Ten Ways To Hide Clues in Your Mystery
Ten Ways To Hide Clues in Your Mystery
Clues to Your Clues
Writing a traditional mystery takes planning, and clues are a major part of that plan. Mysteries are puzzles and, as a mystery writer, you are playing a game with your reader. You want to play fair by not giving away too much, and yet setting a trail of clues that does not surprise them in the end.
Your aim is for readers to think, “I should have guessed that.” But they didn’t.
What you need is a strategy to hide your clues in plain sight. As a mystery writer, you can develop tactics in the puzzle you create for your reader.
Read the rest at International Thriller Writers _The Thrill Begins _.https://goo.gl/3MSqZB
http://thrillbegins.com/2017/07/24/ten-ways-to-hide-clues-in-your-mystery-surprise-your-reader/
Clues to Your Clues
Writing a traditional mystery takes planning, and clues are a major part of that plan. Mysteries are puzzles and, as a mystery writer, you are playing a game with your reader. You want to play fair by not giving away too much, and yet setting a trail of clues that does not surprise them in the end.
Your aim is for readers to think, “I should have guessed that.” But they didn’t.
What you need is a strategy to hide your clues in plain sight. As a mystery writer, you can develop tactics in the puzzle you create for your reader.
Read the rest at International Thriller Writers _The Thrill Begins _.https://goo.gl/3MSqZB
http://thrillbegins.com/2017/07/24/ten-ways-to-hide-clues-in-your-mystery-surprise-your-reader/
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