Mystery is an exciting genre of writing.  Mysteries usually have clues and red herrings, a problem or an unexpected event, an investigation, culprits, suspects, detectives, twists or cliff-hangers to name just a few.  We have been writing mini mystery sagas with each of these features and we wanted to share them.  Katie said, “It was hard but fun.”  Kylie said, “Before we did the writing, we had to do some homework which helped.” Taylor thought, “Mystery is an exciting genre to write in because you can fool the reader.” Chloe said, “I really enjoyed trying to get people into the story.” 

 Read on for some of our ‘myterious’ writing!

“…but just as she was about to head to the movie theatre, some footprints caught her eye.”  Chloe

“Just then he found a newspaper on the ground marking the 100 year anniversary of a horrific fire that had happened at the very theatre he was in front of.”   Taylor

“Leila saw the dark silhouette and she was scared….”  Katie

 “Cautiously Tina crept over to where the scream was but was grabbed from behind and was dragged into a human sized burrow….”         Chloe

 “They ran as fast as they could but Tara was snatched by a silhouette…”                    Emily

 “As Jade took a drink of her tea, she heard a scream and a bang but, it had been an ordinary morning until then.”   Kylie

 “Leila looked over.  She didn’t see Isabella.  She heard an extremely nervous scream.  Leila was grabbed from behind.”        Elise

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Writing an investigation in a mystery needs some action to keep it interesting.  Writers use lots of techniques to do this like ,sentences of 3, adverb openings, powerful verbs, short sentences, unexpected noises and verbs at the start of sentences.

“Suddenly I screamed.”   Amber

“As he crouched, rolled and peered into the shed, he suddenly felt something on the back of his head.”  Craig

“Sam ran behind a boulder, went through a shelter and behind a crane.”   Haydn

“Worryingly, he chewed the loose skin on his thumb.”  Carrie

“Silently, he crept around the large steam engine.”  Shaun S

“Jumping over a high wall, Sam looked over at a house and saw a light flickering though, no-one was home.”  Emma

“Nervously, he sprinted to the sheds.”  Elise

“Cautiously, nervous Sam crept up to the huge shed.”  Katie

“Nervously shaking, Sam slid into a prickly bush, tucking his knees up to his chin.”   Chloe

“Cautiously he crept into one of the buildings.  Then he heard a thud behind him.”  Taylor

“Sam shivered.”  Aysha

“She stopped.”  Emily

“Sam stumbled down the hill.”  Aaron

“Sam crouched down.”   Dylan

“He ran towards his friend.”  Kylie

“He walked in.”  Shaun S

“Shivery air floated around.”   Chloe