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Workshop on How to Write a Mystery
June 21, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
An online panel and a workshop on How to Write a Mystery will be held on consecutive Mondays in June to celebrate the release of How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America. The program is co-sponsored by MWA-New York and the New York Library Society.
Panel, June 14 at 6 p.m.: Acclaimed mystery writers Jeffrey Deaver, Laurie King, Charles Todd and Caroline Todd will discuss crafting mysteries and their ever-shifting publishing landscape. In addition to discussing the new handbook and their craft, the panelists will offer writing prompts and exercises to do at home.
Workshop, June 21 at 2:00 p.m.: This special follow-up workshop builds on the prompts from the panel and more. Sharpen your mystery-writing skills with additional prompts and exercises from How to Write a Mystery contributors Erica Obey and Charles Salzberg.
Both events are free and open to the public. You can attend either one or both.