JohnnyJ wrote:
I obviously haven't read the story, but, If the rape isn't the focus of the story, why linger on it?(although, it's difficult to play down being molested).
On the other hand, I'm not sure your newspaper headline would be clear enough and may leave the reader/viewer scratching their head, if the even caught it at all.
It might be best to just get it out of the way, quick and clean. You don't have to shout it out, but make sure the reader leaves with the knowledge you want them to leave with. Maybe an overheard coversation in the background. Nothing more than that.
Am I even making sense?
Basically I'm at odds with connect-the-dot storytelling. Do you put all your cards on the table with steps
A, B, C, D, E, F -or- do you go
A, B, C, ?, E, F and hope your audience is clever enough to figure out the question mark?