![]() It is like music in that regard: composers will tell you the silences are equally as important as the notes themselves. This is particularly true for a mystery novel. ![]() Light and shade are also critical it is not just about what you say in words, but what you don’t say. The writer need only apply enough paint to plant the suggestion of an image into the reader’s mind the rest should be left to his/her own imagination. If it were a painting, it should be thought of as an impressionist’s canvas. A novel is not an exercise in realism or still-life you do not have to depict everything precisely or in detail. ![]() It’s probably time, therefore, to talk a little bit about the technique of writing most specifically, some of the mistakes, lessons and tricks I worked out for myself along the way.īy far the most important one took me quite a while to arrive at because it might appear counter-intuitive at first: don’t try to describe everything. So far, I have discussed how I came about writing a book and the task of finding a publisher. It is a process of trial, error and self-education. Sure, you can sign up for a creative-writing course, but I very much doubt any successful book was born out of a formula taught at one of those. ![]() Writing a mystery novel is a difficult thing to do and nobody can really teach you how to go about it. ![]()
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