Agatha Christie was president of The Detection Club from 1957 to 1976. Formed in 1930, The Club was a group of British mystery writers who helped one another with technical aspects of their writing and wrote a number of works together. Aha . . . an early writing club, or writing group, showing the value of writing with others. I was curious about the popularity of Agatha’s books, so headed to my computer chair to research, where answers were clicks away, unlike the “good old days” of thumbing through drawers of cards in the library. The following is excerpted from New Yorker Magazine. Here’s how the typical mystery novel starts: Eight or nine people are assembled in a small place: a snowbound train, a girls’ school, an English country house. Then—oh no! A body drops. Who did this? And why, and how? Among those gathered, or soon summoned, is a…
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Put that in your mustache . . . Prompt #219
As I searched for Agatha Christie quotes for Agatha Christie Week on The Write Spot Blog, I came across this one: “Put that in your mustache and smoke it.” ― Agatha Christie, Hallowe’en Party I think it’s so funny. Let’s see how it works as a writing prompt. “Put that in your mustache and smoke it.” Ready? Write!
The why must never be obvious.
“Ah, but my dear sir, the why must never be obvious. That is the whole point.” ― Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs