Jojo
Old Shoe
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Jun-25-2007 18:09
For me, I do a few things before I'll even take on the job of editing your FM.
First, as SS said, if you have any more than five spelling mistakes in the first two paragraphs of your introduction, red flags go up.
Second, if your introduction (or crime scene, for that matter) is so short that there is no scroll bar for me to continue reading, they're too short. Way too short.
Third, if you have under 4-5 suspects, you're in trouble.
Fourth, if none of your names are capitalized, nor are their relations to the victim, we're going to have some serious issues.
Fifth, if the description of your mystery is something like "So and so died, you have to find out who did it," then there really isn't much of a definitive plot, and we're going to be in serious trouble.
I could keep going, but I think you get the idea, and these are just a few of the common things I see that make me want to pull my hair out.
Ben's comment: It's true. Many of them don't have more than 1-2 dead ends... Perhaps I'll have to write another after this new one comes out and fulfill on that.
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Jun-26-2007 09:29
I know that I capitalized the names, everytime expt one that I found, I have 7 suspects, I have a few twists, that, one kills a suspect, Two of them kept suspets from being talked to, I also have 2 reserch, one needs the reserch skill, the other dosen't, cause you need it. I think I have a few problems in it.
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