How to Plot a Cozy Mystery // Plus FREE Plotting Beats Template

How to Plot a Cozy Mystery // Plus FREE Plotting Beats Template

With the upcoming release of Cafe au Slay, and this being a Camp NanoWrimo month, I wanted to create another free resource for writers. In this video, I show you how I use a beat sheet specifically tailored for cozy mysteries to plot my books.

I go through beat by beat and fill it out for the first book in my cozy mystery series so you can see exactly how to use the template. Make sure you sign up for the resource library to download this!

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[AngelaKHarrell]

NEW SUBSCRIBER! Wow, this was excellent!! Finally, someone who breaks down the "mystery" behind writing a mystery!! I feel empowered!!!

[deellaboe]

I haven't written my book yet, only plotted. And I'm really interested in writing a murder mystery. This was so helpful and the resources are wonderful.

[KimtheElder]

I love how you walked us through it. Thank you so much.😊✨

[gothicwriter]

This was excellent thank you. I'm trying to write a cozy at the moment but as a pantser I am finding I need at least a skeleton of a structure to write a cozy. So thanks.

[h.s.s.]

Wow! This is great; I was just thinking about returning to writing cozies again.

[bookwormbabe]

Fellow indie from Toronto here! This was super helpful—thank you so much!

[claramartin]

This was very helpful to me. Thank you..😊

[FarnsworthSoul]

Awesome, thanks for the great video and sharing your ideas/process!

[charlesbrentner]

Thanks for the Plotting Template. There was another author who claimed to have one (in her description) but then it turned out she had moved everything into an "Author's Library" and you had to pay almost $200.00 just to get a copy of it. I doubt I'll be buying any of her books.

[peterloader]

Very good. Question though. Does Piper use magic to compel the suspects to talk with her? If not there should be some conflict where she's told by at least one suspect to go away and mind her own business. I can't see any logical reason for them to all talk to her. Mind you I have not read the book!

[EmmaBennetAuthor]

I’d love to write a cosy mystery but I don’t think I’d be very good at creating the actual mystery lol!

[KathleenDenly_Author]

Which of your videos talks about a murder board?

[KathleenDenly_Author]

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