How to make criminals more smart in my story?
2018-03-02 4:39 am
Hey guys, I'm new to writing mysteries and I notice that my criminals tend to leave behind dead give away clues as to their identiites and I need to make them make it harder to find out who they are. Forgive me for sounding dumb but I need basic mystery writing 101 help here. If anyone could help me on this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks and have a good day!
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2018-03-03 2:09 am
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Put yourself in their place, would you make those mistakes? 
2018-03-02 4:53 am
Have them NOT speak like you would be a start to make them "more smart" (the word is "smarter").
2018-03-02 1:50 pm
Without knowing what type of crimes they are committing or planning to commit, it would essentially be impossible to offer any advice. Are these people embezzling millions of dollars from a corporation? Are they robbing convenience stores? Holding up banks? Are they cleaning out the vault of a casino? Are they plotting an intricate heist to steal the Crown Jewels or a priceless work of art? It's not just fingerprints or CCTV that can ruin a crook's day. There are paper trails, secret informants, duplicitous fences, double-crosses, there are far, far too many ways that any given crime could go wrong to try to outline them here. It's your story. They're your characters. It's your responsibility to make them as adept or as inept at what they do to suit the tale you want to tell.
And the comparative form of "smart" is "smarter", not "more smart."
And the comparative form of "smart" is "smarter", not "more smart."
2018-03-02 5:00 am
Simply don't let your characters leave behind their wallets at the scenes of any crimes they commit. You may also want to look into whether or not they write their names and addresses on the walls using paint from the victim's garage or (obviously) their blood or entrails. The most important thing to look out for, though, is to *not* allow them to leave behind any kind of recorded confession of the crime, complete with fully edited highlights, and so on. Hope this helped.
2018-03-02 4:45 am
"More smart"
A start would be to improve your English skills, also improve your vocab so that you don't use ableist slurs like 'dumb'.
A start would be to improve your English skills, also improve your vocab so that you don't use ableist slurs like 'dumb'.
2018-03-02 9:58 am
Become the criminal, learn how to commit the crime and how to cover up the evidence. Do that right and your sleuth will never solve the mystery, just know what flaw to leave.
2018-03-02 6:51 am
Pattern your criminals after Bill and Hillary Clinton.
2018-03-05 12:31 pm
Best answer
2018-03-05 6:56 am
I have a friend who was a real life CI. She says most criminals are not very smart. They do tend to leave all kinds of clues that point to themselves and do dumb thing that draw attention to themselves. Writing about dumb criminals might be more realistic than the super-criminal/master-mind....
2018-03-05 4:19 am
If you do that, you are going to turn your novel into science fiction as a criminal being smart is just impossible.
2018-03-04 5:50 pm
Dumb criminals can actually be very entertaining. I'm writing a darkly comedic novel in which the bad guys constantly say and do stupid things, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's what made movies like "Home Alone" so interesting. Your call though.
2018-03-04 4:19 am
Thank you SO much!
2018-03-03 10:05 pm
Make you're criminals more abstracted personallities. Clashing internal rifts
2018-03-03 3:06 am
Cormega
2018-03-02 8:04 am
Read/watch shows about cold case files and unsolved mysteries, and also research cases that weren't solved for a long time, or took forensic science to new extremes. Look at what was clues were left that didn't help law enforcement, and also what did these people in. Look at the mistakes they made and think about what could have been done differently to prevent their discovery.
I do have to agree with others who pointed out your poor use of grammar. You need to improve your writing skills.
I do have to agree with others who pointed out your poor use of grammar. You need to improve your writing skills.
2018-03-02 6:17 am
Sorry, but I'm not sure that is necessary.
Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard are the first two authors that pop into my head. Their bad guys are hilariously incompetent. Of course, the humor is intentional but it still makes for a good read.
So maybe instead of making your bad guys better - make them worse.
Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard are the first two authors that pop into my head. Their bad guys are hilariously incompetent. Of course, the humor is intentional but it still makes for a good read.
So maybe instead of making your bad guys better - make them worse.
2018-03-02 5:11 am
When I wrote "A Walk Among The Tombstones" in answerbag, I started with having 3 different things all completely written out for it. I just filled it all in between from there. It does not need to be a write the ending first thing, but that is a good rule to follow, as that is what I did when I wrote "Pitch Perfect" also in AB there.
It is a matter of full disclosure per instance you may have, where you might want to leave some parts off of it for revelation later, for adding mystery to it.
Any more, I would just completely write out the story, and go back to it to structure it as a mystery, where your original writing will guide you for it.
POOR HUMANS COPYRIGHT EVERYTHING. That way, when you work gets stolen from you, you have the Federal Government Stamp on it for date, and what is inside the envelope. A poor humans copyright is to put the return address on it to, but mail something to yourself, and never open it once you get it, as that would violate the time and day stamp on it.
Good luck, I hope it helps.
It is a matter of full disclosure per instance you may have, where you might want to leave some parts off of it for revelation later, for adding mystery to it.
Any more, I would just completely write out the story, and go back to it to structure it as a mystery, where your original writing will guide you for it.
POOR HUMANS COPYRIGHT EVERYTHING. That way, when you work gets stolen from you, you have the Federal Government Stamp on it for date, and what is inside the envelope. A poor humans copyright is to put the return address on it to, but mail something to yourself, and never open it once you get it, as that would violate the time and day stamp on it.
Good luck, I hope it helps.
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