How Does Story Conflict Work in a Mystery Novel?
Limit the goals, create aspects of conflict to increase reader engagement with your mystery.
Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The End
How to refine your mystery suspects for the best reader engagement.
Give Your Mystery Underlying Tension to Build Reader Anticipation
Build and sustain tension in your mystery with micro-tension moments. Instead of one big buildup, keep readers questioning what will happen next right now.
The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects
Why understanding each suspect’s relationship to the victim, builds suspense in your mystery novel.
How To Write Your Mystery’s First Chapter
The first chapter of your mystery is your reader’s first impression. You don’t get a second chance. Learn the five first-chapter elements to hook your reader into reading the rest of your mystery.
Storyworld vs. Story
Tips to get your reader into the story and keep turning pages.
How to Make Your Suspects Believable to Keep Readers Guessing
Tips to create three-dimensional, believable suspects to confound your mystery sleuth and keep readers guessing until the end.
Clues, Conflict, Tension, and Twists
Discover how clues, conflict, tension, and twists work together to build anticipation and keep readers turning pages.
Metaphors in Mystery
How metaphors work in storytelling, and how they add impact to your story.
Difference Between Evidence, Clues, and Red Herrings
Clues, Evidence, and red herrings in a mystery explained. Learn the difference to use them well in your novel.