Anatomy of a Mystery: Crafting Better Crime Drama

What makes for best-selling suspense? What elements go into a top box office thriller? How do you craft a crowd-pleasing TV crime drama? This OnDemand webinar discusses foundational principles of crime and mystery writing that will help you ramp up the intrigue, suspense, and thrill of your next project – whether short story, novel, film, or other media! Instructor Jennifer Dornbush focuses primarily on structure, creating better tension, deeper character development, and building successful and suspenseful evidence trails. Suggested prerequisite viewing: Prisoners & Stranger Things. INCLUDED IN THE WEBINAR: How to break down a crime story for plot, trails of evidence, and character development The 15 story points that give you a killer tight plot How to use 6 types of evidence to create solid clue trails How to build your story through motive, opportunity, and means How to use one of the 3 forms of love to raise the stakes How to use 10 story tropes to elevate tension and suspen