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The Top Manuscript Mistakes I See - Show Don't Tell

What Show Don't Tell Really Means and What to do About it Most of us have heard the old adage of show don't tell, but what does it really...

How I Found my Writing Mojo

I recently volunteered to be a guinea pig for Personality Hacker. I offered my personality up to be profiled by one of their new...

The Immortal Sherlock - Chapter 2

The shock of Emily’s name uttered with the word kidnapped pulled me back into alertness. Emily was two years my senior and like a second...

The Immortal Sherlock - Chapter 1

When Dante Watson is reunited with his childhood hero, he finds himself on a collision course with dark forces he never knew existed.

50 Creative Ways to Kill a Character

So, you want to write a Murder Mystery, but don’t know where to begin. I like to start with a murder weapon.

Murder on the Orient Express Story Spine

Inciting Incident - This is the event that kicks off your story. The possibilities are endless, but it often begins with a strange knock at

The MacGuffin

Add one dead body, sprinkle liberally with red herrings and place in a pressure cooker until the criminal's goose is cooked. If only,...

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