 Mystery: May 21, 2008 Issue [#2402] |
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What is a mystery? It's like a puzzle. A reader has to discover the secret or riddle in order to solve it and find out who the criminal or enemy is. 
 What is your idea of a good mystery? Is it a cozy mystery with less action, a hardboiled detective mystery, an amateur detective mystery, or one not mentioned here? |
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Why is the setting so important when writing a mystery? Good question, and one easily answered. The setting specifies when and where the story takes place. It can be at any time, any place, and anywhere as long as the author makes sure that the setting fits the time frame.
The setting should be as well defined as the characters in the story, whether it be a long deserted highway or a steep, rocky precipice, especially if the place is where clues to the mystery are going to be found. Remember, a good mystery is challenging. 
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 I have a good somewhat mystery. I can't say that it has a murder, but more like you are with a kind of detective who is trying to understand something that is almost hard to understand.
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I love reading/writing hard boiled but most people want something to solve so I am in a minority. When I do crave a mystery it needs to be under a thousand words and that too is deviant! DB Cooper 
I just LOVE the new picture/symbol for the Mystery Newsletter. As noted, "A reader has to discover the secret or riddle in order to solve it and find out who the criminal or enemy is."
I tried to come up with some hidden mysteries or clues within it as a rationale for why it is appropriate for a Mystery Newsletter.
Here's some ideas I came up with:
1. The movement from hard-boiled private dicks to chick-dick chic has reached its apotheosis.
2. We are supposed to solve the mystery of what she has in her unseen right hand--a gun or ...??
3. The mystery of why she's wearing platform shoes and bell-bottoms from the 60s. Are they coming back? Who is the culprit?
4. Is she an alien? There must be some mysterious reason why her feet are bigger than her waist. And her head has that triangular look that's a dead giveaway.
5. I'm still working on the clue of the two roses. It's driving me to Four Roses.
Cheers, wildbill wildbill
I've loved mysterys as a child. I was so attached to Encycopedia Brown series in elementary school, then came others all the way from Stephen King to Ann Rule. I haven't tried writing a mystery but after reading your newsletter I may give it a try. Being Diane
Good job on the newsletter!
Diane
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