Scene Cuts: What Can You Teach Me Today, Lee Child? Part 2
How can a writer cut scenes to raise tension and keep the reader up late at night? Returning to A Wanted Man, I notice that […]
mysteries
Writing tips from Rumpole of the Bailey: Part 2
I’m examining the first three paragraphs of Rumpole A La Carte to see how John Mortimer gets the story going in the first three paragraphs. Right […]
A Leader in Mystery: John Mortimer’s Horace Rumpole
Part 1 I’m always boggled at how much has to be accomplished up front when writing short mysteries. Those first paragraphs are vital…(although, really, what […]