Write your crime fiction hero

How to write a crime novel, episode 17

The hero of a crime fiction novel is the most important element of the book. Here are seven things you need to think about when you write your crime fiction hero.

How to write your crime fiction hero

• the hero leads
• the hero is active
• the hero plots their course
• the hero has a clear goal
• the hero tells others what to do
• the hero needs a bad, bad guy to show us how good the hero is
• the hero needs trouble. If there’s something that would make it easier for them, refuse to do it

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