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The Power of Little Mysteries

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 tHE POWER OF LITTLE MYSTERIES:How to Keep Readers Turning Pages — a podcast episode — How do you keep readers engaged in a novel without constant action or plot twists?One of the most effective ways to keep readers engaged is by incorporating “little mysteries,” unanswered questions or withheld information that prompt curiosity. These can be as simple as a character avoiding a topic, a strange behavior with no explanation, or a subtle line of foreshadowing. When done well, they create narrative tension and encourage readers to keep turning the pages to uncover the truth. Helping writers craft authentic, immersive stories.Find out more about us here. Inside Creative Writing Email this Page Share on Bluesky Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Threads Share on Facebook Table Of Contents Formatted and Edited Transcript What Are Little Mysteries? How to Build Little Mysteries in Any Genre When Mystery Backfires Little Mysteries by Genre Balancing Mystery and Clarity Use Your Beta Readers Prime Places to Add Mystery A Few More Examples Wise Words This Week’s Writing Challenge Wrap-UpTalk to Us! Share This Resource Why do some stories feel impossible to put down? It’s not always explosions, plot twists, or dramatic scenes. Sometimes, it’s something quieter and more powerful: little mysteries. In this episode of the Inside Creative Writing Podcast, we dive deep into how subtle, unanswered questions can create narrative tension that keeps readers engaged through every chapter. Whether you’re writing a thriller, romance, memoir, or sci-fi epic, understanding how to plant and resolve these small mysteries can transform your pacing and reader connection. You’ll learn: Why mystery doesn’t have to mean murderHow “withholding information” creates forward momentumFive specific techniques for embedding little mysteries in your storyMistakes to avoid when using mystery as a narrative toolHow different genres, from memoir to fantasy, use mystery to engageWhat beta readers can reveal about your use of mysteryHow ambiguity can help readers take ownership of your storyWant more insight on crafting page-turning stories? Check out the How to Write a Novel guide or listen to Episode 42: Plot Your Novel with Index Cards for practical structuring tools. Formatted and Edited Transcript Episode 45. What is it that keeps you turning pages in a book, makes you stay up all night until you finish it? Today we’re talking about little mysteries. Let’s dive in. Welcome back fellow writers. I hope your writing is going well this week. Today’s episode is about something that quietly powers almost every great story, regardless of genre. It’s not dialogue, it’s not description. It’s what we’re going to call little mysteries. Now we’ve hinted at this before in other episodes, but I really wanted to take a full episode and dive into it deeply because it’s so important and powerful. What Are Little Mysteries? So, little mysteries. I’m not talking about detective stories and dead bodies and who done it, although those are certainly fun too. I mean the kind of mystery that makes readers lean forward, flip the page, and kind of whisper, wait, what just happened, or oh, what’s going to happen? So let’s get into that. When we hear the word mystery, we tend to think of crime novels, right? Agatha Christie. Sherlock Holmes. That kind of stuff. Those stories are built around a central question. Who did it, right? One big mystery. And it’s great for your book to have one big mystery, one big question that drives people to the end of the book. Like my book Crossing Cascadia. The big question is, did her family survive this earthquake? Right? So that’s the question. That’s the through line that drives the entire book to the end. Did her family survive? Is she going to make it back to them? And will she survive? Great storytelling almost always relies on that kind of mystery, even when there’s no detective in sight. So think of it more broadly. Mystery is simply what the reader or the viewer—if you’re writing a screenplay or something like that—what they don’t know yet and what they’re desperate to figure out, or even just interested to figure out. Let’s take an example from what is possibly the greatest TV series ever made. Breaking Bad. You can argue with me in the comments if you want to recommend some other shows that might compete. But holy cow. Breaking Bad did a masterful job of writing. So let’s look at that opening scene and the way it works with mystery. If you’ve seen it, you probably remember it vividly. It comes straight back into your mind, right? That pair of khaki pants fluttering through the air, an RV crashing through the desert, a man in tighty whities and a gas mask just driving frantically, panicked. And there’s chaos. There’s sirens. There’s those bodies sliding around inside of the RV. And then he ...

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