Writing Killer Plots // Tips For Writing a Murder Mystery

Writing Killer Plots // Tips For Writing a Murder Mystery
Are you working on a murder mystery and are stuck on how to make it into a page turner? Maybe you’re having trouble connecting the dots or need guidance on writing a mystery that is engaging to a reader. There are a few things you can work on to strengthen the plot of your killer books and I share them all in this video!
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This is great! Thank you so much for this. Very easy to follow and understand.

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Thank you for watching! Happy you liked it!

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I am writing a murder mystery series based on the 12 days of Christmas. At first it seems like all of these books are separate but by the end the detective get anonymously invited to a house where they meet the other detectives to solve a murder that was ruled an accident. In each book I want the respective detective to find one element that will help solve the group mystery in the final book.
*Question:* what are 12 elements that I can have the detectives find out to solve the group mystery? (I already have: the suspect, victims name, murder weapon, location of murder, time of murder, & alibi)

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Without knowing the full plot I don’t know if I can give the best answer here. What do you mean by elements? Clues they would find along the way or story directional elements? If it’s similar to what you mentioned, you would normally have multiple suspects so that could help expand it, red herrings, you could play with different types of clues like old journals, letters, clues left under floor boards, books with coded messages inside, etc.

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@@ANSageWrites thanks! the father of the murder victim invited them all convinced that one of them killed his daughter so he’s trying to draw them all together to solve the case and discover which one is the murderer.