The Nancy Springer Creative Writing Contest
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On-line versions of the stories can be found at:
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_62_Sherlock_Holmes_stories_written_by_Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Thinking About Your Story
Be creative with your story (this is fiction after all). Read some of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Make sure your story seems to be something that Doyle, himself, would have written. Use a pre-writing strategy (web, bulleted list, graphic organizer, timeline) that you are comfortable with to gather and organize ideas for your story. Then, complete a plot outline to make sure you have a fully planned out story with a beginning, middle, and end.
The Traditional Structural Rules
The story should follow the problem/resolution structure of a Sherlock Holmes adventure.
The beginning should introduce the client who is visiting Holmes and the mystery they would like Sherlock Holmes to solve.
The middle of the story should have Holmes collecting clues, interviewing witnesses, and working to solve the mystery.
The conclusion should have Holmes solving the case. Holmes should not only explain the solution to the case but also how he solved it.
Mr. Willis Frick also has sound advice on how to write your own Sherlock Holmes story (called a pastiche).
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_62_Sherlock_Holmes_stories_written_by_Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Thinking About Your Story
Be creative with your story (this is fiction after all). Read some of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Make sure your story seems to be something that Doyle, himself, would have written. Use a pre-writing strategy (web, bulleted list, graphic organizer, timeline) that you are comfortable with to gather and organize ideas for your story. Then, complete a plot outline to make sure you have a fully planned out story with a beginning, middle, and end.
The Traditional Structural Rules
The story should follow the problem/resolution structure of a Sherlock Holmes adventure.
The beginning should introduce the client who is visiting Holmes and the mystery they would like Sherlock Holmes to solve.
The middle of the story should have Holmes collecting clues, interviewing witnesses, and working to solve the mystery.
The conclusion should have Holmes solving the case. Holmes should not only explain the solution to the case but also how he solved it.
Mr. Willis Frick also has sound advice on how to write your own Sherlock Holmes story (called a pastiche).