Four-Act Structure: The Mystery Writer’s Tool to Create and Solve the Story Puzzle
How to use the four-act structure to lead your reader through your mystery novel.
Mystery Novel Structure Simplified
Use a four-part overview to write the first draft of your mystery.
Mystery Novel Structure: How to Go from Midpoint to Climax
Tips to keep the second half of the mystery’s middle from sagging. How to raise stakes and increase tension.
How to Plan Historical Fiction with Plottr
How I set up and use Plottr to combine historical research with planning the storyline for a mystery.
Master the Mystery Novel Midpoint
Create a midpoint reversal to add tension, raise the story stakes, and lead the story in a new direction toward the conclusion.
Tips to create the midpoint middle.
How to Expand Your Story Idea
A story idea isn’t a novel yet. Steps to flesh out your idea into a solid novel plan.
Understand The Inciting Incident
The role of the inciting incident in your story structure and how to write one that works.
Mystery Writer Stumbling Blocks
Four major stumbling blocks to writing a mystery novel.
How to Build Story in the Middle – Part 2
A reversal at the midpoint points toward narrowing the focus in the second half of the middle.
How to Build Story in the Middle – Part 1
How to develop Act 2 in the four-act structure to expand your story and get readers invested in the story.