Ep. 617: Genre Tips: How to Write Mystery

2/27/2023

Helping Writers Become Authors

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Learning how to write mystery stories involves the most impressive trick of all: outsmarting readers while still playing fair with the clues.

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Ep. 617: Genre Tips: How to Write Mystery

Helping Writers Become Authors

More episodes from "Helping Writers Become Authors"

Ep. 627: 5 Ways to Use Your Character's Shadows to Power Your Story

Ep. 626: How to Create Insanely Complex Characters Using "Shadow Theory"

Ep. 625: Why There's No Such Thing as "Just a Story"

Ep. 624: Tips on Hiring and Working with a Book Cover Designer (And New Cover Reveal for Dreamlander!)

Ep. 623: The Backstory Drip (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 3 of 3)

Ep. 622: Backstory-as-Story vs. Alternating Timelines (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 2 of 3)

Ep. 621: Prologues vs. Flashbacks (Backstory Techniques, Pt. 1 of 3)

Ep. 620: How Archetypes Changed My Life and My Writing

Ep. 619: Here Are Two Ways to Write Organic Themes

Ep. 618: Genre Tips: How to Write Literary Fiction