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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:09 Widen Your Possible Cast of Suspects
1:02 Dive Into the Seedy Secret Life of the Victim
2:18 Dive Into the Investigator’s Past
3:33 Include B-Stories
4:35 Expose the Flaws of the Investigator
5:41 Losing the Badge (#6)
6:57 Add Some Grittiness
7:52 Connect the Threads
8:41 Connect the Crime with the Larger Picture
9:51 Misdirect
11:01 Don’t Forget a Central Object
11:56 Add a Surprise/Twist at the End
13:04 Resolve the B-Story