March 30, 2007

Today, I will begin writing a radio drama about a feisty dermatologist who solves murders by analyzing the skin conditions of the victims. Since it's for radio, the lengthy descriptions of the way the victims' faces look are the key to success!

(rough version of a climactic scene)
Dr. Abrasiono: You see, look there, there's a protusion that's got a bit of pus leaking out. But it's not pus. It just looks like pus. If you put it under this microscope here, you can see that there are no bacteria. It's a type of skin cream. And in fact, I'd say that this protusion is, in fact, an abrasion.

Police: But how on earth can you know?

Dr. Abrasiono: See the grayish mottling on the skin running at a 45 degree angle from the jaw bone? That's a symptom of Parliognostictosis. But sufferers of Parliognostictosis can't use skin cream! It causes a rash. The killer must have put the skin cream on the abrasion to make it look like some kind of mitoankloitis! And that killer must have been suffereing from...