Writing Crime Fiction

Suspense in a short story comes down to one thing: the reader knows something bad is coming and cannot stop reading to find out … Read more

Learning how to write realistic police procedure in fiction comes down to one habit: fix the sequence before you write the scene. Real investigations … Read more

To plot a murder mystery novel step by step, you fix the answer first: who killed the victim, why, and how. Then you work … Read more

A detective readers remember is defined by a contradiction, a want that costs something, and a voice they can pick out of a crowded … Read more

To write a crime novel for beginners, you need one promise and a plan to keep it: a crime happens, a reader expects an … Read more

A graphic novel pitch is a proposal package you send to literary agents and editors before a single page is drawn: a logline, a … Read more

Learning how to write a comic script for a crime story comes down to one rule: every panel shows a single moment, and the … Read more

To write audio drama crime fiction, you do two things a novelist never has to do: you remove every visual cue, and you make … Read more

A thriller logline is one sentence that names a specific person, the disaster that puts them in danger, what they must do about it, … Read more