Jump between the briefing and the events that prompted the briefing. For example, if it's a criminal investigation, jump from the briefing officer talking
about the crime to the perspective of the criminal as he commits the crime, or just an active, present description of the crime in progress. Alternately, focus
on the people attending the briefing between pertinent bits of data and their reactions to the briefing or their state of mind during the briefing. Use the
scene as a way to define characteristics of the attending characters; a patient, studious character might be taking meticulous notes, a distracted character
might be surreptitiously texting the cause of his distraction or reading email, a hedonistic character might be nursing a hangover behind a pair of sunglasses,
and so on.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."
about the crime to the perspective of the criminal as he commits the crime, or just an active, present description of the crime in progress. Alternately, focus
on the people attending the briefing between pertinent bits of data and their reactions to the briefing or their state of mind during the briefing. Use the
scene as a way to define characteristics of the attending characters; a patient, studious character might be taking meticulous notes, a distracted character
might be surreptitiously texting the cause of his distraction or reading email, a hedonistic character might be nursing a hangover behind a pair of sunglasses,
and so on.
Ebony the Black Dragon
http://ebony14.livejournal.com
"Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you."