So here's the plan:

I aim to develop a meaningful narrative from my research by adopting the narrative perspective of John, and walking the reader through the day he decided to leave, and the day he left. This narrative works well with the research I have been able to gather from my interviews with John, and will also help to evoke sympathy towards his character from the readers. I chose to use a first person narrative, as it enables an in depth perspective from the source of majority of my research. As one of my biggest worries throughout the entirety of this research has been maintaining an unbiased story, I believe that taking John’s perspective will enable me to tell his side of the story, whilst maintaining the facts of the events.

The framing of my piece will be largely convoluted. This is because although the main story-line will follow John as he drives home and packs his bags, various objects around his surroundings will spark flashbacks in which he will recall a scene from the past. I have chosen to frame my story in this way, as I believe unlike chronological and manipulated timelines, the convoluted offers more freedom for necessary time skips and flashbacks, without the need for a complete ending to the story.

I will be choosing the scenes for my story by looking back through the interview sessions between myself and John, and picking not only scenes of intense conflict, but also of high emotion and adrenaline. These scenes will then be linked into the main story via trigger items, a technique used in fiction such as Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill.

Next week I will go into further detail discussing problems I have encountered during my research process, and explain why I have had to take one character’s perspective of the events.