It's missing a "with"
dealing --with--common Goth....
Otherwise, it's very good.
Angel: You're lying. Gwen: I'm fibbing. It's lying, only classier.
'Just Rewards (2)'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Deena - Aug 13, 2007 1:44:15 pm PDT #9273 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Atropa - Aug 13, 2007 1:46:17 pm PDT #9274 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ah-ha! Thank you, Deena! And thank you, DebetEsse, for prompting me to go look at my bio page for part of this.
erikaj - Aug 15, 2007 9:39:55 am PDT #9275 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Mystery writers and fans: For my next mystery, I want it to be one where it's not a whodunit...where we know who the killer is. But I don't want my detectives to look stupid...I need some advice about clues.
lisah - Aug 15, 2007 9:43:37 am PDT #9276 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Mystery writers and fans: For my next mystery, I want it to be one where it's not a whodunit...
erika, have you read Laura Lippman's latest? It still sort of a whodunit but not really.
Toddson - Aug 15, 2007 9:45:48 am PDT #9277 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
erika, you could write it so that we find out things as the detectives do. Or, if they already know who did it, how they pull together evidence to try and convict the person. Or tell it from the murderer's viewpoint, put them in the position of being able to watch the detectives detect, and see how they do it.
Ginger - Aug 15, 2007 9:48:37 am PDT #9278 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think the main thing is to give a fair number of other people good motives and at least possible opportunity. You can go too far with that, of course; there was a P.D. James novel that after I found out why many people would want to kill this person, I wanted her dead too.
erikaj - Aug 15, 2007 9:52:59 am PDT #9279 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, I'm already planning to put the killer in, part of the time. Thanks for all the thoughts.
-t - Aug 15, 2007 11:49:45 am PDT #9280 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I wish I had some advice for you, erika, but my complete incomprehension of how you pull off that clue thing is why I don't even think about writing mysteries. Love reading them, can't imagine writing one. Balancing how much you reveal with how much you keep hidden so that the answer doesn't come out of left field but isn't staring the reader in the face for too long, either, it's like a magic trick.
erikaj - Aug 15, 2007 1:19:57 pm PDT #9281 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, I'm saying. David Simon says the crime story is *the* form for the 21st century. But no, if David Simon jumped off a bridge, I wouldn't go with him. His account of the way down would be so much better than mine.
DebetEsse - Aug 15, 2007 1:33:22 pm PDT #9282 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
snerk.
I'm sure it's been done, but it seems like there's huge potential in having a killer watch the investigation unfold, with the increasing nervousness and paranoia.