Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-34823985-20180430095534/@comment-35447404-20180506201014

Jdeschene wrote: One other thing: you really need to spell out the Invasion of the Body Snatchers connection. It's an obscure enough reference by today's standards that much of your audience will miss the connection unless it's thrust right in their faces. Maybe don't say Invasion of the Body Snatchers outright as that could be too much foreshadowing. The title of the text already makes reference to the year, so go to stating something about the him going to the movies and stuff. Since it is 1956 there was also quite a lot of cold war paranoia that could be explored. Maybe his parents didn't like or suspected these particular neighbours already which helped cement the idea on the kids mind.