WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at Tension in 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: Six

Please Note: As of today, critique slots are booked through July 24.

This week’s questions:

1. Is there enough tension to make you keep reading?

2. Are the characters clear and differentiated?

3. Does the showing reveal character and propel plot?

Market/Genre: Murder Mystery

On to the diagnosis…
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