I'm a Student...
I have to read a lot of things for school and most of them are pretty boring. I like the new Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows that happen now instead of centuries ago. Holmes and Watson are 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.