How to Hide Clues in a Story
By Kylie Day
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About this ebook
Using clues and secrets in a story is a great way to add mystery and depth. Dropping clues is not a writing technique only for mysteries, thrillers, and crime stories, though. You can use this technique in any story where you want to add an aspect of mystery.
In this book, you will learn how to drop clues and divert the reader’s attention from clues and secrets. There are examples from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series in this book to illustrate these techniques.
Includes a free download: Foreshadowing Worksheets
Kylie Day
Kylie Day is a lover of books and stories, an avid reader, and a passionate writer. Last time she counted the books in her bookshelves, she had over five hundred of them (the digital library was too extensive to count). While physical books feel magical in her hands — and smell even more magical — she prefers to buy ebooks because she doesn’t have any room for more bookshelves. If she had the money she would buy a library, just to fill it with amazing books.Her love for books is why she, as of the spring of 2015, has a BA in literature. She could never see her life progressing in any other way since that first time she picked up a book and read it with fervor as well as stuck her nose in it just to smell the magic on the pages.Now Kylie is chasing her childhood dream of becoming an author. The Busy Author’s Guide-series is a series of short ebooks that is meant to help others with the same dream.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5As it's an e-book about writing, I was surprised to see so many errors in wording and negligible editing.. The information itself is relevant but there isn't a lot of it and made me think while reading, that it could be contained on two pages.
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Dedication
To all aspiring authors around the world.
Why I've Written This Book for You
I’ve dreamt about becoming an author since I was a child. Creating stories, worlds, and characters are one of the best things I know in life. Reading does not come far behind. I believe you feel the same way, since you have picked up this ebook.
However, I have often gotten