Murder Diaries Ep. 2: Mapping your Characters

What's gotten me to the end of Act I

Character Mapping

It’s time for another week of Murder Diaries, a peek behind the scenes as I complete my mystery novel and we hold each other accountable along the way.

Here’s what I cover in this week’s episode:

• The principle I learned from Philip Pullman that’s clarified my plotting immensely.

• A deep dive into how I mapped my protagonist and antagonist to generate a cohesive yet flexible outline for the book.

• My check-in about how my goals went this week, and my plan for next week.

• A surprise video walkthrough of my character maps in my actual writing notebook.