The Last Firing Squad

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  • A compelling story

  • Info source arbitrage

  • resisting copying

  • bringing 2 data sources together

  • finding the hook

  • finding the narrative

  • 1st outline:

Hooks

  • Hook 1:

    • Only one US soldier has been executed for desertion in the last 150 years.
    • And he didn’t deserve to die.
    • But he had to.
    • This is the story of a man against a machine (thread)
  • Hook 2 Only one US soldier has been executed for desertion in the last 150 years.

    Was it justified?

    I’ll state the facts & you decide.

    We start our story on the eve of war… (thread)