Do you love mysteries and/or writing your own stories? Here's your chance to find out how mystery authors come up with their plots, characters, and red herrings and to participate in the making of a mystery!
Youth in grades 5-8 will help supply the victim(s), the protagonist, the sidekick, the red herring, and the murderer . . . and will eventually put the entire story together with the help of author Jeannette de Beauvoir. You'll learn about the genre and the craft: the difference between a cozy mystery and a procedural, the importance of sense of place, the formation of character, and the plot—which most certainly will include a twist.
In less than 80 minutes you’ll have created a story. Will everyone weave together a spooky story aboard a midnight train, a hilarious mix-up in an old castle, or perhaps strange comings and goings in a haunted mansion? To find out, bring your imagination and sense of fun to the mystery room.
Jeannette de Beauvoir is an author of the Sydney Riley Provincetown mystery series.
Registration is required. For youth in grades 5-8. Call 508-946-2470 or email cdargeli@sailsinc.org.
Thanks to the Friends of the Middleboro Public Library for sponsoring this program.