I'm a Student...
I have to read a lot of things for school and most of them are pretty boring. I've seen an old Sherlock Holmes movie or TV show but I liked the new film better. Holmes and Watson seem cool, but were they real or fictional? I'm know I'm going to have to write a paper -- either about Sherlock Holmes or Arthur Conan Doyle or maybe a mystery story.
My teacher says I have to read some Sherlock Holmes stories or novels, because movies are usually very different. Why isn't a movie about a book the same as reading it?
Can this website help me with my paper?
About Sherlock Holmes
- We can't write your Sherlock Holmes paper for you, but we can show you some good tips on how you might go about choosing a topic and doing your research.
- We can direct you to the most frequently asked questions about Sherlock Holmes and links to answers.
- Willis Frick, a good Sherlockian, offers some helpful rules if you want to write a Sherlockian pastiche (your own new story about Holmes and Watson).
- For background material, click through our Research Links on the left side of this page. Most of the recommended websites have many links to additional material -- in some cases, enough to write several books.
- And a Sherlockian society called McMurdo's Camp provides specific "Story Info" on all the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Mystery Writing in general
- The Millennium Mystery Madness website was written by students and it gives good tips for how to start writing a mystery story.
- Mystery Writing with Joan Lowrey Nixon is another site that walks you step by step through your own mystery story.
- If you're writing a detective story, here are some rules by several experts that might keep you from making mistakes.
- If you're interested in the history of detective novels, have a look at the "Detective Fiction" Research Links at the left side of this page.