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Does the "villain explains it all at the end" trope still work?
writera
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ironmikezero
Best clues you’ve encountered? (Spoilers)
writera
Nov 3, 2024
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Feb 17, 2025
Brigid Barry
Writing a second (standalone) mystery featuring the same sleuth?
writera
Feb 5, 2025
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lizmonster
The different types of villains and scenarios in mysteries (especially whodunits)
writera
Nov 26, 2024
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Literary motives?
writera
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AnnieColleen
The "fake/faked background" solution.
writera
Nov 18, 2024
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Catriona Grace
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BudMcMann
Nov 11, 2024
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Nov 12, 2024
BudMcMann
Knowing the murderer before you begin and building the narrative around the reveal or deciding "whodunit" when you reach the end?
writera
Oct 23, 2024
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Nov 1, 2024
ironmikezero
What do you think are the best (and worst) methods to conceal murderers in a story?
writera
Oct 13, 2024
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Oct 15, 2024
buz
Red herrings/suspects feeling pointless once the murderer is revealed? Plus ideal number of suspects?
writera
Oct 13, 2024
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Oct 13, 2024
katfeete
Do you want to be able to solve the mystery before the protagonist does?
buz
Sep 28, 2024
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Oct 13, 2024
writera
Do you think it's essential to state POV...
Audie80
Sep 25, 2024
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Sep 25, 2024
Unimportant
Mysteries with Only One POV
rob-fox
Sep 13, 2024
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Sep 18, 2024
dickson
Embedding more clues - second draft of a murder mystery
writera
Sep 7, 2024
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Sep 17, 2024
writera
Tell me about circumstantial evidence, please
RBEmerson
Aug 30, 2024
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Aug 31, 2024
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Keeping some of a character's thoughts private or hidden from reader (especially when your sleuth is first person POV)
writera
Aug 28, 2024
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Aug 30, 2024
Friendly Frog
This detective reveal/summation gathering scene goes on for 2,343 years
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buz
A good source to research the beginnings of forensics for a 17th Cent. England equivalent?
RedRajah
Aug 24, 2024
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Aug 24, 2024
worrdz
Murder mystery "rules", tropes, do's and don'ts, and the topic of amateur sleuths vs. detectives
writera
Aug 9, 2024
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Aug 21, 2024
Fergus MacGuffin
Mixing mystery and thriller elements often works but should a strict whodunit keep thriller elements at bay and stick more to the mystery?
writera
Aug 9, 2024
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Aug 10, 2024
Norsebard
Figuring out complicated (or even convoluted) backstory for yourself and also presenting it to the reader?
writera
Jul 6, 2024
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Jul 7, 2024
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Jul 3, 2024
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Jun 25, 2024
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ironmikezero
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lizmonster
Jun 11, 2024
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BudMcMann
Agatha Christie and the Mysterious Mr. Quin.
RichardGarfinkle
May 18, 2024
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May 18, 2024
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