Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery

Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery - Paperback

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Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery - Paperback

Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery - Paperback

by Fleur Bradley
$21.55
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Book Overview

Want to write a mystery for kids or teens, but you're not sure how? Writing for Young Adult (YA) or middle-grade (MG) readers requires a different approach, and writing YA and MG mysteries is extra challenging. Follow award-winning author Fleur Bradley as she shows you the ropes.

This book teaches you how to:

  • Develop a concept (or: how to pick the crime).
  • Introduce the suspects, and how to plant clues so they're not too obvious.
  • Create depth with theme and character arcs.
  • Build an outline using sequences.
  • Find time to write and how to revise your first draft.
  • Look for publication once your manuscript is finished.

Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery is the just-the-facts handbook to write your mystery for MG or YA.

ISBN9798993730707
Author Fleur Bradley
PublisherFleur Bradley, LLC
GenreEducation and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages132
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Fleur Bradley

Fleur Bradley is an active member of SCBWI and MWA, where she has judged for the Edgars. She regularly does school and Skype visits, as well as librarian and educator conference talks on reaching reluctant readers. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in Colorado, not too far from the historic (and haunted) Stanley Hotel, which partly inspired this manuscript.

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