Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1940s: Laura/The Horizontal Man/in a Lonely Place/the Blank WallThough women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-c...
Don’t feel like you’ll be pressured to buy books — you won’t. But you can if you want to. No one will force you to ask questions or talk, either. You can just do you, whatever works. From the writer side of things, I never say no to a library. If it weren’t for libr...
Always good to have a blank journal from The X-Files so you can take notes of close encounters. Tee’s pin is another nod to Aliens. Noice!!! Pip is tackling October’s Loot Crate: CURSED Her tee shirt lead — Attack on Titan …which is not our jam. Socks featuring the Gremlins!
However, I admire books and films likeKnives OutandUnspoken.The authors who played with timelines have a deep understanding of the plot’s forward momentum. They use time rearrangement to build suspense and tension. When done well, out-of-order chronology can be a fresh way to present a stor...
While this technique isn’t for everyone, there are several reasons why it can work for many people. First, it removes that chasm of despair that writers sometimes face when they sit down to write. Instead of thinking that they’ve got a life sentence in front of a blank page or screen...
Psychology is a tool that can be learned, but mostly it’s a tool that many cops use based solely on experience. So to me, Lucy has the best of both worlds—she’s been trained in criminal psychology, and she has a lot of experience both before and after she became an FBI agent. ...
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. ...
precisely. Ramsgate was an exciting place to be just before the D-Day Landings, and Hitler would have considered sending in spies. Of course, no one outside of the top brass in the military and government would have been aware the invasion was imminent, and we can use that to our ...
1.)Plunge In & Give Yourself Permission to Write Badly– Too many aspiring authors are daunted by the “I have to write perfectly” syndrome. If they do venture words onto a blank page, they don’t want to show anyone, for fear of being criticized. They are also afraid of letting anyo...
exploring those stories they’ve always wanted to tell. This is a great time to explore our enthusiasm for writing, both because enthusiasm can be harder to access in times of stress and also because enthusiasm is a powerfully positive emotion that, in itself, can bring much good into your...