Five Tips for Building Tension

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In an article for Writer's Digest, S.B. Caves shares five tricks on how to effectively build and maintain tension in a thriller novel. They...

The Power of Visual Art in Fiction

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In a post on CrimeReads, Cyndi MacMillan examines how descriptions of visual art can add layers and texture to your fiction. "Art can grip you,...

Is There Something Off in Your Story? How to Create a...

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In an article on Writers Write, Oliver Fox says any genre of story can be made creepy by using elements of the uncanny. "There’s...

The Links Between True Crime and Urban Legends

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In a post on CrimeReads, Jen Williams examines the links between urban legends and true crime, two types of stories that often go viral,...

What Shakespeare Knew About Horror

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In a post on CrimeReads, Nicholas Binge says that MacBeth and Othello taught him more about psychological horror than Shakespeare's more violent works. "After more...

Your Mystery Setting is More than a Place

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In a recent blog post, mystery writer Zara Altair suggests seven ways you can integrate setting into your mystery novel. "The role of setting...

Real-World Fears Make Your Fiction Pop

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In a post on CrimeReads, Taylor Adams says incorporating your real-life fears into your fiction to create greater tension and stakes. As an example, Adams...

Dystopia is Today

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In an article for Writer's Digest, Chana Porter shares tips for writing fiction set in a near-dystopian future. They include: Create a complex world,...

Techniques for Writing Effective Suspense

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A new post on Industrial Scripts offers tip for writing suspense. "No film technique elicits the fear of the unknown more effectively than writing...

Even Your Murder Victim Needs Personality

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In a new post, Zara Altair says mystery writers need to invest as much time in their murder victims as their sleuths. "As the...

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