by Darcy Pattison
I am working on my teacher resource book. One topic is how to plan a mystery.
Oh, my, gosh! Mysteries are so complicated.
Two time lines: what really happened;the detective’s timeline of figuring out what happened in the first time line.
Three characters: victim, villain, detective.
I had broken it down into sections and then let D. read it, who writes more mysteries than I ever will. She suggested break it down even further. She’s right. When I’m revising, I often break down a chapter or scene into components and work on them in smaller segments, before re-integrating everything. For example, I might think about the word choices. Then go back and edit for continuity and flow and rhythm.
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