I think that one of the most important elements for telling this true story, other than the content, is the structure. The way the scenes are ordered could either make the piece monochrome and boring or make it engaging and compelling to read.
In Lee Gutkind’s book, The Art of Creative Nonfiction, there is a section about ‘Framing’ which explains different kinds of nonfiction story structures, where the scenes as arrange in different orders to create a more interesting story.
From reading the descriptions of scene structure from Gutkind’s book I have decided that I would like to try using the ‘Convoluted’ framing or the ‘Manipulation of Time’. The reason why I want to try these methods is because I feel a chronological story would be dry and tedious and almost like reading an information brochure. Where as I would like to begin the story with an inciting incident, such as the night that Charles Bravo was poisoned. Then perhaps lead into how I came to find out about the place and it's event, before continuing with story with the pieces of information I have gathered.
Regarding the writing itself, I'm unsure as to whose perspective to use within the story, but as there is little to no dialogue, I think that as the writer I could in some way be the narrator to help keep the story straight and on track.
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