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Writing Mysteries
Apr 1, 2005
Getting Your Manuscript Ready - Part Five
This is Part Five of Getting Your Manuscript Ready. In this article, I discuss characters and plot development.
Mar 1, 2005
Getting Your Manuscript Ready - Part Four
This is Part Four of my series that I am writing on Getting Your Manscript Ready. In this article, you will learn about who, whom, and that.
Feb 1, 2005
Getting Your Manuscript Ready - Part Three
This is Part Three of Getting Your Manuscript Ready. I discuss sentence structure and passive and active verbs.
Jan 1, 2005
Getting Your Manuscript Ready - Part Two
This is Part Two of Getting Your Manuscript Ready. In this article, you will learn about two common punctuation marks and capitalization errors.
Dec 27, 2004
Getting Your Manuscript Ready - Part One
This is Part One of Getting Your Manuscript Ready. No matter if you are writing mysteries or another genre, this series will help you present your manuscripts to publishers.
Nov 1, 2004
Writing Short Stories - Busted Blossoms by Stuart M. Kaminsky
This is an article about writing short stories and how Stuart M. Kaminsky wrote his story Busted Blossoms.
Oct 2, 2004
Voices In the Coalbin by Mary Higgins Clark - How authors write a story?
This is a review of Voices in the Coalbin by Mary Higgins Clark and how she wrote it.
Sep 2, 2004
Anthologies - How Writers Start Their Stories
This is an article about anthologies and how writers start their stories. I mention two short stories that are found in The Best of Sisters in Crime edited by Marilyn Wallace.
Aug 3, 2004
The Impossible Theft by John F. Suter
This article is illustrating how John F. Suter developed his story, The Impossible Theft.
May 14, 2004
The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle
This article is about how Jacques Futrelle developed his story, The Problem of Cell 13, and held reader's attention to the very end.
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Writing Mysteries
Voices In the Coalbin by Mary Higgins Clark - How authors write (1 msgs)
Someone's Having a Birthday Soon (1 msgs)
Story Middles - Plot Development - Part One (2 msgs)
Story Development - Writing Beginnings - Part Three (1 msgs)
Story Development - Part One - Writing Beginnings (2 msgs)
Settings - Part One (1 msgs)
Characterization - Part Three - Suspects and Villains (2 msgs)
Characterization - Part Two - The Inner Life (1 msgs)
Gathering Ideas and Keeping A Journal (5 msgs)
Happy birthday Janet! (5 msgs)
