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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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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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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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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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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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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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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