mystery

Hey Sleuths!
          	
          	Here's the Question of the Week,
          	
          	“Imagine you're writing a mystery, and your editor DEMANDS a ridiculous, last-minute twist. What would be your most outrageous, genre-bending, "wait, WHAT?!" twist?”
          	
          	Excited to know your opinions!

proti1363

It really depends on the story. Maybe I would change one of the rules.
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LOVEandLUST666

@LOVEandLUST666 the one who killed my entire bloodline except for me
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LOVEandLUST666

@mystery i dont like my boss or I rather hate him but he does pay me good money witch means I cannot me the black mamba around him if I don’t want him to cut off my bonuses that are all well accounted for but I get a notification right then. I read the message over and over again:  Mr Sinclair is the pink panther assasian
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mystery

Hey Sleuths!
          
          Here's the Question of the Week,
          
          “Imagine you're writing a mystery, and your editor DEMANDS a ridiculous, last-minute twist. What would be your most outrageous, genre-bending, "wait, WHAT?!" twist?”
          
          Excited to know your opinions!

proti1363

It really depends on the story. Maybe I would change one of the rules.
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LOVEandLUST666

@LOVEandLUST666 the one who killed my entire bloodline except for me
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LOVEandLUST666

@mystery i dont like my boss or I rather hate him but he does pay me good money witch means I cannot me the black mamba around him if I don’t want him to cut off my bonuses that are all well accounted for but I get a notification right then. I read the message over and over again:  Mr Sinclair is the pink panther assasian
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mystery

Hey Sleuths! 
          
          Here's the Question of the Week, 
          
          "How would you go about creating a fake clue to mislead a detective in a mystery game or story?" 
          
          Excited to know your opinions!!

BrendahInk

@mystery Follow LadyChronicle's opinion
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Araminami110

@ mystery  If it were me... maybe I would trap him with a trick in the form of a strange and interesting place or object until the detective is interested in his curiosity. That's how it is, hehehe
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YukiBonavich

@mystery I’d make the fake clue look almost too believable, something true twisted to point to the wrong person.
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Maitreya01

I think John Dickson Carr is one of the most underrated mystery authors. He mastered the “locked-room mystery” better than almost anyone, creating crimes that seem literally impossible — and then explaining them in a logical way.
          
          Another author I’d mention is Ngaio Marsh. She’s often overshadowed by Agatha Christie, but her characters and dialogue feel more natural and theatrical, which makes her stories stand out in a different way.

Deefranchisee

@thesparkwithin can we be mutuals
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Deefranchisee

@Himanshikumari8619 @Maitreya01 can we be mutual
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thesparkwithin

@Maitreya01 hm, thanks for letting us know, pal! I shall check out these mystery authors!!
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mystery

Hey Sleuths! 
          
          Here's the Question of the Week, 
          
          "What is it about the mystery genre that captivates you the most?" 
          
          Excited to know your opinions!!

GGhostwriter25

@mystery when you are unsure if the main character is a bad guy/girl (villain) themselves.
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Catelva4869

When something is unclear. When, for example, one of the characters shows an identity that is different from his real one, and you know that but his real identity is unknown or unclear. That, somehow, interests me to know about the truth.
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DeaElena

@mystery 
            As a reader, I am fascinated by the author's ability to tell a story in the most suspenseful way possible. When the author slowly reveals a secret and allows me to piece together the mystery. 
            Love it when the author give me a sense of the moment through the description. The skill is to convey the essence of the characters through discrete actions. To immediately feel him as a good guy, a bad guy, or maybe suspicious.
            As an author, I strive to learn this skills. I would like to be the kind of author who awakens emotions in the reader.
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PoppyQ2

I'm curious how do you feel about reading books where the MC has a condition, disorder,  or disability that the writer does not have?  The MC in my murder mystery series is a a young woman with vitiligo skin.  However, she also has a unique gift for disguises and make-up so she's often undercover.  She loves her skin, because everyone on her world has "spots" when they mature.  But when she finds herself traveling the galaxy to the trail of some intergalactic plot to erase her people, she has to hide who she is in order to survive.  I don't have vitiligo and I'm concerned about being seen as "culture vulture" for using the condition in my novel even though it's a secret strength for the MC that she will discover in later chapters.

jennifershaycarta

@PoppyQ2 I think it's great! As long as you've supported your character with research - I did the same in my debut novel - but I'm all for it!
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mystery

Hey Sleuths!
          
          Here's the Question of the week
          
          "If you could solve any real-life mystery, which one would it be?" 
          
          Awaiting your answers!

PoppyQ2

@mystery I would solve cold case that give people closure.
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Amberrules13

@mystery I would help find lost dogs and reunite them with their owners
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Hgwspirit

@mystery nothing beats a good old murder mystery for me
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