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Back to EpisodesHow to Write Realistic and Entertaining Law Enforcement Characters with Patrick O'Donnell
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Episode 194 / Patrick O’Donnell is a retired Milwaukee Police Department sergeant with a 25-year career as well as an author and podcaster.
He shares common mistakes he sees in characterization and police procedure in genre fiction. We discuss how to go beyond overused tropes and how to get the details of investigations right without boring the reader.
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