: This concerns me: Of course I could now come up with who did it and why If you're writing a mystery, you need to know the answer yourself even if your protagonist does not. Without

This concerns me:

Of course I could now come up with who did it and why

If you're writing a mystery, you need to know the answer yourself even if your protagonist does not.

Without an overarching "thing" that is happening there is nothing to tie the plot together and all sorts of strange inconsistencies can emerge. It is fine to have the protagonist caught in the cogs of a machine that they do not understand, but unless you as a writer understand it then you have no idea what cogs are going where.

I'm not saying that you need to know everything in ultimate detail, but without at least some idea of what is behind the mystery all sorts of strange inconsistencies creep in and your novel just becomes a sequence of unexplained deus ex machina.

Load Full (0)

: Where does the question mark go in Harvard Referencing when quoting a question with a citation at the end of a sentence (not itself a question)? If I am quoting a question, and the quotation

@Debbie451

Load Full 1 Comments

: Writing a full conversation in free indirect speech I'm writing a conversation between some no-good thievin' teens, and one of them has stolen a wallet, which has turned out to be that of an

@Debbie451

Load Full 2 Comments

: Have a concrete answer for yourself, and let it influence the entire story, but never actually explicitly state the answer Allow the reader to have their own theory, have something that gets

@Debbie451

Load Full 0 Comments

: What is the best way to collect comments on a draft document that is out for review by stakeholders? Draft technical documents can be reviewed by stakeholders. Stakeholders can be fellow practitioners,

: This concerns me: Of course I could now come up with who did it and why If you're writing a mystery, you need to know the answer yourself even if your protagonist does not. Without

More posts by @Debbie451

: Where does the question mark go in Harvard Referencing when quoting a question with a citation at the end of a sentence (not itself a question)? If I am quoting a question, and the quotation

: Writing a full conversation in free indirect speech I'm writing a conversation between some no-good thievin' teens, and one of them has stolen a wallet, which has turned out to be that of an

: Have a concrete answer for yourself, and let it influence the entire story, but never actually explicitly state the answer Allow the reader to have their own theory, have something that gets

: What is the best way to collect comments on a draft document that is out for review by stakeholders? Draft technical documents can be reviewed by stakeholders. Stakeholders can be fellow practitioners,

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top