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Does this plot work:
A (wife), B (husband), C (detective)
Act 1
A discovers B is a murderer
C is investigating said murders
B provides the main voice /her discovery
B murders A
Act 2
C attempts to solve murders of B
(C ("becomes") protagonist post-death of A)
Standard investigation
C searches house of A+B
C discovers evidence left by A (on dictaphone)
Confrontation
Act 3
Wrap it up
Just a skeleton of course - I'd be grateful if you guys could tell me whether killing off the "main voice" of the novel in the first act would stop people reading
(that's why I've added the voice recording to retain her voice throughout the novel post-death)
I'm also trying to decide whether to have three first-person POVs rotating, or to have the detective as third-person - would this make her less likable to a readership??
Thanks a lot!
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doh that should be "A provides the main voice /her discovery"
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Looks pretty sound, you would have to consider whether killing off the main voice be a transition or something that happens abruptly. You might have to find a balance between not creating such a jarring change and not tipping off your reader about the events to come (don't underestimatehow much people love to predict crime novels).
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You could pull it off through multiple viewpoint character 3rd person POV writing. Give us some scenes throughout act 1 with the detective as your viewpoint character and the transition will be seamless.
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>>8708259
Thanks, that's good advice re creating a balance - yeah, I was thinking to drip-feed the detective narrative to make the transition as gradual as possible, or perhaps have it occur in the middle of the book maybe
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>>8708278
sounds good - I'll likely post some on here when I've started writing (I'm still outlining)
Thanks for your help!
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>>8708193
Isn't this pretty much a variation on Gone Girl?
That book sold so I guess it works
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