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How Your Detective’s Fact Review Scene Works in Your Mystery

ByZara Altair July 5, 2022July 5, 2022

How fact review scenes work in your mystery and the best times to use them.

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Get Unpredictable with Your Scenes

ByZara Altair April 19, 2021

Techniques to make novel scenes unpredictable with omission and surprise.

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Scenes | Story Scene

Scene Dynamics

ByZara Altair September 14, 2020October 26, 2021

The three components of every scene in your story. How to check you scene if it doesn’t feel right.

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Scenes | Setting

On-Site In Your Story Settings

ByZara Altair July 20, 2020

Tips to add setting details to make your story come alive and keep readers engaged.

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Mystery writing | Novel Writing | Scenes | Story Scene

Scene Science

ByZara Altair May 11, 2020

The six basic scene components and how they help you create a tight, focused scene for your novel.

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Before You Write A Scene
Scenes | Writing Craft

Before You Write A Scene

ByZara Altair December 9, 2019October 26, 2021

As you build your story alternate between action and reaction. Before you write a scene you need to know the basic structure of the type of scene that comes next in your mystery.

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