Here's the basics of what's happening: Girl has just come home from school, when the neighbor kid, who has ran over, pounds on the door. Her dad answers. Something is wrong, but she doesn't know what. Her Dad tells her to stay put, and he drives off with kid. After a few minutes, she starts wondering what's going on, so she walks over to their place (rural area). When she gets there she sees her Dad, the kid, and the sheriff's officer in front of the barn. The kid's older brother has killed himself.
I just wrote this scene as I saw it playing out. And, it's based on when one of our neighbor kids thought something happened to his parents and ran over to our place, which was some distance for a kid barefoot on a gravel road. He has our phone number and could have easily called. That's why I saw my character running to his neighbors for help. He panics.
I never say when 911 is called. I know it's a minor issue in my plot, but is it realistic if it's rural and he's dead for just the Sheriff to be there at that point?
I just wrote this scene as I saw it playing out. And, it's based on when one of our neighbor kids thought something happened to his parents and ran over to our place, which was some distance for a kid barefoot on a gravel road. He has our phone number and could have easily called. That's why I saw my character running to his neighbors for help. He panics.
I never say when 911 is called. I know it's a minor issue in my plot, but is it realistic if it's rural and he's dead for just the Sheriff to be there at that point?
