title: Forensic Science for Writers
author:  Phill Jones 
description: If you've been getting your forensic details from television, try this instead! It's packed with an amazing amount of detail, and helps the reader sort out not only what can be done, but exactly who does it.I found myself exclaiming, "I didn't know THAT!" Now I do!<br /> Moira Allen, author of <i>Starting Your Career as a Freelance Writer</i>. <br /><br />I am a Police Officer and have found this course interesting, factual, and very informative. <br /> A student who took the course that <i>Forensic Science for Writers</i> is based upon.
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  To my sister Amy
  
  Author’s Note
  Over the years I’ve met quite a few teenagers who participate in what is called “Forensics.” It’s
  basically a cross between speech and debate. Students take published short stories and essays, edit
  them down to a predetermined length, and recite them competitively. To that end, as part of the “Etc.”
  in this book’s subtitle, I have written six brief monologues that young people might deliver before a
  panel of judges. I believe these st