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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 that provides a foolproof roadmap to write your mystery for MG or YA.

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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.

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