Film Courage: What does the acronym M.O.M. stand for and how does it affect crime writing?
Jennifer Dornbush, Screenwriter, Author, Speaker, Consultant, and Forensic Science Specialist: In crime writing the acronym M.O.M. stands for Means, Opportunity and Motive. How does your criminal gain the means to commit a crime? If they’re killing somebody with a knife, where do they get the knife from? How do they bring it to wherever? If it’s a gun or if they’re drowning someone, how do they know how to and where are they doing that? I know it sounds simple but you do have to orchestrate that. What are the means to committing this crime? Then opportunity is simply like a criminal needs to have access to a victim. How is that access granted? How does it happen? That needs to be thought through…(Watch the video interview here).
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Jennifer Dornbush is a screenwriter, author, speaker, consultant, and forensic science specialist. Jennifer grew up around the forensic world as the daughter of a medical examiner whose office was located in her home. She has been teaching and script consulting since 1997 and regularly leads seminars and workshops on screenwriting basics, writing for Hollywood, crime fiction, forensics, death investigation, and the creative life.
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