Issues Arising

Some problems that have come up in writing an engaging piece include:
 

 

 

 

Limited transcripts to draw from in including dialogue in my story

 I’ll have to draw on quotes from interviews that took place after the events took place, using details gathered after the events took place to build up detail and richness of the scenes.
 

Having conflict in each scene

This has its difficulty, as I feel the most interesting part of Genie’s childhood is how long her treatment from her parents went on for.

 

Reports are unclear

By this I mean it can appear uncertain in resources available to the public whether it was the social worker who visited the household later or another authority figure, or how many people.

 

And it’s not clear exactly how many days after Genie was noticed by the social worker at the Welfare Office that her house was visited by authority figures.

 

To make up for gaps, I’ll try to give as many details to the reader as possible, such as use limited photographs of her to describe her appearance, and use the photograph of the house to describe the outside of it.

I need to be careful using photographs for continuity, such as describing Genie’s hair length.
 

Flashing back and forth in time in the narrative

This is particularly to Genie in current day, as an adult in a Caring Home, there is difficulty in this idea. There is extremely limited information released to the public on her current well-being and whereabouts.

 

 

 

I loved how in the book The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher Or The Murder At Road Hill House, Kate Summerscale was able to seamlessly incorporate police interviews into the narrative, weaving dialogue seamlessly into the story. In my story however, there is a severe lack of transcripts available to the public.



Despite this, I have access to interviews given b authority figures after she was rescued, and can use descriptions and deductions of what her life was like before she was rescued to piece together what her childhood was like as a whole.