How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery
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Crafting a killer cozy can be perilous. Fans of the subgenre expect authors to forego explicit gore and violence while at the same time creating a mind-boggling murder mystery with pulse-pounding tension and a twisty plot. But how is a writer supposed to satisfy such disparate demands?
How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery tackles this exact problem by providing an actionable roadmap for starting (and completing!) a manuscript that will leave readers dying for more. Packed with charts and questionnaires designed to streamline the writing process, this comprehensive step-by-step guide will help you create compelling characters, vivid settings, and clever storylines.
Whether you're a new writer or just new to the genre, you will walk away from How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery with a checklist for everything you'll need to start your first draft and you will also learn…
- The history behind the modern cozy and why they're so popular with today's audiences
- The 13 key reader expectations for the genre
- The 10 essential rules every cozy must follow to create a fair play puzzle
- The difference between cozies, thrillers, capers, detective stories, and police procedurals
- The difference between a premise and a hook—and how to kick-butt writing both
- The essential beats for the four-act plot structure
- How to effectively hide clues and create plot twists
And as a special bonus, How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery contains an extensive **GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS** and modern as well as classic examples of commonly used mystery solutions and misdirects.
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About Andrea Johnson
Andrea J. Johnson is a writer and editor whose expertise lies in traditional mysteries and romance. She holds a B.A. in English from Swarthmore College, an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and a copyediting certification from UC San Diego. Her craft essays have appeared on several websites such as CrimeReads, Litreactor, DIY MFA, Submittable, and Funds for Writers. She has also been a contributor for the women’s lifestyle websites Popsugar and The List Daily. Andrea’s novels include the cozy courtroom whodunit series the Victoria Justice Mysteries, whose storylines focus on a trial stenographer turned amateur sleuth (think Murder, She Wrote meets The Pelican Brief.) In addition, Andrea is author of the writer reference book How to Write a Killer Cozy Mystery. And when she isn't immersed in her fiction, she enjoys cuddling up with a piping hot mug of ginger tea and poring over the latest supermarket tabloids. Find Andrea online at ajthenovelist.com ◆◆◆
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