Plot Planning

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...

Video game development involves another type of storytelling. As author and writing teacher Valerie Willis explains, the story behind a video game is typically a lower...