Willard H. Wright (
buttpinched) wrote2011-08-11 04:51 pm
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[Another day in Willard H. Wright's life.
He's outside the Pokemon Center, enjoying a nice day without having to worry about anything. Lion went shopping with Shinn, so he had no reason to worry about any kind of thing for now. After Trisa's prank, he was glad to get back his clothes.
He seems to be reading a good book.
Diana, his persian, decides to go to sleep in his right shoulder. Anna, his glameow, thinks that napping in his left shoulder would be a good idea too. His absol, Dlanor, aims for his lap and rest comforable over there. Katherine aims for his head, completely in love with Will's charm or something like that. Nora, Will's other Glameow, wants to play too and goes for his chest.
Which leaves the Skitty with only one goal: HIS FACE.
So, she's jumping to rest in Will's face. Yup, it's going to be hard to read that book with a Skitty in your face. However, Will doesn't seem to mind at all. Cat pile ftw and that. And yes, he did turn on the device to ask something, and he will do it with all the cats on him.]
Hn. I have meant to ask this before, but what do you think about the mystery genre? I want to hear what you have to say.
[Oh, the skitty spots Will's hair and decides to start noming at it. Will is going to end the feed with a small, really small chuckle.]
He's outside the Pokemon Center, enjoying a nice day without having to worry about anything. Lion went shopping with Shinn, so he had no reason to worry about any kind of thing for now. After Trisa's prank, he was glad to get back his clothes.
He seems to be reading a good book.
Diana, his persian, decides to go to sleep in his right shoulder. Anna, his glameow, thinks that napping in his left shoulder would be a good idea too. His absol, Dlanor, aims for his lap and rest comforable over there. Katherine aims for his head, completely in love with Will's charm or something like that. Nora, Will's other Glameow, wants to play too and goes for his chest.
Which leaves the Skitty with only one goal: HIS FACE.
So, she's jumping to rest in Will's face. Yup, it's going to be hard to read that book with a Skitty in your face. However, Will doesn't seem to mind at all. Cat pile ftw and that. And yes, he did turn on the device to ask something, and he will do it with all the cats on him.]
Hn. I have meant to ask this before, but what do you think about the mystery genre? I want to hear what you have to say.
[Oh, the skitty spots Will's hair and decides to start noming at it. Will is going to end the feed with a small, really small chuckle.]
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Hn. I see. To you, someone who writes in the mystery genre, what's the most important thing for you?
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[He thinks back to his own writing. Writing one of the few things he can talk at length about.]
Well for me I suppose it would be the plot and tone of the story.
Whatever the mystery you're writing, the plot and tone have to be consistent. If you're going to introduce a supernatural element into the storyline for example, it shouldn't just be thrown in at the last minute if everything up till then has been normal. You'll just confuse your readers, or annoy them if they feel tricked.
And while lots of mysterious trick the reader, it's more the sort of trick when you pick up a book expecting a team of police officers solving a string of murders and then at the very end it turns out to be aliens, with no foreshadowing at all.
And with the tone it can be jarring if you jump from a light tone, to a dark one. Usually people like one or the other so the person who likes reading about little old ladies solving mysterious is going to be annoyed if she's replaced halfway through with a private investigator who used to be an ex-cop. Or even the other way around.
That's not the only thing of course. But one of the most important ones I think.
[Video] Bonding thanks to the mystery genre xD
I see. What about the "Who dunnit", "How dunnit" and "Why dunnit"? Most of the mystery writers do not pay attention to the third one, not giving it the credit it deserves.
[video] The best type of bonding
I haven't written many of those myself. It's a lot harder to keep a stories plot going when you already know who and how. Though I think I've written one or two.... I like to try different types.
I take it you're a mystery fan. Do you write anything?
[video] Everyone will be so jealous about it
I'm an Inquisitor. [A small pause.] A retired detective. I work under the Van Dine's Commandments.
[video] They totally will be ./also late tag is latet
And like I said, I like trying different types. You're right about most people ignoring things like that. I'm afraid now a days most people tend to write the same story and just stick a new character into the plot.
Though I think that's still better then the people who find new talent and then just stick their name on the work and take most of the credit for it.
[video] Don't worry ♥
[He nods a bit.]
You're right. People just gave up trying to think for themselves.
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[He sighs.]
It's such a shame when that happens.
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What about you? What do you think is the most important part of the mystery genre?
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But... I have come to realize that the most important thing to understand is the Heart.
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That's a good thing to realize.
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Was that what you were working on before you arrived here then?
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What do you mean?
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That's a noble cause. And a hard one.
Were you having any luck?
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