Crime Writing

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Crime is one of the most popular genres in fiction. In this post, we share the top crime writing resources every writer needs.

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In this post, we explore what hardboiled fiction is, who the hardboiled detectives are, and how to write hardboiled fiction – with examples.

Cozy Mysteries are a sub-genre of detective fiction. You’ll like them if you like crime fiction without the blood and gore involved. Let’s look at

When we read or write crime novels, we want to find out who the baddie is. This means we need suspects from which to choose.

In this post, we explore how to write crime – with examples. We’ve created a quick start guide to writing crime fiction.