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MAG 160.1 - Season 4 Q+A Part 1
The Magnus Archives
The Importance of Valuation in Mystery Writing
"The prioritization of shocking everyone with a big twist is the bane of long-term mystery writing," says author. "You're absolutely shooting your mystery in the foot and making it much less satisfying, just because you don't realize that half the joy of a solved mystery is the validation of the people who got it right." The Joan Arrelias reveal was foreshadowed quite heavily by Mele Bean's story so we really went all out on the the flavor,. yeah, the actual writing of the reveal. So that it's not a, oh my God, I never guessed. It's yes, I was right!"
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