Quote:steeljam
Dave Gorman tried to find all the Dave Gormans in the world.
... tried to find 54 Dave Gormans from anywhere in the world (one for each card in a pack (including jokers.))
Sorry. I've got the tshirt.
That sort of thing is an option... but you'd have to hope you really can sell your novel afterwards, in order to pay off all the credit card bills built up through international travelling.
Quote:Planet Cool
the story could only work if set up as a "whodunit"
I assume you've got some sort of plot outline... and it involves some sort of crime. If that's the case then all* you need to do is move around the relevations of who did what. LQ has a good point. All the neccessary information should be revealed fairly early on - although subtly, of course - the main chunk of the book can then be blind alleys, and whatever other bits of storyline you have, along with a few extra clues discovered along the way. A good whodunnit is a book you can re-read even once you know whodunnit - you can go back and pick up on the clues, and enjoy the other bits of story too.
* yeah... I know its quite a big 'all'
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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2008 12:00PM by robcraine.