• Craft

    Want to Write a Great Mystery? Read a Great Romance.

    Mindy Carlson on lessons learned from a pandemic-inspired turn toward romance novels.

    June 16, 2022  By Mindy Carlson
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    My First Thriller: Steven James

    How the bestselling author moves between serial killer novels and Sunday school stories.

    June 16, 2022  By Rick Pullen
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    The Constellation of Possibilities: An Approach to Writing Historical Fiction

    Matt Bondurant on a natural disaster, a discovered photograph, and the craft exercise that followed.

    June 15, 2022  By Matt Bondurant
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    A Real Desire to Write Fake Lawyers

    Joey Hartstone always thought he wanted to be a lawyer. But maybe just wanted to be a lawyer in a story.

    June 15, 2022  By Joey Hartstone
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    The Disposable Spy: Or, How To Get Away With Revealing Agency Secrets In a Novel

    The trick is to have your spies embrace "techniques that used to be valuable, but are probably hardly ever employed these days."

    June 14, 2022  By Richard A. Clarke
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    How A Break-In and A Blizzard Shaped April Henry's New Mystery

    "As a result, Two Truths and a Lie has far more truths than lies."

    June 13, 2022  By April Henry
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    Why Some of the Best Thrillers Are Also Hilarious

    Unless you want your reader to be utterly terrified, "you've gotta do something to leaven the topic."

    June 10, 2022  By James Byrne
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    When the House Talks Back: Environments that Transform into Full-Fledged Characters

    John David Mann on transformative settings

    June 8, 2022  By John David Mann
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    Murder Isn't Funny. But Gallows Humor Is!

    "In real life, [murder is] devastating....What is funny—in life and on the page—is how people cope with the savagery and finality of a senseless homicide."

    June 8, 2022  By Marshall Karp
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    Long Live Pantsing

    Chris Offutt discovers the "pantser v. plotter" debate and promptly reevaluates his fifty-six years of writing.

    June 7, 2022  By Chris Offutt
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