When I was researching Masques, I checked out everything from Stockholm Syndrome and mind control to how to drive your kidnap victim nuts with psychological torture to tazers to heavy armament weapons to high tech surveillance...
...I kept expecting the doorbell to go and the SWAT team to barrel through.
And, as it turned out I pretty much winged most of it anyway - especially the psychological stuff - and barely used anything I found.
My best friend and long-time beta once went above and beyond the call of duty when proofreading one of my stories. She decided to test my theory that my heroine could get free of her bonds and tied herself to her desk chair. It was only as she was struggling after about ten minutes that she realised to her horror she was being watched by the wide-eyed window cleaner. I don't think she was able to look him in the eye again after that...
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