The outskirts of Odessa, Texas,don’t look that different today than they did 25 years ago, when Little killed Denise Brothers — one of the women whose murders he described to me and whose story I decided to investigate myself. The town is surrounded by a dust-caked moonscape studded ...
How to Stop a Serial Killer. (cover story)The author suggests that treatment of large outbreaks of malaria in Africa is possible and economical. Through use of insecticides and artemisinin-based combination therapies, malaria deaths could be reduced by 90% or more. Using these methods have led ...
we write the script, we find that it goes to a much deeper and more complicated place than we ever could have imagined when we first sat down to write it. so that means that once you find that great trick ending, or that great ending of any kind, you often need to work backwards–...
There are many other, more specific tropes, such as the missing child, the stranger who knows too much, the family member who committed a crime, and dozens of others. You can decide on the more specific tropes as you begin to write your story. ...
- More on how to write a novel 1. Develop an idea. A good first step is to decide what kind of novel you want to write. Here are some common novel genres, and how to develop a story idea for each of them. 1. Romance In a typical romance plot, two people fall in love but mus...
The murder of Tricia Pacaccio is a case "48 Hours" has been working on since the summer of 2008. It took years to gain her parents trust — that maybe somehow by telling Tricia's story, we could help catch her killer. Rick Pacaccio | Tricia's father: For years...
What if you write a script that would be likeWhen a Stranger Callsfor the VCR generation of teenagers who really know their horror movies? Williamson turned that into an outline, thinking of it as maybe a one-act play or short story. ...
But German did not survive to write it. NEWS REPORT: Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home in the Northwest Valley ... When news of German's murder broke, the women German had fought for were overcome with grief, but also dread — afraid of w...
A great villain is scary and memorable, but also believable and sometimes even pitiable. Here’s how to write a good villain that will strike fearandempathy into the hearts of your readers: 1. Focus on their narrative purpose They say every villain is the hero of their own story. But you...
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