Crime is one of the most successful genres in books as well as on TV and film. Crime has a structure, a puzzle format, and can incorporate forensic science and logical reasoning. Then again, it can be set in any time in history or in the future. It can be realist or pure fantasy, based on a real event or entirely imagined. This unit takes you through the writing process from creating a character and plot through to writing a full mystery story.
Analysis of a story - The Crooked Man Based on a Real Event Famous Detectives Creating the Detective Choose Your Crime Crime Needs a Victim Populate Your Plot The Police The Plot Start Writing |
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(c) content: Lynne Kelly, 2006
(c) format: EUMY Education, 2006