{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8dbb4cae-1b0e-4001-b986-bd956560c6b9/6310eaa9133a210012e90377?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Robert Murphy, author of 'To Hunt a Killer ' - News reporter talks about co-writing, telling stories from real-crime, and hitting deadlines","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ef0dd059ecdb1bc24de1e1/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Robert Murphy has worked as a news reporter for many years. Over the last decade or so, Robert followed the tragic story of Melanie Road. Melanie was murdered in Bath in 1984, after a year long enquiry with 94 arrests being made, no-one was charged. Then in 2009, Detective Superintendent Julie MacKay found something that changed everything.</p><p><br></p><p>Julie has co-written the story with Robert. We talk about how that worked, how he discovered every facet of the story, and moved that into a plot. You can hear how much thought they gave to the standards of genre fiction, when dealing with true crime and peoples lives - how much can you manipulate the story to be gripping and thrilling, when you're talking about such a tragic tale?</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss how he organises a full-time creative job, with a creative hobby, and what his home life is like with a partner who also writes... and works in TV news.</p><p><br></p><p>You can support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine</p><p><br></p><p>@writerspod</p><p>writersroutine.com</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Dan Simpson"}