Writing With Sherlock Hollmes: A Creative Writing Teaching Unit

by Richard Stuecker

Writing with Sherlock Holmes is a middle or high school creative writing experiece that is based on a close reading of Sir Arthurl Conan Doyle's stories, "The Red-Headed League" and "The Speckled Band" plus the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.Students engage in games, group activities, and individual writing assignments that lead them to create a finished manuscript of a detective story.

41 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 26, 2025

About the author

With vibrant prose and a truly wise heart, Ric Stuecker has connected Hero to Elder powerfully, then gone even further to detail the stages of the elder's path. This is wonderful material--gracious, beautiful, and perceptive. I highly recommend it.
~ Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Aging

Richard Stuecker is a nationally known author, trainer and facilitator who is director of the Vibrant Emeritus Center and creator of the life-changing Vibrant Emeritus Weekend for men over 50 years old who want to embrace the second journey in life with passion, grace, generativity and blessing. Ric has presented workshops and keynotes at national and regional conferences and retreats on conscious aging in a number of states.