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Mystery: September 05, 2018 Issue [#9103]




 This week: The Stranger
  Edited by: Annette Author IconMail Icon
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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
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About This Newsletter

Dear readers and writers of Mystery, I am Annette Author Icon and I will be your guest editor for this issue.


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Letter from the editor

The Stranger


From early on, we are being told not to go with the stranger. The stranger is up to no good. Fairy tales turn the stranger into a child-eating wolf or an imprisoning witch. In any case, the stranger is bad news.

This makes the stranger way more mysterious than they need be. A stranger can be the helpful young man who carries an elderly woman's groceries up to her door and then leaves without asking for anything in return. The stranger can be a kind old lady that gives a child that fell a tissue for the bleeding knee.

The stranger is forever shrouded in mystery as we never know what they will end up being. There is a rule that most stories roughly break down into two types.
The first is: Someone goes on a journey.
The second is: A stranger comes to town.

Those two story types both lend themselves to mystery writing, but the stranger coming to town is the stronger contender for a mystery. Where does he come from? What is his reason to show up? Will he stay or will he leave? If he leaves, where will he go?

No matter what type of mystery you write, adding a mysterious stranger will make the plot thicker.


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Ask & Answer

I received the following replies to my last Mystery newsletter "Trivial Things" Open in new Window.

Sand Castles Shopgirl 739 Author Icon wrote: Thanks for mentioning a couple of my pieces in your newsletter. I grinning ear to ear right now!

Quick-Quill Author Icon wrote: I binge watched all CSINY. a number of episodes involved neighbors. Some as informants to move the story with information. Some were involved with the crime using the opportunity of thin walls to hear key information. Neighbors are a great source if used wisely and not like a crutch or a jack in the box that pops up at inopportune times

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