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Writing Murder Mystery Fiction
Weekend
Workshop
at the Best Western Hotel and Conference
Centre
Liverpool Nova Scotia
September
12/13
2009
$190
Instructor:
Russ
Barton
Facilitator: Susan Bunten
Borgersen
Location:
Liverpool, Nova
Scotia.
Each
session will
begin with a
short
talk by the
instructor on the session’s
topics.
Questions
and
discussion will follow and,
from
time-to-time,
there will
be
writing
assignments.
Volunteers
will
have
the
opportunity to read
their
assigned work
to
the group for a class
criticism if they
choose.
We will look at: types of murder
mysteries, plots, suspects, crime
scenes, setting and period,
methods of
detection,
clues,
motive,
interrogation
and
confession, story
craft
and
much
more.
Day 1
9:00 am- 9.30 am Welcome and orientation
9:30 am - 12:00
noon
Workshop modules:
Titles and
Plot:
Types of murder
mysteries;Characters: the
suspect;
victim, witness, investigator;
perpetrator;
&
other significant characters (the specialist
etc).
12:00 -1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 - 5:00 pm
Workshop modules:
Setting & period; method of detection
appropriate to period;
Create a period setting.
Story
craft: Creating
suspense, suspects, clues
and leads. Who tells
the
story, why &
how?
Day 2
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Workshop modules:
Discussion: providing the reader with clues in the style of
current successful crime writers. The crime scene
and the discovery of the
crime, clues,
identification
of victim and witnesses.
Describe the crime
scene.
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm – 5 pm
Workshop Modules:
The stakeout; secrets; motives; interrogation, the confession
or final detection scene.
Write a
scene based on one of the above. Wrap up session:
research;
participants’ special questions; markets;
preparation for publishing;
editing and (if there is
time)
other odds and ends.
10 minute
refreshement breaks will be
taken mid
sessions.
If you are looking for something of interest during your
visit to Liverpool -
The
Caledonia Orchestra at the Astor
Theatre may be just your cup of
tea!
For more details, registration forms
and local information contact:
Susan Borgersen
Creative Holidays Nova
Scotia
902
677
2899 (Atlantic
time)
e-mail mailto:creativehols@tallships.ca
Telephone: 902 677 2899
9 a.m to 9 p.m.
Atlantic time
(Please
remember
this is GMT
minus 4
hrs)
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