Rabu, 03 Juni 2015

Writing The Best New Murder Mystery Books

By Ericka Marsh


Mysteries offer several rooms for variation. On the other hand, murder is universal and may happen anytime, anywhere in different settings. Today, murder mysteries are among of the best and popular genres that most people read. It features exciting cliffhangers with a certain storyline that will leave you glue to the page.

If you want to become a good writer, it is crucial to read as many stories in this genre as you can to help expand your ideas and knowledge about it. The more ideas you gather, the better. By just reading new murder mystery books or watching any movie, you will be able to gather certain ideas and how murders are solved.

If you are really serious about this novel, you can team up with detectives and ask them how investigations work. You also need to prepare a notebook dedicated for your story or novel. You should list down such information like the detectives, the main reason why they murdered, who are the victims and any witness as well as 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 may also add some lines, phrases and possible endings. After outlining these things, you can now start writing. Once you have the storyline, it is now time to write down your story and the best part where you can express your ideas and to be creative in different ways. Next to consider is to write the opener of the story. This is an introduction of the characters and the setting of the murder mystery.

Writing mysteries should be written in details. You have to write down clear pictures of the settings so that readers will understand the story. You may also describe the feeling of the victims before they get killed and describe the whole setting. You can add unexpected twists and something that can throw the readers off track.

Once you have done this part, you can check everything. Read the novel and change anything you do not like. In fact, some books are re written by many writers many times. It is also better to ask any help from a friend, a relative, teacher or from your fellow writer to improve more your work.

Most of the time, adults are good in detecting some mistakes especially the spelling and the punctuations. Thus, you can't take any of their words and need to be harsh on your work. If you want to publish your story, it is best to send it through a publishing company.

It is crucial to stick on what you know and try to avoid some cliches. You might want to draw some pictures. However, do not make them gory, as kids might read it. A murder mystery is not precisely good for a child, unless a child is writing. You can have someone to check each section or chapter as you go along.




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