How To Write Good Mystery Clues. [13] deciding on your clues and when to allow your sleuth to discover them is tricky, but is. Build tension throughout the story.

When you write a mystery, you set up a trail for the detective to follow until they discover the killer. Poorly executed, clues will keep an author in the slush pile forever. The reader needs to feel connected to this character because he or she acts as the reader’s eyes and ears.

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