How to Create a Murder Mystery Plot or Party
With Juanita Rose Violini – twenty years of custom writing corporate murder mystery entertainment scripts.
Classes 2012
Mystery Writing Workshop – Tues & Thurs
Invermere Campus – Feb 21 – March 8 7pm – 9pm $89 + HST
One Day Mystery Writing Workshop
Kimberley Campus – March 17 9am – 4pm $59 + HST
Mystery Writing Workshop Weekend
Kimberley Campus – April 28 & 29 9am – 4pm $109 + HST
MYSTERY BONES Writing Workshop
Creston Campus – July 7 & 8 9am – 4pm $129 + HST
For more information or to register contact College of the Rockies
Invermere Campus:
Phone: 250-342-3210, Toll Free: 1-866-489-2687 ext 7110 or email: Invermere@cotr.bc.ca
Kimberley Campus:
Phone: 250-427-7116, Toll Free: 1-866-489-2687 ext 3752 or email: Kimberley@cotr.bc.ca
Creston Campus:
Phone: 250-428-5332, Toll Free: 1-866-489-2687 ext 4102 or email: Creston@cotr.bc.ca
Love reading mysteries? Want to be a writer? Working within a structure makes it easy. The ‘Mystery Bones’ method, created by Juanita Violini takes you through the dirt, bones, muscles, heart, mind and soul of a ‘fairplay’ mystery plot.
‘Fairplay’ means that the reader or audience has all the information they need to solve the mystery.
- Knowing what clues to create and how to plant them means the reader or audience are puzzled right up to the end of the story.
- Knowing how to create clues means that the solution, once revealed, has been obvious all along.
When you know how to create a cluetrail using the “Bones” method, you can use it in several different formats:
- Mystery novels, short stories or scripts
- Murder mystery parties & games
- Mystery contests for promotion entertainment
- Murder mystery fundraisers
Mysteries have always been a passion for Juanita. After working as a production manager for a theme entertainment company in the 80’s, Juanita struck out on her own to custom write ‘fairplay scripts’ for corporate groups and various organizations. She decided to write her book “Mystery Bones” after many years of analyzing and dissecting everything written by Agatha Christie and other fairplay authors.
“I just took this course from Juanita and it was the best-spent Saturday I’ve ever had as a writer. I had a blast and probably learned more about the structure of what I want to do in six hours with Juanita than I could have in 50 “how to” books. Seriously, if you have a great idea and can’t find your way through the plot, she’s quite brilliant at laying out the map!”
– Carol Picard, Canmore, AB
Juanita’s other books include: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible & the Ignored; Waking Up In Banff; plus published short stories, poems, magazine and newspaper submissions.