 Mystery: October 03, 2007 Issue [#1977] |
  Mystery
This week: Edited by: SHERRI GIBSON  
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What do most readers look for in a mystery? Good points I hope to cover. 
Draw a reader into your story. Make the reader sit on the edge of their seat waiting to find out "who did it", and the characters so compelling that the story holds their interest from the instant they begin reading it. There's nothing like an unexpected finale. 
As with any good story, both character definition and plot are essential. Do the characters lack enough detail to keep a reader interested? Read the story aloud and try to envision them as a reader would.  The same applies to the plot.
The place and events leading up to the mystery are just as imperative. If both are poorly represented, a reader's interest is lost most of the time. 
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I can't stress enough that a good mystery, whether it be a story or poetry, is not about how many words that are used, but how well the tale or poem is written.
Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and "The Birds" are two good examples of the unexpected. In "Psycho", who would have expected Norman Bates to be the killer? In "The Birds", it remained a mystery as to why they chose to attack. Perfect examples of good mysteries.
Then there is the infamous Stephen King. In "Silver Bullet, who would have ever expected the Minister to be the werewolf?
Supernatural mysteries are becoming the rage these days. Good examples of these range from "The Sixth Sense" to "Dead Silence". Classics like "Murder In The Rue Morgue" and "Murder On The Orient Express" cannot be disregarded either. Poe and Christie are both superb writers who have a knack for keeping a viewer in suspense.
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