Improve your writing today with YOUDUNIT WHODUNIT!, a short and practical how-to guide to CRAFTING mystery stories. Created by multi-published mystery author, Nicola Furlong, this e-booklet offers simple tricks and techniques, supported by concrete examples, which you can apply immediately to novels, short stories, screenplays, radio dramas or television scripts. REVIEWS "Nicola Furlong has written a fun, engaging 'how to' book about writing mysteries. She is witty, thorough and she certainly knows what she's talking about."Maureen Jennings - author of nine mysteries, seven in the DETECTIVE MURDOCH series, set in Victorian Toronto, and two in the Christine Morris profiler series. MURDOCH MYSTERIES have been adapted for television and is now in its third season. Christine Morris is on option. "YOUDUNIT WHODUNIT! is a snappy guide that effectively covers the bases for the beginning mystery writer. You'll pick up useful insights into plot, character, point of view, suspense and so much more. The many tips should also help you find your unique style. If anything will kick start your first foray into crime writing, this great little resource will. I sure wish it had been around when I waded blindly into writing."Mary Jane Maffini - author of the Camilla MacPhee, Fiona Silk and Charlotte Adams mysteries www.maryjanemaffini.com YOUDUNIT WHODUNIT! covers specific writing essentials, including: STRUCTURE: Key Elements of a Three-Act Tragedy Beginnings with a Bang Into the Belly of the Middle Ground Nailing Endings CHARACTER: Picking Points of View Concocting Major, Secondary and Minor Characters Dialogue Ditties STORY: To Plot or Not to Plot @#% Ideas Twists and Turns Gotta Have Pace Kicking up Suspense Clues and Red Herrings Flashbacks and Transitions Types and Styles of Mysteries
