Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG or YA Mystery, Book 1

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 that provides a foolproof roadmap to write your mystery for MG or YA. Fleur Bradley Visscher has loved mysteries ever since she first picked up an Agatha Christie book at the age of eleven. She's the author of middle-grade mysteries Daybreak on Raven Island and Midnight at the Barclay Hotel (Viking/PRH), and the Double Vision trilogy (HarperCollins), as well as numerous non-fiction titles for the educational market.Fleur started her writing journey many years ago, writing short crime fiction, and still enjoys writing in the short form. Most recently, her work has appeared in the MWA anthology Super-Puzzletastic Mysteries, SCBWI's The Haunted States of America (a story representing Colorado). How to Teach Yourself to Swim, originally published in Dark Yonder, was recently chosen for The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024 anthology. Fleur's work has been nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Award and has won the Colorado Book Award and Colorado Authors League Book Award, among others. A reluctant reader herself, Fleur is also a literacy advocate and speaks at events on how to reach reluctant readers. Originally from the Netherlands, she now lives in a small cottage in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies where she fosters rescue animals.