What is daily life really like inside the Central Intelligence Agency? Bill Rapp offers an insider’s perspective on intelligence work, explaining common acronyms, organizational structure, and the realities behind the mystique. This session helps writers bring authenticity and nuance to espionage and thriller fiction by grounding stories in how intelligence operations actually work.
Where Experience Ends and Research Begins
Authors explore the age-old question every writer faces: write what you know or research what you don't. This conversation examines how writers balance personal experience with deep research, when instinct matters most, and how thoughtful preparation can expand both...
