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Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.
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Have you seen the movie John Wick? If you haven't seen the first part, I doubt you'd simply watch the second part for the fun of it. If you didn't and plan on watching it, be aware that there might be some spoilers here. 
As with every story, there are good guys and bad guys. In reality, there's never a grey area, but what if there was one? What if Dexter was a real person? I always use Dexter as the main example because I'm fascinated with his bad guy/good guy facade. Which side would such a character belong to? It's obvious enough he's the bad guy since he kills people while working for a police department. Then again, he's got his own rules and commit murder only when it fits the code he's been given by his adoptive father. Does that make him good? Ehh...  It was a great selling point. Let's leave it at that.
Now we have John Wick, a hitman, with a good heart. A hitman played by Keanu Reaves which makes it quite a bit more interesting to boot. He did what he must as part of his job, which he retired from eventually, but due to certain circumstances, they brought him back into the world of danger, murder, dark side. Still, even hitmen live by certain rules apparently, or at least here they do, and they have certain places where murder is off limits and if broken, is rewarded with death. Quite intriguing really. A window into a life of a hitman who is, by all standards, a normal citizen.
As Jeff pointed in his previous "Mystery Newsletter (July 26, 2017)" , ongoing characters can make it for a more intriguing story. John Wick has proven that. Now, unlike James Bond, who is known internationally by all important agencies, John Wick is also known as the Boogieman by all those who've either dealt with him in the past or have rather gotten on his bad side. Of course, not many of those have survived, because the price to stay alive while dealing with the Boogieman is rather a high one.
With such characters, the stakes are always high. It doesn't matter if their story stops after one book or many. Is it luck that they survive the things they do? I mean, how lucky can a man be while dealing with a mob of Russian gangsters? Is it their stealth or their skills? Or is it all combined together? Could it be the writer and their brilliance? It's a little bit of everything. No one likes a sad ending, no matter who the characters are and it doesn't even matter that we're not dealing with a romance. Every character should have their own happy ending! Give your a bit of luck to survive the things you've got set up for them but make it dramatic. You still want your reader sitting at the edge of their seat.
'Til next time!
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As a reply to my last newsletter,
Greenspring wrote:
I was not going to respond but a sixth sense said "do it" You have delivered such a positive piece of writing that it makes one want to continue and I haven't experience that luxury for some time. I have given into playing scrabble, game after game. Time to open the mind once again and see what tumbles out. Thank you for the inspiration.
I'm so happy to hear that my newsletter inspired you to dare and try something new, anything!  Let me know how it goes. 
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Write what you know. Knowledge isn't stagnate. You are constantly learning. Read, research and your knowledge base expands. The more you know the more you write.
We are constantly learning, you're right. Although, sometimes we forget that lesson and thing we know everything already. 
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Great newsletter Gaby, heartfelt and spot-on.
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