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Q&A What are the basic elements of a crime investigation story?

I've been delving a lot into the the crime investigation genre, and at first I thought "Simple, just start of with Who, What, Where, When, Why and How and you've got yourself a story!" but I quickl...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Kenan Rhoton‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Plot idea to make the murderer (involuntarily) reveal himself [closed]

I'm in need of an idea to advance my fictional crime plot where the protagonists of a larger (~30) group realize that the murderer (of a single murder) must be one of them, someone hiding in the gr...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by István Zachar‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Good idea to describe the heist place before the heist begins?

I'm working on a heist scene where five thieves are supposed to enter a corporate building and steal a few documents. It's supposed to be a major scene so it won't be short. I need the readers to v...

7 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Amin Mohamed Ajani‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is my serial-killer novel horror or crime?

I'm writing a novel which centers around a serial killer and his victims. I'm having a lot of trouble deciding whether it belongs in the horror genre (it's a disturbing, horrific slasher, and a lot...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Standback‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question genre crime horror
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Q&A Opening chapter foreshadowing or not?

In my story, a homicide takes place. I want to describe this homicide at the start of the story, through the eyes of the victim, to foreshadow what's about to come. But victim and suspect are both ...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by psteeg‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a mystery novel have more than one mystery in it? And does it have to be a "who dunnit" concept?

I am writing a novel and it goes something like this: In the first half of the novel, the protagonist knows who is doing the killing, but they are trying to make sense of it as in "how are they doi...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Kora Middleson‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to extrapolate a spectacular crime from everyday ones

I'm reading daily crime stories in newspapers, just to have an idea to write a detective story. But the crimes I read about aren't helpful to create a plot. I mean, they are really boring and all ...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Vito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A True Crime writing research: Where do you even begin?

I am in the beginning stages of writing my first book, and it is a true crime novel about something that happened down the street from my own home. My question is to anyone else who has written a n...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Cassandra Kievits‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭