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Murder Mystery ideas

i have to write a 1200 word short story murder mystery
it has to incorporate a misleading clue
a "twist"
an enclosed environment
at least 5 people
can someone give me a starting idea?

March 5, 2014

9 Comments • Newest first

Samla111

if you watch/read sherlock holmes, you could start getting ideas from those, just don't copy them

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Skaia

Dangan Ronpa

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iEatNoobz

Go watch Death Note

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UnknownPerson

There seems to be a "murder in the mews".

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GHSNinja

Well well well, it seems there has been a murder in Savannah.

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Omegathorion

So many stories tonight.

Decide on the core theme of your story and go from there. A story about betrayal? A story about love? A story about unforeseen consequences? A story about inevitability? Figure out what you want to say before you try to say it.

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dexslayer

Copy a detective conan case.

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polardare

it's actually just one person with multiple personality disorder and it's all in his head

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Quasar

There's actually six people.

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