Act Out These Written Scenes And Be Hauled Off In Cuffs

Do you ever wonder if a scene is really possible as seen portrayed on television and in the movies? There are episodes that are replayed in varying forms and I find myself thinking, I'm going to try and see if I can get away with these acts. Of course, I might be penning my next post from a jail cell but let me know what you think. Are these activities possible?

I've never worked in a hospital but is the morgue so easily accessible that you could knock someone off, lay out the body on a stretcher, steal a doctor's uniform, and dump the vic on a cold stainless slab sealed up tight inside a morgue refrigerator drawer? The hospitals I've been in are busy places. Lots of hustle and bustle with patients, nurses, and doctor only areas. I've not had an occasion to visit the frigid domain of death but it would seem to me somebody might notice that you did not belong in there somewhere in between the killing and disposal.

I was in a high-rise office building the other day waiting to see a client and I watched the receptionist leave her desk to deliver an envelope to the back offices. I wondered, could I make it to her computer and access some personnel information on one of their employees from a folder located within the Human Resource department before the receptionist came back? And of course no other employee or client would cross the office threshold before I obtained the illegal material, right? Do you think they'd have bought my excuse of research for my new novel or blog post or would I be hauled off in cuffs?

This has got to be my favorite outlandish plot. You have plastic surgery to look like someone else and your significant other who lives with you 24/7 is intimately unaware that you're an impostor. This is one relationship dilemma I've yet to be faced with but since every person's body is different I really think you should be able to tell that your husband or wife's physical attributes have changed overnight. Criminals hide by going under the knife and enemies portray their nemesis for revenge. Plastic surgery is represented to be as easy as changing hair color for a disguise. A cosmetic operation to change your appearance is plausible but fooling the person closest to you is not. 

As a fiction writer try to be careful of your plots. You want your audience to be enthralled and on the edge of their seats, eagerly flipping the pages. But unless you’re writing fantasy or sci-fi when they summarize your story for their friends and family you want the conversation to highlight the creative, complex climax, and the intricate paths the characters traveled not impossible comical ones.

 

What other un-plausible plots and scenes have you come across in books or on-screen? Any you could act out in the real world and tell about it?

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

Comments

[Jennifer]

Thanks Anglea! Glad you're finding the information helpful. Yes, I'm on Twitter. You can click the 'Lets connect' area on the sidebar of my blog or just go to twitter.com/queensvoice I'll be updating the blog and twitter in the next week or so!

[Anglea]

Hi! Do you use Twitter? I'd like to follow you if that would be ok. I'm undoubtedly enjoying your blog and look forward to new updates.