Novel Kicks Writing Room: Creating a Crime

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Crime podcasts and novels have become really popular in recent years. I can date my interest back to the time I listened to the first Serial series. There was something about how the story was told that really got my interest. I was trying to work out what happened. What evidence did they have for and against?

So, today, I thought it would be interesting to plot out a similar situation.

You have someone who has been accused of a crime and someone who has been the victim of one.

The perpetrator – who are they? How old are they? What was their relationship to the victim? Interests? Hobbies? Personality.

Who was the victim? How old were they? Hobbies? Interests? Personality? What put them in harms way?

Create the two people. Then write a small piece about the actual crime. Do it from one point of view and then from the other, making sure there is some conflicting information. Is the perpetrator claiming they didn’t do it? How serious was the crime?

You could even create a mind map whilst putting all the information together. This might be a great way to see how things connect or disconnect.

 

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Laura
I’m Laura. I started Novel Kicks in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.

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