Fantasy or Fiction—L. Kappel

Responding to the extract from your blog, below.

You are exactly “write”. Fictional mysteries or shall I say who done it”

Yes, I have been guilty of streamlining the plot line, as well as the conclusion along a logical course. I have now been given permission, thankfully, to include the “fantastical” in both my plots and conclusions.

My stories do take place in a believable location, real Fictional characters, that is no beast or ghosts, but now the resolutions of their crimes, discovery of a crime and or finding justice, I will now sprinkle some fantastical dust and may even hear a bell (love of Tinker Bell as a child).

Life does not always follow that logical conclusion.

So, Tinker Bell, Mr. Hare who is late, carry on, i believe in you, as my characters must , sothey and the situations they find themselves in, will evolve with the fantastical in mind.

Extracted from A.T.Bennett’s blog

There is a tendency in mystery writing to exclude the fantastical to keep the plot streamlined to a logical conclusion. A gun, a bad guy, a shot in the dark (insert a dog forlornly howling in the background here). There are the expected red herrings and peppered clues. Bing-Bang-Boom. But fantasy? Magic? beh! Other than the overused trope of the “Devil worshipping killer cult” when does magic ever happen in real life cases?

Honestly all the darn time, especially in the historicla record. You just need to look for it.