2 thoughts on “How To Plan The Crime In Your Mystery Novel [Mystery Month]”
Just finished THE LAST JUROR, Grisham. Well woven crime tale. A suggestion I would add to your list is ALWAYS get your facts right. One of the characters in the story runs to Canada during Vietnam Era because he had a high draft number. The way it was is that each day of the year was drawn in lottery to be given a draft number 1-365. No Mr. Grisham. If you got a high draft number you had almost no chance of being drafted. It was the LOW draft number that kept’s us in fear. I remember. My birth date June 18 was well into the 300’s. Whew. I got to finish college and became a teacher for 33 years.
Just finished THE LAST JUROR, Grisham. Well woven crime tale. A suggestion I would add to your list is ALWAYS get your facts right. One of the characters in the story runs to Canada during Vietnam Era because he had a high draft number. The way it was is that each day of the year was drawn in lottery to be given a draft number 1-365. No Mr. Grisham. If you got a high draft number you had almost no chance of being drafted. It was the LOW draft number that kept’s us in fear. I remember. My birth date June 18 was well into the 300’s. Whew. I got to finish college and became a teacher for 33 years.
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Okay, this is very useful information. And scary too. I’m surprised Grisham has done such poor research. Thanks for this, Carl!
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