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I have been on jury duty all week and i must say have loved every minute of it. I have never thought of writing a crime or detective book but i now feel the fibes. Dose anyone have any advice.
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It's definitely inspiration for crime writing. Do you read many crime novels, elizabeth? That might be a good idea to start with to see how they are paced and structured.
But you could definitely jot down your plot ideas - and any nitty gritty details before you forget .
Good luck with it.
Then the defence...then one is not so sure...
In the jury room, all sorts of interesting, hard wired attitudes and prejudices emerge.
Interesting.
I did get a story out of it though!
It used to be very very difficult to be excused jury duty. The only reasons acceptable were death in family, severe illness, some kind of catastrophe, and a person would need letters signed by trustworthy people to prove the reason for not doing jury duty.
It is easy to see why jury duty could be a hardship for some, eg self employed people, or those with jobs which involved contracts and contacts. The re reimbursement from the court cant make up for lost contracts etc.
It is easier now and that is posing a problem because too many people are getting out of their duty to do jury service and this reduces the pool of available jurors. This means the profile of the people on jury service has changed and, it is thought, this changes decisions.
Ian Rankin and Lynda la Plante spring to mind, or maybe Colin Dexter (Inspector Morse)? Others will probably help more.
The second one was when I had an urgent appointment with a consultant. I went to the court to explain and was told I was exempt.