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 Mystery: February 25, 2009 Issue [#2900] |
  Mystery This week: Edited by: SHERRI GIBSON   More Newsletters By This Editor   1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions 
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As a published author, I can tell you that writing a mystery just requires letting your mind travel to several things. The first being the plot. Do you want to write a cozy story or one of combining genres? The second is what era you wish for the tale to be written in. Do you want the plot to have historical or supernatural facts? If one of history, do your research on the time before beginning to write the story. If you are writing a combination supernatural/mystery, research is just as important. Whatever type of mystery you intend to write must have the proper setting, character definition, and facts to support the tale just like any other genre. For example, if you are writing a puzzling detective story, why would a romance between characters be important unless one of them is withholding something pertaining to the mystery? A good example of this would be The Astronaut's Wife. It is a movie featuring Johnny Depp. He and his friend are sent on a mission to space and come back totally different than the men they were before leaving. It is a solid mystery that had me glued to my seat until the end. So never say "I can't do it! 
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