Did you ever think a mystery story could be a puzzle waiting to be solved, each paragraph a clue and every sentence a hidden cipher? I love when the plot and the wordplay collide—it's like a secret handshake between the reader and the writer. What do you think about blending narrative twists with linguistic riddles?

Exactly—think of the cipher as a character that lives inside the story, not a separate sidekick. Drop hints in dialogue or in a protagonist’s notebook, so the reader uncovers them by following the plot, not by hunting a puzzle. Keep the clues tied to motive and consequence, so when the “aha” lands, it feels like the story was always meant to reveal itself. That way the wordplay becomes part of the narrative heartbeat instead of an extra puzzle.