Claudia Roth Pierpont explores the life and work of the writer behind “The Maltese Falcon,” “The Thin Man,” and other books.
If you want to write a mystery, here are 5 ways to start a mystery novel.
While I prefer the no-outline approach to writing, I do understand the appeal of having worksheets to help plan things out. Here are some of the ones I’ve found that I could see myself using …
After almost a hundred novels, an uncountable number of short stories, and cherished collections of writing advice and lore, Lawrence Block can lay claim to being the respected grand patriarch of the mystery genre.
Choose two of the sentences listed below to expand by adding logical additional parts of speech (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases). Your sentence should be at leas…
Illustrator Tom Gauld has been capturing the culture-lover’s summer in weekly illustrations for Guardian Review. Find out what has caught his eye over the last six weeks
Writing a mystery novel involves creating suspense, actively involving the reader, using red herrings and more. Learn how to write great mystery fiction.
I love to use stories as a starting point for writing pieces in class. My colleague introduced me to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg a few years back and I am hooked. The book is set up...
Writing a mystery novel involves creating suspense, actively involving the reader, using red herrings and more. Learn how to write great mystery fiction.
Story outlining can be tough! There are various writing techniques to help structure your short-story, novel, or script. In this article, I share a useful tool used by authors and…
Even the Neanderthals might have tossed around this easy-to-say word.
