Tag Archive | mystery
Writer’s Craft: VILE VOICES: DESCRIBING HOW THE KILLER SPEAKS by Rayne Hall
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? When a dangerous or evil person talks, make their dialogue short and to the point. The tighter their speech, the more intelligent and threatening it becomes. Wordy waffling would dilute the effect. To give your reader a sense of foreboding, a creepy feeling or a distinct chill, describe…
Interview with Karen White
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? ? Where are you originally from? Both of my parents were born and raised in Mississippi (my mother in the Delta–“the most Southern place on earth”–and my father on the coast in Biloxi) but my father’s job as an executive with Exxon had us living all over the…
Based on a True Story – How Can It Be Real? by Michael Allan Scott
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
How Can It Be Real? As an author of supernatural thrillers, it’s a question I’ve heard a time or two before. In my experience, the single most important aspect of good storytelling is what I call the “Reality Factor.” We’ve all read a book, seen a movie, that should…
A Room Full of Killers (DCI Matilda Darke, Book 3) by Michael Wood
Originally posted on bytheletterbookreviews:
Book Description: ‘DCI Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths The third book in Michael Wood’s darkly compelling crime series featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Mark Billingham and Val McDermid. Eight killers. One house. And the almost perfect murder… Feared by the people of Sheffield,…
8 Tips for Short and Sweet Descriptions in Fiction #FabulousFridayGuestBlogger
Originally posted on The Write Stuff:
by Kassandra Lamb While editing the book I’m releasing tomorrow, and especially while trying to pare down the scenes that beta readers and my editor said were dragging, I truly came to appreciate the importance of a finely honed description. Descriptions in fiction are needed to ground the reader…
Writer’s Craft: Managing Tension With Peaks and Troughs by Rayne Hall
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Tension is good. It makes the reader turn the pages. However, constant high tension soon gets dull. The readers can’t sustain continuous scared excitement, and after a while, instead of roused, they become bored. It’s like the waves on a stormy sea: the peaks are only high because of…
Crime Division: Medications as a Murder Weapon (in Fiction writing, Of Course) Joynell Schultz, PharmD, RPh
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Hmmm… You have someone to kill. You need a creative way, and the old-fashioned gun, knife, rope, or Pillow Suffocation simply won’t do. Using a medication sounds intriguing. In the alphabet soup of drugs, which one makes the perfect instrument of death? You sit in front of your laptop,…
Demystifying The Writing Process & Overcoming Writer’s Block
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? ? ? ? ? ? Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching ? ? ? ? ? ? 1. How can learning about the writing process help us? ? If you’re already a writer, you may think that a discussion on writing process doesn’t apply to you.…
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