Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 9, 2020
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 2 https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/mystery-thriller/vintage-wd-murder-for-profit-mystery-story-techniques-part-2 #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD #mystery
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 2 | Writer's Digest

In part 2 of the 1931 article about mystery story techniques, George Dyer offers tips for how to drop hints about who the real criminal of the story is.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 2, 2020
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 1 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-murder-for-profit-mystery-story-techniques-part-1 #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD #mystery
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 1 | Writer's Digest

In part 1 of this April 1931 WD article, George Dyer shares mystery story techniques that will ensure your readers will be left satisfied, not disappointed.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 5, 2020
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-decoding-the-secrets-to-selling-popular-fiction-part-2 #HowtoWriteaRomanceNovel,RomanceWriting #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #HowtoImproveWritingSkills #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #VintageWD #mystery #romance
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 | Writer's Digest

Part 2 of this April 1981 WD article by Roy Sorrels and Megan Daniel about writing and selling popular fiction picks up where part 1 left off.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Feb 27, 2020
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-decoding-the-secrets-to-selling-writing-popular-fiction-part-1 #HowtoWriteaRomanceNovel,RomanceWriting #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #VintageWD #mystery #romance
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 | Writer's Digest

In this article about writing popular fiction like murder mysteries or regency romances, Roy Sorrels and Megan Daniel share some of their best tips.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 20, 2019
The Writer’s Alibi: My Terrible, Dreadful, Hope-the-FBI-Doesn’t-Look-at-This Search History https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-writers-alibi-my-terrible-dreadful-hope-the-fbi-doesnt-look-at-this-search-history #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction
The Writer’s Alibi: My Terrible, Dreadful, Hope-the-FBI-Doesn’t-Look-at-This Search History | Writer's Digest

The internet search histories of novelists can be quite disturbing. Writer Kathleen Valenti shares the methodology behind web searches for her newest medical mystery.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 14, 2019
Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/genealogy-research-and-the-crime-novelist #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #creativewritingexercises #TheWriter'sDig #WritingGenres #mystery
Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist | Writer's Digest

Mystery writer Kristen Lepionka shares how her love of solving mysteries led her to researching her family history, and what genealogists and mystery writers have in common.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Jun 28, 2019
How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-i-interviewed-a-serial-killer-and-stayed-sane #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #WritingShortStories&EssayWriting #FreelanceWriter,ArticleWriting #CreativeNonfictionWriting #HowtoImproveWritingSkills #WriteBetterCharacters #WritingYourFirstDraft #HistoricalFiction #TheWriter'sDig #interviewing #truecrime
How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane | Writer's Digest

In order to write a section of her book Our Symphony With Animals, Dr. Aysha Akhtar had to talk to a serial killer. Here, she reveals how she stayed sane.

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