Writing Better Stories #2

Coincidentally, this second entry in the Writing Better Stories series will be another case study on Criminal Case: Pacific Bay. (Click here to read the first entry.) This post will be about the Rhine Canyon arc – that is, Chief Andrea Marquez’ arc. Although she is among my favorite characters in the Criminal Case franchise, I cannot bring myself to like fully her character arc for two main reasons. First, I don’t quite enjoy alien stories. This one purely depends on personal taste, so I don’t think more explaining is needed. Second, I believe it would be better if her arc didn’t end like that.

Writing Better Stories #1

I love a good old mystery story. What is it that makes the mystery genre so appealing? There are, of course, endless answers to this. One of them is plot twists. Plot twists seem to be a very effective device to leave an impression on the audience. But are all plot twists great? Is going for the most unpredictable the only thing we have to do in order to create a plot twist? Let’s explore a small portion of this issue using one example in this post.