How To Plot Mystery Clues.

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A visual guide to help you plot mystery clues, with a sprinkle of fun.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Finding puzzle pieces.
0:27 - Stage 1: How a character finds the first clue.
1:46 - Why spontaneous discovery is important.
2:20 - Stage 2: Searching for clues.
2:45 - What is the "Puzzle Box"?
3:41 - 3 QUESTIONS TO ASK.
4:02 - Theorising & investigations.
4:57 - A Change of focus - Get help.
5:28 - Stage 3: Finding the last clue.
5:42 - 2 Ways to REVEAL a mystery.
6:00 - How To Reveal A Mystery #1: Anticipation.
7:03 - How To Reveal A Mystery #2: PLOT TWIST.
8:30 - WHAT'S NEXT? How To Write A Red Herring.
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@starninjacam7774 Месяц назад

Making this for myself so i remember lol 1. Stumble across clue by accident (Realizes puzzle needs to be solved) 2. Come across clue while doing something else 3. Go to puzzle box for answers (Puzzle box = person or place where they think they can get answers) but finds nothing 4. Search for more clues and guess the answer (repeated) 5. Finding the crucial clues will be harder after the easier ones are found 6. Look for person/place to give them the final piece they need (hard to find this person/place) 7. Find last piece and mystery is solved 8. The Reveal (Anticipated or Surprise) 9. Anticipated - every goes as expected and is the final answer 10. Surprise - thinks they solved the mystery but stumbles on the real final clue instead (red herring - fakeout answer) Great video

@thewaywardwarrior 2 года назад

I really like the way you talk. You have a presence that fits your content well.

@erinparry-bennee4129 2 года назад

I LOVE the animation soooo much it’s so adorable! And it really makes it easier to visualise what you’re describing. Brilliant, thank you!

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Thank you so much! Worked super hard on this during multiple work calls and it all paid off ;)

@rvijayasini6480 Год назад

@@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller hey why not you tell us one of your mysteries? I'm sure we'll love it.

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller Год назад

I'd love to... but it's a mystery

@rvijayasini6480 Год назад

@@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 😁

@rvijayasini6480 Год назад

Do you write mystery stories?

@anthonykunkle1959 2 года назад

love the animations

@NosaOgbeiwi 9 месяцев назад

thanks! this vid was very helpful

@cruisevampire 2 года назад

Your mystery centric videos are a godsend!!! So practical and HELPFUL! The puzzle box specifically was a great analogy. Thank you so much I hope there's more mystery plotting videos to come Any advice on foreshadowing for anticipated reveals? Most mystery advice is exclusively about plot twists. It was super cool to see the other option acknowledged

@hailstaar9150 2 года назад

Yes. Thank you Joe. You took my request and made this video. I don't know how to thank you. But I needed this so much right now. And it helped me a lot as always. Once again, heart full of thanks. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Aw I’m so glad! 🥳🎉

@olive4093 3 месяца назад

this video is soooo good oh my god

@ixywas Год назад

i love the animation

@Piecespatpaints 2 года назад

These mystery videos have become a fantastic resource for my current D&D campaign! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Can’t wait to check out your other playlists!

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

I’m so glad! Good luck with your D&D campaign!

@notyourgirlfriendanymore385 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! You made me rethink the direction for my story and showed me how to make the journey more exciting for the reader. This was tremendously helpful! You have a way of making complicated topics crystal clear! This genre has so many elements, and is incredibly challenging, yet so much fun to write!

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Aw I’m so glad. This is very encouraging to read, thanks for the great comment as always 🥳

@BunnyLang 2 года назад

Wonderful metaphor, that puzzle piece. Looking forward to watching both of your videos on Red Herrings. Thank you so very much.

@user-lf6ru3vl6i 2 года назад

Great video as always. Always a big help for my current novel. Thanks!!!

@briantellstales 2 года назад

Plot twist: A dog ate the final piece

@jach6793 2 года назад

So practical 😃thx

@tasedeon2423 2 года назад

Joe an animator now? Now you my guy, are incredible! So underrated

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Thank you! Haha, I'm a jack of all trades it seems XD

@MistaManlyGuy 2 года назад

I appreciated the red herring video! You always share practical information. But I'm not opposed to redoing it. I know you are always improving! A thought I've been very intrigued by, lately, is how to use 3rd person narration voices to support a cosmic horror-type vibe. Like, a guide for things you generally shouldn't do/say, and what might not even be bad ideas for this. Including any helpful story structures, if you see something unique about this genre! If you get inspired sometime, I'd be very into a video with your thoughts and ideas :)

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Thank you :) I know some people found it helpful but I knew I could do it better, so I just have to, haha! Interesting! POV is one of the things I know very little about actually. Someone I'd recommend who knows a lot about that is Claire Fraise. Worth checking out.

@SinistersStudies Год назад

This was extremely helpful! Thank you!!

@lynnberger1 2 года назад

Wow!! So helpful. Plus great presentation 😄

@yingyin3054 Год назад

Thanks for helping me in my essay!

@zeng8161 2 года назад

My goal for 2022 is to write a mystery story on wattpad. I'm glad I watched your video, it was insightful. I'll be binge watching so I can learn a lot. Thank you for sharing this information!

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Oh amazing! Best of luck with your story, you can do it!

@Mario_de_abreu Год назад

This video rocks so much. The best, man, I've been looking for these concepts for long

@Mario_de_abreu Год назад

I've been wondering about the first clue for months!!

@yasharazimi6148 2 года назад

what a beautiful animation, I love it.

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Thank you. It was super fun to make!

@maxinewest4096 7 месяцев назад

Such interesting topic,. What kind of clue can their be with a government officials cover up. Such as deleted video footage film. In order to frame a person,. I wonder how many people would ask for the film footage . The clue is so many camera everywhere.

@mimirodriguez6578 2 года назад

love the video 👍❤️

@thelaggedshottt Год назад

Q U A L I T Y content right here

@kathyl6677 2 года назад

I only realized a week ago that my story had a mystery, in a way, though more of a "who done it." Glad to head you'll do another red herring video. Example: I think, in the first Harry Potter book, letting the reader/audience think Snape was after Harry would be a red herring, yes? What another book or movie example? Oh, look! A mood board video. See you there. ;)

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

It absolutely would! As a matter of fact, Snape is the first character I ever studied when learning about red herrings.

@LpsPinkPetalPaws Год назад

The real puzzle pieces were the friends we made along the way

@liviatonolli6885 Год назад

could the first clue be finding a dead body or something like that? like, introducing the crime?

@mrnnhnz Год назад

The empty box probably has a picture of the finished puzzle on the lid. Right? [Hmm.] Maybe it's one of those 'Wasgij' puzzle where the picture on the lid is of a bunch of people reacting to the picture which you're trying to solve by doing the jigsaw? Or maybe the picture has been ripped off? Maybe there's a sheet of instructions in the bottom of the box with tantalizingly incomplete clues? Lord of the rings. 1. How does the character stumble across the first clue? Bilbo literally stumbles across the ring. 2. What is the puzzle box? The fact it turns him invisible when worn. 3. Where does (Gandalf) begin searching for clues? He keeps an eye on Bilbo and notices he's not aging, then he goes to Minas Tirith and researches the history of the one ring, then he captures Gollum and questions him, then he goes to Isengard to confront Saruman with his conclusion (and gets captured by him.) -Then the rest of the story happens. But that's okay, most of the story was an adventure story, not a mystery story. It just had an element of mystery around the ring when it first showed up. Interesting video, and quite helpful. Thanks for making and uploading this.

@zacharypierce2392 Год назад

could a character be presented a puzzle box with only one piece in it? and that is the beginning of the story?

@samriddhinayak5675 2 года назад

Great video.👍I had a question. How do you answer questions in a novel ? What ways do you use to get to the answers ?

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

Thank you! I'm happy to answer your question although could you elaborate a little bit?

@samriddhinayak5675 2 года назад

@@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller Sure. While writing a story, we come across questions(regarding character, conflict, etc.) which needs to be answered to move ahead. I wanted to know what techniques do you use when you are stuck in a story (by these questions) ?

@Sahilsharma-ce4ow 2 года назад

I want to ask you a question. Is mystery a complete story in itself? Like what happens after the last clue is found? And isn't it the element of betrayal that's going to come into play when they suddenly find the last piece of the puzzle? I hope I am making myself clear, like understand that this is the centre of the story, but what happens around it or what the antagonist is doing meanwhile our character is reaching close to him?

@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller 2 года назад

You can define "story" in whatever way is easiest for you to understand. I see a mystery as an individual story with very defined story events that lead up to the reveal. That mystery story can run parallel to other stories. For example, if you have a betrayal in your story, that would be a "relationship" story in a sense because it's between 2 people. That betrayal will have it's own individual story events that lead up to that betrayal. But you could have a mystery story along side it, so the betrayal (1. relationship story event) would simultaneously be part of a mystery reveal (2. mystery story event). I would separate the story into 2. You'd have 2 stories to write with their own individual story events that coincide at the end. That's my way of seeing it.

@Sahilsharma-ce4ow 2 года назад

@@JoeWebb-TheStoryteller cool.