Being a writer, the main part of your job is writing and the rest of it is reading what gets published in the genre that you have chosen. I have been looking on many websites for help with crime fiction story structure. There are a lot of plot help, and all are in the Three Act structure, which is fine. Many, in fact all of them are generic templates that follow the usual format. Attached is my Excel spreadsheet where you can outline the story with all the details. I created my own as there were not any avalable for narration single point of view.
Detective Fiction Plot Templates

Published by Philip Shepherd
This is a new facet of my life and desire to make a success of the novel writing business. I do love the crime fiction genre and the noir/hard-boiled sub-genre. It is the intention to start a novel series where the Protagonist is a private investigator. Things go wrong and right for him inside the fiction world. View all posts by Philip Shepherd