How to Write a Mystery with Author Ted Staunton | Stay Home, Read Together

Author Ted Staunton talks about how he wrote his middle grade mystery novel Bounced (published by Scholastic Canada), and shares five tips to help kids write a mystery story of their own!

How to write a mystery story, according to Ted Staunton:

1️⃣ Imitate the stories that you like to read.
2️⃣ One puzzle leads to another.
3️⃣ Put some funny in, too.
4️⃣ Use stuff from real life.
5️⃣ Make the people as interesting as the puzzle.

Visit Ted's website: https://tedstauntonbooks.com/

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