About Writing: What Is It Really?

October 28, 2009

About Writing: What Is It Really?

Will Dixon is a writer for such shows as The Outer Limits and Psi Factor, and he has a rather good blog post about the essence of mystery writing.

He explores the distinction between open and closed mysteries, before using Joss Whedon’s style as a good example of an effective structure. It’s worth a read.

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