Creating your plot
After you have created your setting and your characters, you are ready to start creating your plot and putting things together. If you look at the graphic organizers that are on the right side, you will see plot graphic organizers. Those might be helpful in putting your thoughts together, so you can begin the writing process.
As you start writing your mystery story, remember to start with a beginning paragraph that will grasp readers’ attention, and then you can continue writing whatever comes to your mind.
You start with introducing the main character and proceed with the story. It’s important to build the suspense throughout the story until you come to the climax, which is the high point where the main character (the protagonist) makes a decision as to which way he or she wants to go.
Throughout the story, you want to plan clues that may or may not lead readers to the villain. There are false clues that writers plant to lead the characters and readers astray, and then writers plant clues that will lead the characters and readers to the villain.
When you come near the end of the story, you want to make sure you have tied all the loose ends together, and the readers are satisfied with the conclusion. If you are satisfied with the story structure and how it ends, your readers will be, too.