Thursday, May 28, 2015

Writing The Best New Murder Mystery Books

By Ericka Marsh


Mystery usually offer a room for variation. Murder is known to be universal and can happen in any setting and anytime. The murder mystery is one of the most popular genres. It features a very exciting cliffhanger with a particular storyline that will leave you wondering and glue to every page. If you love reading murder mysteries and want to attempt yo write your own, then you may consider these tips.

To become an effective writer, it is important for you to read as many murder mysteries as you can as it helps to expand your knowledge in this genre. The more information you learn and gather, the more you can gain ideas. By watching and reading new murder mystery books, you are able to gather important ideas about how murders can be solved. You can watch real life situation.

If you are interested about writing mystery stories that involved killings, it is important to get permission or better yet, shadow a detective team so you will learn how every investigation works. Get a notebook dedicated for this story. List down the names of your detectives, who will be killed, the reasons they are killed, the witness or witnesses and the suspects.

Now, you can figure out the basics. You have to think about the basic components of the story. Think on some scenarios. You may consider murder by a train, by stabbing, at a school and serial killings. Some writers like to write their stories straight forward, but this genre can get complicated. Therefore, it may be a good idea to read your ideas again.

You can write down some lines, possible endings and some phrases you could use. After that, you may now start writing. Once you have already the storyline, it is time to write your novel and the best part where you can be creative. Basically, writing the opener is the introduction of all characters as well as the setting of the story. The best part for this is where the suspects have a massive argument with the person who will be killed.

Writing murder mysteries must be written in broad details. You have to write down a very clear picture so that your readers can understand why and how it happens. You can describe the feelings of a victim before she or he gets murdered as well as the settings. You can add some unexpected twists to make the story more exciting.

Once you have done everything in your story, you may now check your work. Read the whole story and change something you do not like. There are some books that have been re written many times. In this case, you may need some help by a friend, a fellow writer, a teacher or relative to check your work. They can give you some suggestions for improvements and to help you produce the best work.

Adults are good of identifying mistakes such as punctuation and spelling especially in the writing of kids. You cannot take their words and need to be harsh on your work. If you want it to be published so that more readers can read it, you can send it to any publisher in your area.

You have to remember to be comfortable with every character you create. Always keep your story realistic and know your target audience. Teenagers will want something different what adults like. Before writing, it is vital to do some research on the aspects of the whole mystery stories.




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