Creative Process:
I find myself struggling with the assignment of writing a mystery story. My creative process began with the plot, or story itself. Just what am I going to write about? With that task, I had to decide exactly what the story is to accomplish in the end. Should I have a villain, and a hero, or perhaps, a twist to the story, or even, a surprise ending. After deep thought, I decided what my mystery's story-line would be.
The next task was to develop my characters, or archetypes, their personalities, and other key information for each. The next step is the setting development; where the mystery takes place, and plays out, and any variables that may be important to the story line.
One of the last things to do is fine tune the plot, and construct the story. The final part of my process is to edit, edit, and edit one last time. I do not think it would hurt to have a test reader either!
Hopefully the organizational part of the process will help me construct a good mystery that will keep the reader's attention.
I am a visual artist, and I plan to be as verbally descript as possible while constructing my mystery, so it will not be a bore to read.