What Today’s Crime Writers Can Learn from Edgar Allen Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Poe kept readers guessing and turning pages to the end. Find out how so you can too! Subscribe to the email series analyzing this classic tale, considered the first modern detective story.
We'll explore these topics over the course of two weeks:
- Discovery of the crime - how Poe’s description of the crime scene hooks readers (and offsets what he does to drive modern readers away)
- Suspects - one character creation strategy you can copy from Poe (and one you can skip)
- Clues - two techniques Poe used to make the most of his clues
- Plot - how Poe structured the story to keep readers asking ‘what happens next?’
- Tools - two simple tools you can use to design or refine the puzzle behind your mystery's plot
Hi, I’m Lori Puma. I help authors write novels that inspire readers to skip bathroom breaks and survive on snacks which can be consumed while turning pages. I’d love to help you transform your work-in-progress into a story readers can’t put down, or your draft manuscript into a novel that turns readers into die-hard fans. See how we can work together.