S. S. Van Dine's Twenty Rules

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:set_of_literary_rules
gptkbp:author gptkb:S._S._Van_Dine
gptkbp:hasRule No accident must ever help the detective
No love interest
No supernatural or preternatural agencies
The detective must not himself commit the crime
The detective must not have an unaccountable intuition
The culprit must be someone mentioned early in the story
gptkbp:influenced Golden Age detective fiction
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 20
gptkbp:publicationYear 1928
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_American_Magazine
gptkbp:purpose guidelines for writing detective stories
gptkbp:subject gptkb:detective_fiction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Golden_Age_of_Detective_Fiction
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label S. S. Van Dine's Twenty Rules