Questions tagged [crime]
This tag should be used for questions that are related to the genre of crime in writing, such as how to research the topic so that you will be able to write about it or how to present something to your reader such that they are not able to completely guess the outcome of your story.
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What are the basic elements of a crime investigation story?
I've been delving a lot into the the crime investigation genre, and at first I thought "Simple, just start of with Who, What, Where, When, Why and How and you've got yourself a story!" but I quickly ...
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Is my serial-killer novel horror or crime?
I'm writing a novel which centers around a serial killer and his victims. I'm having a lot of trouble deciding whether it belongs in the horror genre (it's a disturbing, horrific slasher, and a lot of ...
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Is it morally wrong to use tragic historical events as character background/development?
I'm writing crime fiction. The current scenario is that I have a main character (late 20's) who is Algerian but the story is set in Chicago. He lives in the United States because, as a baby, he fled ...
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Third person multiple pov in a crime mystery
Fellow writers,
I am plotting a crime mystery novel. I have the story and gist in place. It should have the "whodunit" element. I want to use Third person multiple pov narrative(more than 6+ povs). I'...
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