The storytelling secrets of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ – Authors A.I.

I’ll give you an example. I write police procedurals set in the U.K. In Britain, when a cop arrests someone they recite ‘‘the arrest script.’’ It goes, in full, like this: Joe Schmoe, I am arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Mrs. Schmoe. We have evidence linking you to the crime.