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Q&A Resources on plotting mystery stories

A) There is no resource in the world that will make you a writer like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, or Isaac Asimov. You are going to be the writer that YOU are going to be. Being inspi...

posted 14y ago by Ernest Pazera‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:12:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ernest Pazera‭ · 2019-12-08T01:12:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
A) There is no resource in the world that will make you a writer like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, or Isaac Asimov. You are going to be the writer that _YOU_ are going to be. Being inspired by the greats is fine and a good thing.

B) The best resource anywhere for tropes is tvtropes.org, and specific mystery tropes may be found at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MysteryTropes)

C) Now considering that you already knew the term "trope", you likely already knew B.

D) The butler did it. Elementary.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-02-07T23:31:18Z (almost 14 years ago)
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