Plotting the plot
Feeling a bit inundated with other bits of life in general at the moment and am struggling to develop an idea for an Emma Berry Murray River Mysteries novella that I want to make permanently free as an ebook. I keep getting snippets of ideas, round about when I close my eyes at night or when I first wake, but until I put pen to paper that is all they will remain - snippets.
I need to sit down and expand on some of those ideas. Or do I? Is it too early yet? Do I need to let these snippets grow a bit more? I have my main characters- Emma, and the Macdonald family. A setting- Nettifields the Macdonald's farm. Several other characters- visitors Claude Devereaux and his spoilt younger sister, Mr Macdonald's estranged half-brother (who has a limp), Captain Daniel Berry of the steamer Mary B.
There must be others. I may have a victim but no murderer yet, and I know the method, I think, but not the motive. It's a bit like Cluedo, isn't it? Put all the pieces together and shake. See what falls out. Any suggestions?
I need to sit down and expand on some of those ideas. Or do I? Is it too early yet? Do I need to let these snippets grow a bit more? I have my main characters- Emma, and the Macdonald family. A setting- Nettifields the Macdonald's farm. Several other characters- visitors Claude Devereaux and his spoilt younger sister, Mr Macdonald's estranged half-brother (who has a limp), Captain Daniel Berry of the steamer Mary B.
There must be others. I may have a victim but no murderer yet, and I know the method, I think, but not the motive. It's a bit like Cluedo, isn't it? Put all the pieces together and shake. See what falls out. Any suggestions?
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