Writing is hard in general. Writing is harder when you're on a deadline. Mix that with the first-time-being-published-jitters and you have a recipe for disaster.
Since I adore Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, I decided straight away that my imagine would have to have a flare of mystery.
Now, I had never tried writing a mystery fiction. I had never tried to analyze its elements. I didn't know what I was doing. But what I did have were the echoes of hundreds of wonderful books in my head. Reading good mysteries taught me everything I knew when I began writing Escape from Ashwood Manor.
I quickly realized that I needed five things to make this a successful story:
1) A puzzle. The important element that drives the plot. The 'Who did it?'
2) An investigation. The exciting, blood-pumping central action of the story.
3) A hero. Uh, that would be YOU.
4. A worthy villain. The clever antagonist. Resourceful. Confident they could get away with the crime. In the end, the villain makes the puzzle a bit more challenging for you to figure out.
5. Logic. All the clues fit, make sense, and the scenarios could happen just the way I've depicted.
Once I had these five things mapped out - I started typing away and the rest was history.
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