#28: Red Herrings: How to Mislead and Surprise Readers

Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 7 a.m.

b'In today\'s episode, we\\u2019re going to talk about how to mislead and surprise your readers using red herrings. Here\'s a preview of what\'s included:[01:20] A red herring is anything that distracts readers and/or your characters from an important truth. Red herrings can also lead readers and/or your character to mistakenly expect one particular outcome over another.[02:00] Red herrings are a type of foreshadowing. The term "foreshadowing:" encompasses all the different ways that an author can give ...'