Plot Planning

The science fiction genre encompasses many sub-genres including apocalyptic, time travel, and space opera. Science and technology are usually central to the story, no...

Much like a mystery novel, a "cozy" mystery includes an amateur sleuth and a crime, but with "cozier" storytelling. The cozy mystery sub-genre started in the 1920's...

Award-winning author Carla Norton wrote her first crime fiction novel, The Edge of Normal , as a standalone book. She wasn't considering a sequel at the time, but did...

There is no such things as a perfect crime, says award-winning author Micki Browning, which is good for novelists wanting to bring a resolution to their crime or mystery...

Foreshadowing, a literary device in which a writer hints at what is to come later in a story, can be an effective way to keep readers engaged. Author and writing teacher...