV shows and B-rate thrillers. HERE is a link to the profile of serial killers.  It might help.  The hook comes from childhood…"

"A hook is in my opinion very important, as the last thing you want to do is lose your readers on page one or two.  With the scenario you have described I'd write a dramatic end scene and use it as a short opening or prologue.  Date it…"

"You plan to create empathy for a serial killer?  Sorry.  That isn't something I can deal with.   Your English is very good.  As to your questions:  in midaction would imply his getting caught as he is killing his last…"

"OK.  That works."

""I'm assuming the guy only appears normal at the start (and perhaps acts normall too), but isn't in reality, in his thoughts and interests." That's my idea indeed. What happens sometime is that people "pop a lid"…"

"Eric, I like your ideas. I.J., I'm not sure I understand everything you said (sorry, but English is not my mother tongue). What do you exactly mean by: - "arrested in mid-action" - "the trail scene"? - "shift from…"

"I'm assuming the guy only appears normal at the start, but isn't in reality. I don't think a book in which a guy is normal and then develops into a serial killer is realistic. If you research serial killers, they are born psychopaths…"

"Jeez, Eric.  That guy is NOT normal even if he hasn't actually disemboweled anyone.   The most common device is to have a prologue, say where the main character is arrested in mid-action, and then double back to start his career from…"

"I think your idea has potential. Yet it would likely take a great deal of skill with characterization to work. I also wonder what the "through line" is. What does the character want that moves him to act from page to page? Perhaps his…"

"Robert, try this also: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQPPP6S This is the closest text I've found compared to Edogawa. Your reference to Chandler made sense! ;-)"

"Edogowa Rampo--just say his pen name quickly three times to discover how much he loved Edgar Allen Poe--is considered the first and foremost writer of Japanese mystery fiction. Very little of his work has been translated. Many of the stories rely…"