Writing a Mystery Story

Do you ever wonder 'How can I make my story more interesting'? Sometimes all it takes is to find the right writing style for you! There are all kinds of genres to explore! Let's start with a very exciting style, A Mystery Story!

What is a mystery?
A mystery is something that is not easily explained or described. Mystery stories often contain a puzzle or problem that needs to be solved.

Start at the Beginning
Before you write a mystery story, you need to have an idea. Is there a puzzle to solve at school? Did your mum lose something? Does it seem like there is a secret going around the gardening club? Was there a strange happening at your neighborhood? If so, you could use that as the idea of your story.

The Characters
You need to figure out your Detective and Suspect.

Clues
These help detectives or readers solve the mystery. They can be objects or things that people say.

Distractions
This happens when your clues don't make sense and confuses your detectives. So they will take longer to solve the mystery.

Here's a great mystery to pick up from the library - The Dark and Deadly Pool by Joan Lowery Nixon.

* Read an interesting Mystery recently? Send an email to missdee@iheartboardgames.com and tell me all about it! Your report might just be published on this site!