Mystery genre

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A poster I made for my wife's classroom illustrating the mystery literary genre. nickleeillo.blogspot.com/2011/01/genre-poster-mystery.html

Writing a mystery novel is like creating a puzzle. The biggest challenge is knowing when to reveal certain pieces of information to your readers so they remain interested and keep reading right up until the big reveal at the end.

See this list of 18 brand new mystery story ideas and writing prompts and get to playing in and exploring the wonderfully creative mystery writing genre today. #MysteryStoryWriting #MysteryWritingPrompts #JournalBuddies

Mystery readers ask questions

Are you looking for great literature to introduce your upper elementary students to mysteries? I’ve used many of these books in my classes during our mystery genre study. Although I loved to read mysteries in October around Halloween, these mysteries can be read any time of the year! Check them out for a quick summary and ideas for teaching different reading skills or strategies! All of these books have mystery elements strewn throughout the stories. They can be found on my Amazon list!

Some element of suspense or mystery is used in almost every book. Searching for the bad guy, revealing a dark family secret, discovering how the local billionaire made her fortune. So how can you t…

The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and birth date to the chart below. Then stand back for that spine-tingling (or snicker-inducing) effect. Who knows? Your title could be the next big name in the mystery genre!