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June 2024

May 2024

Chapter 52: Your Book's End
We’ve reached the denouement—the very last beats that tie off your story and ensure you leave your reader with a satisfying experience.
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Jane Kalmes
Chapter 51: Your Book's Beginning
If you’ve been following the plan laid out in this book, much of your novel’s plot is already established.
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Chapter 50: The Investigation
In this chapter, we’ll talk about how to plan your book’s Investigation—the actual scenes where your Sleuth snoops, schemes, and puzzles things out.
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April 2024

Chapter 49: The Lows
Over the last two chapters, you’ve planned the wonderful high points of your novel—those scenes that will see your Sleuth knuckling down and committing…
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Chapter 48: The Confrontation
Why does the Confrontation need a chapter of its own?
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Jane Kalmes
Order of Operations
One question I’ve been getting a lot lately is, Where do I start?
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Chapter 47: The Highs
In this chapter, we’ll be defining three of the high points in your novel that will see your Sleuth deepening her commitment to the case, while getting…
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Chapter 46: Your Engine Needs a Home
Now that you understand story beats, we’re ready to design something to put the engine of your mystery novel inside.
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Jane Kalmes
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