13 Best Links for Mystery Writers

I like to write mysteries and have accumulated some great links from many websites and blogs - here are my favourite:

1.  Tips and Reviews of Mystery Writing Books:

http://www.squidoo.com/writing_whodunit_mystery

2.  Story Structure for your Mystery Novel:

http://nicolafurlong.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-write-a-mystery-novel-–-2-story-structure-key-elements/

3.  Every villain needs a motive - read about popular motives and how to use them:

http://clancytales.blogspot.com/2010/04/m-is-motive.html

4.  Mystery Plot Formula:

http://ticket2write.tripod.com/mysplot.html

5.  The Mystery Writing Checklist:

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2008/10/mystery-writing-checklist.html

6.  Types of clues and how to use them:
http://www.writing-world.com/mystery/clues.shtml

7.  Choosing the Point of View:
http://sylviadickeysmithbooks.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/point-of-view-defined/

8.  10 Rules for the Classic Detective Story:
http://www.sherlockandwatson.com/how%20to%20write%20the%20classic%20detective%20mystery%20novel.html

9.  Not enough? 20 Rules for Detective Stories:
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/vandine.htm

10. Mysteries often have several plot lines - learn how to keep track of them:

http://howtoplanwriteanddevelopabook.blogspot.com/2009/11/finding-your-storys-pathways-art-of.html

11. Mysteries by Kids:
http://kids.mysterynet.com/writing/

12. 10 Tips for your Mystery Novel:
http://www.poewar.com/mystery/

13. Not sure where to start? Check out this clip for ideas:

Happy writing!