Government agencies can be confusing on the page as well as in real life. Dan Royse draws on firsthand government experience to explain how federal and state agencies are structured, what their roles really are, and how they coordinate during investigations. This session also looks at how lessons learned after 9/11 continue to shape interagency cooperation, giving writers a clearer understanding of how large investigations actually function.
The Art of Red Herrings
Red herrings test a writer’s control over reader perception. Ida Mae Jones, Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Kelly Oliver, Kemper Donovan, Mitchell S. Karnes, and S.C. Merritt reveal how to plant believable misdirection without frustrating or misleading the reader. This...
