How to Show Your Sleuth’s Vulnerabilities for Greater Reader Empathy
Four ways to display your mystery sleuth’s vulnerabilities to connect with your reader.
The Mystery Protagonist’s Tools: The Secret of the Things in Their Life
Match your protagonist’s tools to his personality and skills to make them believable and relatable for your reader.
Your Mystery Sleuth Protagonist: Fleshing Out Humanity to Capture Reader Interest
The importance of character small passions to get your reader to care about your entire story.
Take Apart Your Sleuth to Set Up Problems in Your Mystery
Try character trait opposition to create story conflict integral to your sleuth and the story.
Your Character’s Most Important Mystery Trait
Does your character help or hinder the mystery goal?
How to Manage Supporting Characters
How to create supporting characters that add to the puzzle of your mystery.
The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects
Why understanding each suspect’s relationship to the victim, builds suspense in your mystery novel.
What Your Mystery Villain Needs
How to strengthen the role of your mystery’s hidden villain.
Does Your Mystery Sleuth Need a Character Arc?
Your mystery detective may not need a character emotional arc, but you do need to build emotional connection with your reader.
A strong character background filled with details and scene writing that incorporates emotional dynamics are the key.
Mystery Writer Stumbling Blocks
Four major stumbling blocks to writing a mystery novel.