Mystery: November 27, 2013 Issue [#6000]
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 This week: Critical Thinking
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3. Letter from the Editor
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6. Ask & Answer
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Critical Thinking


Writing and reading mystery stories is a perfect way to develop and nurture critical thinking.


Education all around the globe is in a state of decline. There are a few countries that are doing an admirable job at creating a highly educated population independent of economic status. There are some countries where at least those able to afford tuition can get a great education. Then, there are those countries where everybody goes to school to fill in bubbles on standardized tests.

How does education internationally tie in with mystery stories?

Both creating or reading mystery stories requires thinking out of the box. It challenges the writer to come up with clues that are valid, but not blatant. It challenges the reader to pay attention while reading. Even to read between the lines a little bit - guess and take mental risks.

So, as a writer of mystery stories, your job is much more complex than that of the action/adventure writer. In action/adventure, plot is there to support action. In mystery, actions are there to support the underlying plot that is hidden from plain sight - but there! The plot that either happened in the past or is going on right now that the reader is trying to find out.

So, as a mystery writer, ask yourself who your intended audience is and create a story that challenges them to think, analyze, maybe even have the urge to go back a chapter to double check a clue/factoid you dropped in. (Don't be so sketchy that your readers feel they have to do that all of the time and can't enjoy the plot though.) With each mystery you write, you are enhancing the world by creating more critical thinkers. That is worth more than any multiple choice test about rocket science.



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Kyle learns by hard experience that not everything it what it first appears to be.
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I got the following comments for my last Mystery Newsletter "Leave Enough Clues" Open in new Window.:

ChrisDaltro-Chasing Moonbeams Author Icon wrote: Thank you for featuring my short story, The Spiritual Consultation, in your WDC Newsletter: Mystery: Leave Enough Clues. Christina

You're very welcome. *Smile*

Quick-Quill Author Icon wrote: In my favorite Mystery/horror movie "Devil" by M. Knight Shayamlan, clues to the characters are given throughout the movie. At the very begininng, the clue to the end is thrown out to the audience and at the end it's tied up in a neat or not so neat package. I sat back at the end going WOW, WOW, WOW! Its why I continually go back to the story. Its crafting is amazing.

M. Knight Shayamlan is a film maker whose works I have to see in a certain mood, but I agree that they are each unique and amazing in the way he presents them.

BIG BAD WOLF is Merry Author Icon wrote: There are plenty of mysteries. "Brother Mine" Open in new Window.

Would be boring without them, wouldn't it?

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