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How to Write a Mystery, Writing Thrillers

Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 2 Amy Jones

Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 1 Amy Jones

Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 Amy Jones

Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 Amy Jones

The Writer’s Alibi: My Terrible, Dreadful, Hope-the-FBI-Doesn’t-Look-at-This Search History Kathleen Valenti

Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist Kristen Lepionka

How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane Aysha Akhtar

Reddit for Writers: 47 Writing Subreddits to Explore Jess Zafarris

The Differences Between a Crime, Mystery, and Thriller Novel David Corbett

Brad Meltzer on Research, Rejections, and More Jess Zafarris

Changing the Face of Crime Fiction: 6 Writers of Color on Writing Mysteries, Crime Novels and Thrillers David Corbett

Funny You Should Ask: How Fast-Paced Should a Thriller Novel Be?Barbara Poelle

Surprise vs. Suspense and How to Pair Them in Your Writing Jane Cleland

The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 9: Using Your Words for the Power of Good — Interview with Heather Graham Jess Zafarris

Fired Up: Robert Crais on Passion, Process and Plot Twists Jessica Strawser

“Go Your Own Way”: James Patterson on Supporting Childhood Literacy, Generating Novel Ideas, and Writing with Bill Clinton The Editors of Writer's Digest