Tips to Draw Your Reader Into Your Mystery Create a mystery that gives your reader opportunities to play and active part in unveiling the suspect. Mindset and Methods Beginning writers often are so involved in the process of creating a novel, they forget the reader. Readers are an author’s lifeblood. They post reviews which are…
Start Late, End Early Scenes are the building blocks of your story. The purpose of each scene is to move the reader along in the story. You can help your reader experience immediacy by plunging them headlong into your story. Begin At the Latest Possible Moment Begin your scene with action. Plunge your reader into…
Tips to add excitement and mystery after the novel midpoint. How to focus on each section instead of rushing to the end.
The Hidden Backstory of a Mystery The villain and the victim are star characters in your mystery. As the story unfolds for the reader the focus is on your sleuth, but the relationship of these supporting characters are the crux of the resolution. In a traditional mystery the puzzle pieces the sleuth uncovers are based on…
How I set up and use Plottr to combine historical research with planning the storyline for a mystery.
The Victim is The Center of Your Mystery The victim in your mystery is more than just a dead body. The victim is the fulcrum for your entire mystery. Without your victim, your sleuth has no mystery to solve, no clues, no suspects to interview, and no killer. Everything in your novel pivots around the…
