The Deadly Dozen: 12 Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot Writing a Crime Novel

The Deadly Dozen: 12 Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot Writing a Crime NovelEveryone makes mistakes, even writers. This presentation highlights 12 mistakes that authors make when writing a mystery novel, and provides guidance in how to avoid them, including how to handle coincidences, large casts of characters (and suspects), false starts, gathering clues, and more. Learn how to get off on the right foot, instead of shooting yourself there. Instructor: New York Times bestselling author Hallie Ephron, Edgar Award finalist and

Everyone makes mistakes, even writers. This presentation highlights 12 mistakes that authors make when writing a mystery novel, and provides guidance in how to avoid them, including how to handle coincidences, large casts of characters (and suspects), false starts, gathering clues, and more. Learn how to get off on the right foot, instead of shooting yourself there.

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New York Times bestselling author Hallie Ephron, Edgar Award finalist and five-time finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, writes books she hopes readers can’t put down. Her newest suspense novel is Careful What You Wish For (August, 2019). Hallie teaches writing at workshops and writing conferences across the country and abroad. A REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION of her Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel (Writers Digest Books), is widely available. It was nominated for Edgar and Anthony awards. Lee Child called it “the best how-to guide I have ever seen — I just wish I could have read it twenty years ago.” An award-winning crime fiction book reviewer, Hallie wrote an ON CRIME column for the Boston Globe for more than ten years. HallieEphron.com