In the past four years we’ve been writing only short stories. Honestly, writing two hundred page books is exhausting. We’re full of admiration for those who do it, and produce a tome or two yearly. As readers, we love writers that can take a series to four, six, eight or more st...
As a writer constructing your story, you have endless possibilities to plant and hide clues along your storyline. As you outline your plot, brainstorm ideas for what clues will lead your detective toward solving the puzzle. Here are some ideas to get you started: Physical items the victim le...
Each Mystery State work sheet below offers five clues to help students identity of one of the 50 U.S. states. Answer keyfor the 51 Mystery State work sheets. Ideas for using the Mystery State activity in your classroom. Mystery State #1 ...
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Writing While You Work Posted on November 18, 2013 by mainecrimewriters Hey all, Gerry Boyle here. A little stiff from an afternoon mulling mystery ideas. Lower back. Biceps. It’s hard work, as you can tell from the photo at right. The mulling was done as I moved some of the ...
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Do you enjoy a good whodunit? So do I. It's my pleasure to share with you some fun, quirky, story ideas for writing mysteries.
Playground ideas for writers: –Write something different, inspiring, uplifting. I’ve been doing that lately and I give myself a lift each time. –Read something uplifting. Even a simple quote like this one will do the trick: Nothing is too wonderful to happen or too good to last. ~...
For a classic mystery bait-and-switch, you might consider: a character who appears complicit, but isn’t; an object that seems more important than it is (cleverly subverting Chekhov’s Gun!); or a misleading clue that was planted by the culprit. ...
I drafted this blog, made a list of chores and tasks to be completed by the end of the day, and outlined two chapters for my next book. All of this, however, had to be written on a very little notepad because I didn’t have the foresight to bring along a decent size writing pad...