How to Write Detective Fiction your audience can solve (Part 2)
75You got your special type of detective, your murderer, the idea for a murder, and how you're going to write them (dialogue, description, and observation.)
But what do you put in your sentences?
Everything you write must have 1 of these 5 things:
Motive
Means
Method
Opportunity
Character/Profile
Character/Profile is similar to a summation of the first 3. It's your detective describing or explaining those things in a way your audience can consume. Not all at once, but just enough to give your audience the right direction to follow...
Think of it as you building a D&D character sheet, per suspect, and you're comparing it to the perceived notion of the crime.
The Murder Room, P.D. James
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