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6 Extra Tips for Creating Page-Turning Mysteries
If you haven’t read it, you’ll want to at least read “Tips for Creating Page-Turning Mysteries” first, and if you are keen to go even deeper, here are six bonus tips.
Tips for creating page-turning mysteries
In my article, “The Dream that Changed Everything,” I told you the story of the dream that God used to open my eyes to the power of mystery, secrets and unanswered questions to hook a reader. But discovering the power of mystery to pull a reader was only the beginning. Mystery, like all writing techniques, must be done well.
*BOOKS* The dream that COMPLETELY changed my writing
Many of my story ideas come from dreams that God gives me, and one night I had an especially vivid dream. In it, I saw a woman standing on top of an old crumbling turret in a kind of medieval fantasy world. The turret was all that remained of a fortress that once commanded the vast plains around it.
*BOOKS* The special burden of being a writer – the good and bad of the writing life
My teen son, Tristan, sits on a comfortable reading chair in the corner of the room, the grey English autumn light illuminating the pages of his book. He is reading The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken.
I sit in the farthest corner to the window, my phone in hand, looking up something I need to research.
*BOOKS* How I received a SUPERNATURAL education in writing
How I received a rather supernatural education in how to write and edit books.
*BOOKS* The unrivalled power of a novel
Last night, Tristan (my teenage son) and I were talking. He’s reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and he commented on how he loved the richness of the language, especially the way people spoke to one another.
*BOOKS* All new formats and an all new book.
You know, I haven’t posted on this blog for a long time, and I am still thinking heavily about continuing it or not. There doesn’t seem to be a great deal of interest in it. That’s okay. I’m not upset by it. But combine that with a great disarray of my thoughts about putting down on paper in a fairly orderly fashion what I know about writing, and it makes it a lot of hard work for very little gain.
*BOOKS* “You’re not a proper writer.”
This rather long, slighty awkward post is part self-confession and part advice. Originally written for writers, I think it’s relavant for anyone on a journey to who they were created by God to be.
