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Mystery Novel Conventions

This loads up conventions for mystery and detective fiction writing, with emphasis on fair play principles where readers get all the clues before the reveal. It covers clue placement timing (subtle vs. hidden in plain sight), red herring strategy, suspect management, and story structure beats like when to drop the inciting incident (first 10%) and the dark night moment (75-85%). The checklist approach is practical: it maps mystery conventions to novel-writer commands so you know what to validate during /analyze or how to structure reveals during /plan. Useful if you're writing whodunits and want to avoid the cardinal sin of pulling evidence out of nowhere in the final chapter.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add wordflowlab/novel-writer-skills --skill mystery-novel-conventions --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

悬疑推理小说创作规范

快速参考

元素指导原则位置
触发事件案件/谜团发生前 10%
误导线索错误的引导贯穿全文,3-5 个
真实线索公平游戏的证据75% 之前
真相揭露真相揭示85-95%
收尾结束所有线索最后 5%

核心原则

公平游戏原则

黄金法则:读者必须在侦探之前获得所有解决谜团所需的线索。

  1. 没有隐藏信息

    • 所有关键线索都必须呈现给读者
    • 侦探不能基于读者不知道的信息破案
    • 只在结尾揭示的秘密证据违反公平游戏
  2. 逻辑推理

    • 解决方案必须能从呈现的事实中逻辑推导
    • 巧合可以使情况复杂化,但永远不能解决
    • 直觉可以,但必须基于已展示的证据
  3. 不使用机械降神

    • 不能突然出现新角色作为罪犯
    • 不能有之前未提及的能力或工具
    • 不能有神的干预或纯粹的运气

悬疑小说结构

第一幕:铺垫(0-25%)

建立常态世界:

  • 介绍主角和他们的世界
  • 展示角色能力
  • 埋下性格怪癖的种子

案件发生:

  • 在前 10% 发生
  • 必须足够有趣/不寻常以证明调查的必要性
  • 风险应该清晰

初步调查:

  • 主角接受案件
  • 首次访谈和证据收集
  • 建立关键嫌疑人

第二幕:调查(25-75%)

收集线索:

  • 呈现所有公平游戏的证据
  • 混合真实线索与误导线索
  • 每条线索都应该感觉重要

误导线索:

  • 3-5 条看似有希望的虚假线索
  • 必须足够可信以误导
  • 最终通过逻辑调查证伪

复杂化升级:

  • 新证据与旧理论矛盾
  • 嫌疑人有不在场证明或秘密
  • 风险升级(更多案件、主角面临危险)

中点转折(约 50%):

  • 重新框架谜团的重大揭示
  • 主角的理论被证明错误
  • 新角度出现

第三幕:解决(75-100%)

黑暗之夜(75-85%):

  • 主角似乎被难住
  • 所有理论都失败了
  • 绝望或怀疑的时刻

真相揭露(85-95%):

  • 关键洞察连接所有点
  • 主角重构真相
  • 与罪犯对峙

收尾(95-100%):

  • 解释如何/为什么
  • 所有松散的线索被收紧
  • 正义得到伸张(或有意颠覆)

线索布置策略

线索类型

物理证据:

  • 物品、指纹、DNA
  • 必须在需要之前埋下
  • 重要性最初可能不清楚

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Repository
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Category
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First seen
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