Crime Writing Day 9-The Robbery.

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by John Barnett

McGillum and Stott are an Engineering company who are providing services to the shipbuilding industry. An armoured security van arrives at the factory. Inside the van is nearly thirty thousand pounds, the wages for the past weeks labour for the three thousand employees. ( Check the wage rates for skilled, unskilled, office and management staff)
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Adding Tension to Your Crime Plot.

Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by John Barnett

Steve emailed me today with a question. “how do I add enough tension to my crime plot so the reader has to turn the page?”
I know I’ve posted on this before but I think a little more detail wouldn’t go amiss.
Tension.
There can be no tension without conflict and the conflict has to be large enough […]

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