Things To Consider When Writing 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.

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 serious about writing and get the permission, it may be an ideal thing to shadow a detective team or ask them how investigations work. Next is to get a notebook intended for your novel or story. You must list down who are your detectives, the reasons why they murdered, who will be murdered, what will they be murdered with, any witness of the killing and the suspects.

Now, figure out the basic component of your novel. You can think about several scenarios. It could be a murder by stabbing, at a house, on a train in school or in other places. Some writers love to write their stories straight forward. However, this genre can get more complex as you go along. Hence, it is best to read your story again.

Write down specific lines, phrases and possible endings you can use. Once done, you have write the novel. This is the fun part of being a writer, since you will be using your creative minds to your story. Typically, writing the opening chapter is a sort of introduction to all characters you have created and the settings of the novel, too.

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 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.

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.

Keep in mind to be comfortable with the characters you make. Always keep your novel realistic. Always remember who are your target audience. Of course, teens want something different than adults. It is also important to research on every aspect of the novel.




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