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Four-Act Structure: The Mystery Writer’s Tool to Create and Solve the Story Puzzle
Plot | Story Structure

Four-Act Structure: The Mystery Writer’s Tool to Create and Solve the Story Puzzle

ByZara Altair November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

How to use the four-act structure to lead your reader through your mystery novel.

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Mystery Novel Structure Simplified
Story Structure

Mystery Novel Structure Simplified

ByZara Altair August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Use a four-part overview to write the first draft of your mystery.

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Why Mystery Authors Have a Leg Up Mastering the Difficult Muddy Middle
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Why Mystery Authors Have a Leg Up Mastering the Difficult Muddy Middle

ByZara Altair June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

Use expand, reverse, contract to conquer the mystery novel middle.

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Mystery Novel Structure: How to Go from Midpoint to Climax
Story Structure

Mystery Novel Structure: How to Go from Midpoint to Climax

ByZara Altair February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

Tips to keep the second half of the mystery’s middle from sagging. How to raise stakes and increase tension.

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Master the Mystery Novel Midpoint
Story Structure

Master the Mystery Novel Midpoint

ByZara Altair March 23, 2021

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.

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Understand The Inciting Incident
Inciting Incident | Story Structure

Understand The Inciting Incident

ByZara Altair March 1, 2021

The role of the inciting incident in your story structure and how to write one that works.

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How to Build Story in the Middle – Part 1
Author Learning | Mystery writing | Story Structure

How to Build Story in the Middle – Part 1

ByZara Altair October 27, 2020October 26, 2021

How to develop Act 2 in the four-act structure to expand your story and get readers invested in the story.

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Plot or Characters? What Drives Your Mystery?
Author Learning | Backstory | Creating Characters | Mystery writing | Plot | Point Of View | Story Structure

Plot or Characters? What Drives Your Mystery?

ByZara Altair July 7, 2020October 26, 2021

Story development on plot and characters enriches reader engagement and helps you write faster.

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Stuck in Your Story? It’s not Writer’s Block
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Stuck in Your Story? It’s not Writer’s Block

ByZara Altair December 26, 2017

What can seem like writer’s block can be a story structure problem. Learn how to get going again.

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