This project has aspects of a ‘true account—business—crime’ story. The victim was a highly decorated combat veteran who served in the US military for over 30 years.
“Just the facts, ma’am…” Los Angeles police detective Sergeant Joe Friday (actor Jack Webb) directed the witnesses he interviewed in the 50s/60s TV show Dragnet. They so often spun off into the realm of creative nonfiction, and he and his partner had no time for that. But those with compelling true stories should write their story in just that way and bring it to life for the reader.
“There had to be a better way to get authors a place at the table,” says Todd Shuster, co-CEO of…