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Hard-boiled/noir/whatever
So you have the blonde walking into the cynical detective's office. You have some "broad" in an evening gown singing torch songs in a club that's maybe on the edge of sketchy. You have probably some thugs somewhere, somebody covering up something horrible for someone they love.
What else have you got? What are your favorite stock elements for this kind of story? Tell me, that I may warp them!
(I'm heading down to St. Pete for lunch as soon as I get my shoes on, so I won't be able to respond to answers right away.)
What else have you got? What are your favorite stock elements for this kind of story? Tell me, that I may warp them!
(I'm heading down to St. Pete for lunch as soon as I get my shoes on, so I won't be able to respond to answers right away.)
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The doctor who lost his license but still practices for the mob.
The keen-eyed newsboy who sees everything that goes on in the neighborhood.
The European foreigner of uncertain loyalties.
The stolid bartender who's always there with a double shot and a sympathetic ear.
The veteran Irish cop who's willing to bend the rules a little.
The inscrutable oriental who has ties to the criminal underworld in every city from New York to Shanghai.
The eager cub reporter.
The naive small-town girl who came to the big city to make it as an entertainer but ended up a chorus girl - or worse.