How to write a crime novel - Pauline Rowson explains how she writes her first drafts

Pauline Rowson explains how she writes her crime novels - writing the first draft.



So, I have the idea and I have the location. I might even have the
victim. I certainly don't have the killer or the plot.  I put the idea,
location and victim in a circle and I ask myself open questions: who,
what, where, when, why, and how?  I don't have all the answers, in fact I
have very few so I do some research, and some more thinking and
gradually I begin to answer some of those questions. I draw up a plot
line, which is very sketchy to begin with and might only be the first
three or four chapters. I've created some characters. Then I start
writing, direct on to my PC.



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