Mystery

FACT: Mystery is not just a genre. It isn't just a series of books where charming British men deduce that finding murderers really is the best way to get the attention of a girl. Mystery is everything. Mystery slinks its way into every story. What will happen next? Whose line is it anyway? Who's on first? How on earth did that man manage to kill someone with a cannoli? How on earth did that man manage to kill someone with a cannoli, and then eat the cannoli?

When presented with a good story, a reader will develop all sorts of questions along these lines and more. It's this kind of mystery, the hooks, the turns, the tension that causes them to read on, not knowing that they are reading something mysterious and being completely jipped when it comes to charming British men.

Mystery is a hard thing utilize properly. There is a saying that says that every writer has all the cards, but only good writers know when to play them. If the public is aware about the shocking truth about the origin of the mutant lobster in the first act there will be no moment of horrifying recollection in the second act. Mastering the balance is one of the greatest difficulties of the craft.

THE CHALLENGE!: In 300 words or less write......????