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Bay of Pigs

Sep 22

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I actually first wrote this as a screenplay. The Bay of Pigs fiasco was a subject that had long interested me, and I thought it would make a good movie. I bought some Bay of Pigs books and read them, then constructed a timeline for the events leading up to the invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, financed and supported by the CIA. I had to learn how to write in screenplay fashion, which involves much dialog, interspersed with description of action. No thoughts or background musings allowed.

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