WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at a Mystery Opening

Critique By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy

WIP Diagnostics is a weekly column that studies a snippet of a work in progress for specific issues. Readers are encouraged to send in work with questions, and we diagnose it on the site. It’s part critique, part example, and designed to help the submitter as well as anyone else having a similar problem.

If you're interested in submitting to WIP Diagnostics, please check out these guidelines. 

Submissions currently in the queue: two

Please Note: As of today, critique slots are booked through April 4.

This week’s questions:

1. Does the reader need additional information on the characters at this time?

2. Does the setup catch your interest and leave you with a lot of questions you want the answers to?

3. Are there areas that definitely need more work?

Market/Genre: Mystery

On to the diagnosis…
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