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

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

by Fleur Bradley
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fleur BradleyPublish date:4/7/2026Pages:132
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fleur Bradley, LLCISBN-13:9798993730707UPC:9798993730707Book Category:Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCPBSVATWV

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Fleur Bradley, LLCISBN-13:9798993730707UPC:9798993730707Book Category:Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary CriticismSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCPBSVATWV
Bradley, Fleur: - Fleur Bradley writes short crime fiction and novel-length mysteries for kids, including award-winning Daybreak on Raven Island and Midnight at the Barclay Hotel (Viking/PRH), and the Double Vision trilogy (HarperCollins). Recently, she compiled her process for writing mysteries for t(w)eens in Get a Clue: How to Plot, Write, and Sell Your MG & YA Mystery.Fleur is a literacy advocate and speaks at educator conventions on reaching reluctant readers. She lives in a cottage in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies where she likes to foster rescue animals. Find Fleur online at fleurbradley.com.
Publisher: Fleur Bradley, LLC

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