Why you need Writing the Killer Mystery: Great Beginnings

Five Element Mystery Story Model
The central focus of Great Beginnings, Volume 1 of the Writing the Killer Mystery series, is the Five Element Mystery Story Model, something that every mystery novel must have.  This first volume shows how to use the five elements to brainstorm ideas, flesh them out, and organize them into a plan for starting your mystery novel.

Future volumes will focus on each of the five elements and how they go together.  The overall approach to the series is taking the mystery novel from concept to publication.



GREAT BEGINNINGS, VOLUME 1, WRITING THE KILLER MYSTERY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE:  SOME FRONT END STUFF
CHAPTER TWO:  MYSTERY WRITERS AND THEIR SLEUTHS
The Genesis of a MurderEdgar Allan Poe William Wilkie CollinsSir Arthur Conan DoyleDame Agatha Mary Clarissa ChristieDorothy L. SayersEllery Queen (Pen Name)Dashiell HammettEarl Derr BiggersErle Stanley GardnerEd McBain (pen name)Rex StoutTake AwayCHAPTER THREE:  UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERY
A Model for a StoryStory ExamplesA Model for a Mystery StoryMystery Story Examples Rules of the Murder MysteryCHAPTER FOUR:  TYPES OF MYSTERIES
The Sub-genresMystery Sub-genre ListMystery Sub-genres with ExplanationsCHAPTER FIVE:  GOT A GOOD IDEA?
Every Story Starts with an IdeaIdeas Start with the 5 ElementsPlaying the Game of "What If?"Read, Read, Read for IdeasWhat Is Your Story?What Is His Story?And Now the NewsThe Things of Our DreamsFrom Idea to a PlanHigh ConceptCHAPTER SIX:  A PLAN FOR STARTING YOUR MYSTERY NOVEL
Developing Your PlanMind Mapping Your PlanFree-form Your PlanCHAPTER SEVEN:  LAST THOUGHTS
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