From Pantser to Planner: Know Where Your Story Goes with a Story Outline
How knowing the basic storyline will help you write faster.
Writing Your Mystery Novel: How to Balance the Big Picture and the Details
How to write detailed scenes to complete the big picture of your mystery.
Writing Vacation: The Third Week
Progress during the third week of the writing vacation experiment.
Writing Vacation: The First Week
Recap of the first week of the writing vacation.
Writers Write: Set Up Your Writing Life
How to go from story planning to writing your first draft to create your writing life.
How to Create A Mystery Puzzle Readers Will Love
A quick guide to the elements for a mystery writer to use to create a puzzling mystery.
How to Use Clues To Build Suspense in Your Mystery Novel
The power of building on clues to raise questions with readers and build suspense in your mystery novel.
How To Finish Your First Mystery Novel
Tips for beginning mystery writers to finish the novel. Steps to support the big project, long-haul writing that gets you to The End.
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.