Writing a Cozy Mystery: Case Files: A Step-by-Step Field Guide

Book : WriterSpark Resource Books

by Melissa Bourbon

Synopsis

If you’re ready to write a cozy mystery, this book is for you! Writing a Cozy Mystery: Case Files is a practical guide that will take you through the process step-by-step.

Understanding the many elements of a cozy mystery is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. How do the sleuth, victim, villain, and suspects work together in the context of a cozy mystery plot? How do you mine the news for story ideas, and then mold them into something original? What are red herrings and how do you misdirect the reader while hiding the villain in plain sight?

Writing a Cozy Mystery: Case Files, a Step-by-Step Field Guide will help you:

~Become a book sleuth

~Create dossiers for your sleuth, victim, and villain

~Populate your sleuth's world with suspects

~Develop your cozy hook

~Build your setting

~Come up with a punny title

~Craft the crime

~Master clues and red herrings

~Build the investigation

~And more...

Melissa Bourbon, National and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of more than 30 mystery novels and the founder of WriterSpark Academy has taken her experience and proven process to create Writing a Cozy Mystery: Case Files. Get ready to commit murder…

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Release date: February 26, 2023

Publisher: Independently published

Print pages: 176