pixel
Skip to content
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Email

|

zara-altair
  • Home
  • BooksExpand
    • FAQ
  • Write Time BlogExpand
    • Writing on Writing
  • Mystery Writing SchoolExpand
    • Join the Killer Mystery List
  • Contact
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Email
zara-altair

Characters

Is Your Mystery Protagonist a Type or a Character?
Writing Craft

Is Your Mystery Protagonist a Type or a Character?

ByZara Altair May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

6 ways to make your detective protagonist jump off the page to engage readers in your mystery

Read More Is Your Mystery Protagonist a Type or a Character?Continue

Victim and Villain: The Mystery’s Hidden Relationship
Creating Characters

Victim and Villain: The Mystery’s Hidden Relationship

ByZara Altair May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

How the relationship between the victim and the villain is the foundation of a good mystery.

Read More Victim and Villain: The Mystery’s Hidden RelationshipContinue

Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The End
Creating Characters | Mystery writing

Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The End

ByZara Altair September 28, 2021

How to refine your mystery suspects for the best reader engagement.

Read More Mystery Suspects: 3 Clues to Managing Suspects in Your Mystery to Keep Readers Going to The EndContinue

Your Character’s Most Important Mystery Trait
Character Development | Creating Characters

Your Character’s Most Important Mystery Trait

ByZara Altair August 17, 2021

Does your character help or hinder the mystery goal?

Read More Your Character’s Most Important Mystery TraitContinue

How to Manage Supporting Characters
Character Development | Creating Characters | Writing Craft

How to Manage Supporting Characters

ByZara Altair August 9, 2021

How to create supporting characters that add to the puzzle of your mystery.

Read More How to Manage Supporting CharactersContinue

The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects
Character Development | Creating Characters | Mystery writing | Supporting Characters

The Challenge to Create Your Mystery Suspects

ByZara Altair July 26, 2021

Why understanding each suspect’s relationship to the victim, builds suspense in your mystery novel.

Read More The Challenge to Create Your Mystery SuspectsContinue

Good Flaws Connect Readers with Your Hero
Author Learning | Character Development

Good Flaws Connect Readers with Your Hero

ByZara Altair December 15, 2020October 26, 2021

Create believable character flaws for your hero that fit the character and the story. Your readers will connect with a believable character and your story.

Read More Good Flaws Connect Readers with Your HeroContinue

Your Mystery’s Supporting Characters
Creating Characters | Dialogue | Mystery writing

Your Mystery’s Supporting Characters

ByZara Altair August 24, 2020October 26, 2021

5 basics to creating supporting characters. How they interact with your sleuth and suspects to move the story forward.

Read More Your Mystery’s Supporting CharactersContinue

No Suspects, No Mystery
Creating Characters | Mystery writing

No Suspects, No Mystery

ByZara Altair August 17, 2020

Character development for mystery suspects is key to creating a difficult puzzle for your sleuth, and your reader.

Read More No Suspects, No MysteryContinue

Enrich Your Characters with Opinions
Author Learning | Creating Characters | Mystery writing

Enrich Your Characters with Opinions

ByZara Altair April 29, 2020

Create relatable characters by giving them opinions.

Read More Enrich Your Characters with OpinionsContinue

Page navigation

1 2 Next PageNext

  • Home
  • Books
  • Write Time Blog
  • Writing on Writing
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Write to Zara

virtual webmasters

email signup free book Roman Heir


Recent Posts

  • Writing Your Mystery Novel: How to Balance the Big Picture and the Details
  • Unveiling Setting Secrets: 5 Pro Tips for Crafting a Killer Mystery World in Your Novel
  • Why Loving Your Story Makes A Difference for Your Novel
  • 10 Reasons Why Your Mystery Novel Needs Emotional Tension
  • Solving the Puzzle: How Tension Keeps Your Mystery Engaging

Categories

  • Audiobook
  • Author Bio
  • Author Interview
  • Author Learning
  • Author Platform
  • Author Voice
  • Author Website
  • Background Research
  • Backstory
  • Book Cover
  • Book Launch
  • Character Development
  • Creating Characters
  • Dialogue
  • Editing
  • Email for Authors
  • Ending
  • Foreshadowing
  • Historical Mystery
  • Inciting Incident
  • Mindset
  • Mystery Clues
  • Mystery Genre
  • Mystery Villain
  • Mystery writing
  • Narrative Pacing
  • Novel Beginning
  • Novel Pacing
  • Novel Writing
  • Plot
  • Point Of View
  • Power Words
  • Readability
  • reader engagement
  • reading for authors
  • Research
  • Rising Action
  • Scenes
  • Series
  • Setting
  • Show, Don't Tell
  • Story Conflict
  • Story Outline Template
  • Story Scene
  • Story Setting
  • Story Stakes
  • Story Structure
  • Subplot
  • Subtext
  • Supporting Characters
  • Tension
  • The Hero
  • The Peach Widow
  • The Used Virgin
  • Theme
  • Time Passage
  • Timeline
  • Title
  • Uncategorized
  • Writer Fear
  • Writer's Block
  • Writer's Voice
  • Writing Craft
  • Zara Altair
Write to Zara
Your-Free-Book-is-Waiting
  • Books
  • Write Time Blog
  • Writing on Writing
  • join the Killer Mystery List
  • Zara AltairAuthor Interviews
  • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Mail

© 2023 Zara Altair. Privacy Policy. All Rights Reserved

  • Home
  • Books
    • FAQ
  • Write Time Blog
    • Writing on Writing
  • Mystery Writing School
    • Join the Killer Mystery List
  • Contact
Search