What is “Mystery”?

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Let´s watch and listen to this story “The magic grinder“(Click on the name to access the link)

How to Write a Mystery…. Consider the following ideas:

  • A crime that needs to be solved, often a murder
  • A missing person or object
  • An unexplained disappearance of a person or object
  • A narrator or protagonist who is responsible for solving the mystery
  • One primary, substantial secret, or a series of secrets, whose telling could or will help solve the mystery
  • Turn this magic story into a mystery story following any of the hints described before. How can we do this? May be…. solving a crime, uncovering the magic of the grinder, uncovering the origin of that magical object….