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Plot Giving Your Thriller the Relentless Pace and Gripping Tension It Needs

Award-winning journalist Jennifer van der Kleut shares four tips for giving a thriller the relentless pace and gripping tension it needs.

Jennifer van der Kleut

Character The Challenges of Balancing Character With Plot Mike Maden

Plot Plotting or Plodding: How to Keep Your Story Moving Sheila Roberts

Plot How to Use Cliffhangers (And Not Make Readers Hate You)Charlie N. Holmberg

Plot How to Plot a Plot Twist: 5 Steps to Writing a Satisfying Switch Up Laura Leffler

Writing Techniques Better Story Structure Through Musicals and Kung Fu Movies Rob Hart

Write Better Fiction 4 Reasons I’m a Plotter, Not a Pantser Rosie Walker

Writing Techniques The Big Reveal Tiffany Yates Martin

Write Better Fiction This Changes Everything Ran Walker

Write Better Fiction Want to Write an Unputdownable Book? Try a Cliffhanger (Or Two)Jen Craven

Write Better Fiction 8 Tools for Pacing Your Novel Christine Wells

Write Better Fiction 8 Tips for Plotting a Great Heist Novel (or How to Be a Thief)Sara Desai

Writing Techniques Personalizing Familiar Tropes in Fresh and Fun Ways Jessica Joyce

Write Better Fiction Turn the Tables on Popular Tropes in Fiction Liz Kerin

Write Better Fiction Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Dismissing Stories That Aren’t From Books Moriah Richard

Writing Techniques Writing Multiple Timelines and Points of View Natalie Lund

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