Goodreads asked Dave Ives:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Dave Ives Well, not sure ... but ... My latest book is from my own experience and here's how I approached it 'plot' wise: I wrote about my experience during the summer of '86 while on a work study program between my junior and senior year at Ohio State. I reached a point where I said to myself, 'Too boring. I've got to get my character in a 'situation.' So I did. And, that's how I came up with the story/plot/adventure for 'The Dayton Dilemma: When doing the right thing, isn't the right thing.'

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