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Your Mystery Villain in Hiding
Writing Craft | Mystery Villain

Your Mystery Villain in Hiding

ByZara Altair April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

Know your villain well and discover ways to hide them in your mystery.

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Setting: Know Your Character’s Home to Write Better Dialogue
Setting | Dialogue

Setting: Know Your Character’s Home to Write Better Dialogue

ByZara Altair April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

A technique to use a character’s home to help refine dialogue.

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How to Use Clues To Build Suspense in Your Mystery Novel 
Writing Craft | Mystery Clues | Mystery writing

How to Use Clues To Build Suspense in Your Mystery Novel 

ByZara Altair April 5, 2022April 5, 2022

The power of building on clues to raise questions with readers and build suspense in your mystery novel.

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How To Finish Your First Mystery Novel
Mystery writing

How To Finish Your First Mystery Novel

ByZara Altair March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

Tips for beginning mystery writers to finish the novel. Steps to support the big project, long-haul writing that gets you to The End.

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How To Conquer Writer Fear, Deal With It, and Finish Your Story
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How To Conquer Writer Fear, Deal With It, and Finish Your Story

ByZara Altair March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

How to recognize writer fear, counter the feeling, and steps to conquer self-doubt in order to finish writing your novel.

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What is Rising Action in a Mystery?
Rising Action

What is Rising Action in a Mystery?

ByZara Altair March 14, 2022March 14, 2022

Mystery novel rising action develops the sleuth’s discovery journey from inciting incident to climax.

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What Is Your Mystery Suspect Hiding?
Character Development | Supporting Characters

What Is Your Mystery Suspect Hiding?

ByZara Altair March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

How to create hidden secrets for your mystery suspect.

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Tips to Foreshadow in Your Mystery to Build Reader Anticipation
Foreshadowing

Tips to Foreshadow in Your Mystery to Build Reader Anticipation

ByZara Altair March 1, 2022March 1, 2022

Tips to foreshadow without giving away the puzzle until the end in your mystery novel.

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Your Mystery Title: The Make or Break Choice for Your Book
Writing Craft | Title

Your Mystery Title: The Make or Break Choice for Your Book

Byzaraone February 21, 2022February 21, 2022

Your mystery title is a first-level marketing tool. Use a brainstorming process. Guide your decision by the novel’s genre. Then, test for feedback before you make your final decision.

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Mystery Novel Structure: How to Go from Midpoint to Climax
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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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