You know that scene where the detective gathers the suspects for the big revelation? Hercule Poirot almost always staged one of those scenes, beginning with AC’s first book, The Mysterious Affair At Styles.
I remember the day I was thinking about how those scenes seemed contrived, artificial. Two weeks later, I was writing one of them for Seen Sean?
I did my best to turn the meme sideways: People come and go throughout the scene; one of my main characters gets a strong slap on the face; one of the series’s recurring charcters wants to kill someone; and in the end, no one (else) dies or goes to jail.
What do you think? Did I pull it off?
I remember the day I was thinking about how those scenes seemed contrived, artificial. Two weeks later, I was writing one of them for Seen Sean?
I did my best to turn the meme sideways: People come and go throughout the scene; one of my main characters gets a strong slap on the face; one of the series’s recurring charcters wants to kill someone; and in the end, no one (else) dies or goes to jail.
What do you think? Did I pull it off?
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