Thursday, January 12, 2012

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.

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