The Role of The Dice

A single roll of the dice determines the fate of a man cheating with his friend's wife.

Type:

Short

Status:

Available for Free

Page Count:

13pp

Genre:

Drama

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

17+

Story & Logistics

Story Situation:

Crimes of love

Story Conclusion:

Tragic

Linear Structure:

Linear

Moral Affections:

Accusation, Impurity, Punishment

Locations:

Single

Special Effects:

Blood

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Female Adult, Male Adult

Hero Type:

Ordinary

Villian Type:

Mentally Disturbed

Advanced

Time Period:

Contemporary times

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Illness Topics:

Psychological

Relationship Topics:

By marriage

Writer Style:

Aaron Sorkin

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Submitted: 2016-Sep-05

Last Updated: 2023-Jan-17

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The Writer: David Lambertson

Hmmm - how does one craft a writing biography for one that has not spent a life writing? I'll give it a shot. I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was eighteen. I started writing when I was 56. In the years between I got married, had children, got divorced, got married again, had grandchildren and spent more than thirty years as a Government bureaucrat. Exciting - I know. There is good news and bad news in that. The bad news of course is that I spent my life working at a career other than the one I wanted to have. The good news is that I garnered enough life experiences to make my writing more meaningful than it would have been as an eighteen year old. Despite starting late, I have enjoyed… Go to bio

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