How To Write Your First Mystery Book - 5 Tips When Writing Mystery

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@MilkyAndTwiz 2 ай бұрын

4:40 “I just wanted to know how long would it take a dead body to decompose in a hot-tub” that caught me rolling on the floor

@wendypearson7580 Жыл бұрын

Glad you've added the Mystery genre! That's was missing. This is my favorite genre to write in. Actually, Mystery/Thriller.

@jrdesulme 2 ай бұрын

“What ?!He’s really an alien!”😂😂😂😂

@itselmo2532 6 ай бұрын

Helpful video! I had this mystery I've been outlining on and off for years and I'm glad to know that I ticked off all the boxes

@IsabelWorden-Klym 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing! These tips will go a long way to make my 'fan fiction' piece.

@donnafreeman4301 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome! 😂 Looking forward to all of this. Who doesn't love a mystery?

@AutoCritEditing Жыл бұрын

We are really excited to get into the Mystery genre this month!

@tessafloreano Жыл бұрын

@@AutoCritEditing I've been waiting!!! Thank you for offering this for us mystery writers.

@sharkfriday Жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Really looking forward to this! 🕵🎉

@English_bean 3 ай бұрын

I don´t have any comments on your video itself as it was solid advice to me, a starting writer. But, i just wanted to say i love your attitude in this video! I have yet to watch any others by you but if they all are as informative, well explained and fun to watch as this i shall be giving a follow and many likes indeed

@HeartspokenLife Жыл бұрын

Great fun and excellent tips!

@melissab7714 Жыл бұрын

Love these quick tips!

@kenmacqueen5259 Жыл бұрын

Great segment. And don't forget Thrillers, a different beast with a huge audience.

@Mira_Louise 10 ай бұрын

the google search history is so real.

@sax1741 Жыл бұрын

I hope there’s more mystery in store!😁

@Duchess_Van_Hoof 6 ай бұрын

The time I figured out a Sherlock Holmes story by concluding that only the murdered victim could be the culprit I was so excited to be proven right. Honestly, Holmes gives us too little info by not telling us what he actuallt observed. Or rather Watson does that. In the Devil's Foot we are told that Holmes checked the windows, and Watson neglected to check himself, so we can't notice the mismatched gravel lying there.

@SloaneVick-d8d 2 ай бұрын

I used to be a network engineer, so I would occasionally have to spend some time on the Dark Web. I also utilized the Dark Web when I needed to do research for my writing that I didn't want to show up in my browser and search history lol

@AdemonGamer09 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. While i have to redo my story, at least i have a better understanding.

@Reggie2000 8 ай бұрын

I disagree on the motivation factor UNLESS, its a stand alone crime, and then its interesting. But on series books, the idea that the detective will always have motivation beyond doing there job, is silly to me. Granted, they can gain some sort of personal mini motivation at times, like someone trys to kill them, ect, but it can't always be personal. Right? Can you write 50 mystery books, one detective, and its ALWAYS personal motivation somehow? Thoughts? 🤔 My mind can be changed. 🧐

@shaylaanderson870 8 ай бұрын

I think thats a fair point. Although I think its always nice to have a bit of personal interest for the book; when reading a book you get sucked in, so if the detective has no personal interest in solving the mystery then what is the point of the book besides a story with an end point.

@Reggie2000 8 ай бұрын

@@shaylaanderson870 Isn't that Murder on the Orient Express? Does Hercule Poirot have any real personal motivation beyond being a detective on the scene? Keep in mind, I've only seen the film

@johnmartin4900 7 ай бұрын

@@Reggie2000 Poirot's character and personal motivation is that he refuses to let a murder go unsolved because a murder is a crime against humanity and the correct person must be brought to justice. In the case of Orient Express, while the victim wasn't a good person and insulted Poirot he still, if he deserved to die, should have faced a trial for whatever crimes he committed. Additionally once, he starts investigating and finds out about the other, older murder (being vague to avoid spoilers in case someone hasn't read a 90 year old murder mystery), his sense of justice pushes him to continue digging. It's a personal motivation but it's not what we would think when we think of the phrase. Additionally, he has ego. Poirot is, in-universe, the most famous detective. He wouldn't want someone to say there was a murder, Poirot was there, and he *didn't* solve it. Because then someone might speculate he *couldn't* have figured it out.

@Reggie2000 7 ай бұрын

@@johnmartin4900 Thanks for that info. 👍 The following is not an argument. Just comments and a discussion. I see what your saying now on Poirot. I guess I never thought of it that way. So if your only point is to clarify who Poirot is, thanks. 👍 I guess two films was not enough for me to really understand him. I haven't watched the third yet, so I will look for that when I do. I do like what you said about his motivation, and will use some aspects of that to a lesser extent in my juvenile deceive series I want to write forvthe lead detective in 5he gang. That being an innate dogged determination and sense of ego. Nice. But, one, I don't think that can be every detective. Otherwise the detectives all blend in. And sadly, the mostly seem to. Which is why on the other hand, my female cozy mystery detective I created is thankfully none of those. No drive, ego, desire, or morals. Unscrupulous and lazy to a fault. ☹️🤣 But, are those traits enough to justify the idea that all detectives must have personal motivation. Because for me, what you said about Poirots personal sense if justice, and ego, are not really what I think is "personal" motivation in this day and age. It's like the old action star cliche. They killed his second cousins best friend... this time it's personal! Uh...... no. No it's not! You barely knew him! You meet him once in passing! LIAR!!! For me personally, personal motivation has to be tangible and relatable. And I'm not sure that I personally think of Poirots motivation as being those two things when someone says, "always make it personal". To me, those, and this is just my personal opinion, feel like cheap cop-outs to a modern more sofisticated reader. Probably not in the 1940s, but I don’t feel that can cut it in the 2020s. It's like, Murder She Wrote Jessica Fletcher was obviously Miss Marple. In the 1980s. No one wants to see that today. Right? The one most important thing I ever read on creating a mystery series, was that it's all about "how interesting is the detective." I 100% agree. I LOVE the visuals of Kenneth Branaghs films, and his acting. But I guess I don't personally find Hercule Poirot to be all that interesting to me. Once more, I have never read the books. Thoughts?

@johnmartin4900 7 ай бұрын

@@Reggie2000 For me, Poirot is super interesting. For different detectives, there's different quirks. I think you're judging him from the perspective of modern times, in that you've been exposed to many detectives throughout fiction. Poirot/Marple are some of the originators of the style of detective that focuses on Motive more than Means and Opportunity. Poirot likes to understand how people think. People fascinate him, even if he comes across in a very standoffish way. He's an observer of people first and foremost. He's not a technician like Holmes who will tell you how some mud on someone's shoe indicates something. The fact that the angle of the bullet had to come from a man doesn't interest him, because he's more inclined as to why this person would pull the trigger in the first place. I'm working on a series myself, and the first one involves pregnancy. The idea being that different people react differently when they find out they or someone close to them is pregnant. The detective, being married and his wife being pregnant, is struggling to determine whether he'll be a good father. Part of his personal motivation is figuring out why someone would murder a pregnant woman and whether there's some connection in the thought processes.

@cronosx6174 Жыл бұрын

Mystery sometimes has nothing to do with solving anything or about a puzzle. Vagueness and describing something unknown can also be a mystery.

@ordinaryguy1414 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, these tips are mostly for crime mystery.

@miggseye Ай бұрын

Vagueness (lack of specificity) is a recipe for boring writing.

@cronosx6174 Ай бұрын

@miggseye ..That's only your belief system. Vagueness is used in artworks as well, and it's just a small part of life. Mystery has many aspects about it, so don't get caught up with the word 'vagueness'. Mystery is also the unknown, surprise, the occult, suspense, the unexpected, and the list goes on and on.

@jesprice48 Жыл бұрын

Very cute and informative!

@_http.Joj_ Ай бұрын

Ok- here is what I have and if someone is reading this and has an input on it- I would appreciate it. 1) the clues part. I am thinking of trying to make the reader think they have a clue but it's just a normal scene(ex/ a characterkeeps hearingnoises in the house, in reality it's just a rat) , and think something is a normal scene but is actually a clue (the rat made them not focus on these scenes that they don't notice that the character is allergic to a certain food which will clear them off on a case we thought they were connected to it) 2) the motivation part. I wanna make the M.C, the investigator, a workaholic, resulted from a childhood trauma, which gives her a motive to always work to her finest point, and her emotionally feeling bad for the victim makes her more invested in the case . 3)the twist part. The story starts with 1 case if assault. To a case of serial killer. 4) the easy ending part. I wanna make a fake ending where she finds the killer and puts him in jail. But oh no! She was wrong. And she needs to fix up her mistake. 5)the researching part. I already searched up everything with chatgpt. What is a detective able and inable to do ? What are their limits? How does a case file look? How does an interrogation room looks like? How many times does someone need to hit their head to k-ll themselves? Would someone have bl00d dripping down their mouth from a head injury? Why is that? And I am planning to continue this.