Mystery Movies To Watch

Here are some thriller movies that I am considering watching for my "movie section" :)

1) Rear Window

2) Memento

3) Inception

4) The Green Mile

5) Psycho

6) Vertigo

I found that most of these minutes are produced by Alfred Hitchcock, I will make sure to upload summaries of each movie as well as my thoughts on it.

January Goals and Miss Marple Info

In January, my goal is to finish up my book written by Agatha Christie and then start up my short story outline. So far, I have learned a lot about mystery writing and how to keep suspense in my writing. A fun fact about the character, Miss Marple, is that she was modeled after Agatha Chrisitie's grandmother. To help give me a different view of mystery/thriller/suspense I am also going to watch some mystery/crime movies and television shows.

Here is a link to the Agatha Christie website:

http://agathachristie.com/

Here is a photograph of the cover for the book that I am reading:

The Blue Geranium

The Blue Geranium by Agatha Christie is a story about the death of a woman who was threatened by the occurrences in her future as told by a disappeared fortune teller. The beginning of the story starts off at a dinner party scenario with the Bantry couple, Miss Marple, and Sir Henry. At the dinner table, Mr. Bantry tells a story about his friend's wife, Mary Pritchard's death. Mrs. Pritchard was a sick and "dreadful" woman who was very demanding of her husband, so when she asked him to move houses because she was getting "unnatural" feelings he denied her request. Mrs. Pritchard had also hired a fortuned teller through her nurse, Nurse Copling, who had given her a letter that threatened Mrs. Pritchard's life. Mr. Pritchard however, laughed this off as nonsense. As time passed, the threats in the letter soon became true and finally Mrs. Pritchard was found dead in her room. It turns out that Nurse Copling had disguised herself as the fortune teller and killed Mrs. Pritchard by shocking her to death.

Christie's Writing Style

After reading many of Agatha Christie short stories, I have noticed a recurring writing structure. Usually, the beginnings of Christie's stories start off by casually introducing the mystery at hand. For example, a character in the book will subtly bring up a mysterious scenario that they have encountered. After the situation has been identified, then the group of characters will discuss it. As they do so, Christie will drop hints and clues that will help solve the mystery at hand. Finally, the main character, Ms. Marple, will put all of the hints and clues together, and tell the others in the room the solution to the mystery. All of the mysteries that Christie write in this book, are not hard to solve, they just require a closer look at small details, and that is how Ms. Marple is able to do so. I personally find Christie's writing structure to be quite enjoyable, and to give off the right amount of suspense. I will try to model my short story off of her structure.