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Thriller Fiction

Plot The Failed Plot, and the Novel I Gained Along the Way

Author Rosie Walker shares how her experiment to reverse-engineer a thriller led to a failed plot, but then eventually to a new novel.

Mystery/Thriller Boardroom to Bomb Threat: Thriller Pacing Like a Pro Tom Markert

Plot Giving Your Thriller the Relentless Pace and Gripping Tension It Needs Jennifer van der Kleut

Writing Techniques Can I Get a Noun, Please? (Or, How Improv Made Me a Better Writer)Michelle Maryk

Horror Unholy Union: Tradwives & Social Media in Horror Fiction Saratoga Schaefer

Writing Techniques Who Among You With a Successful Novel Series Is up for the Challenge of Creating a New One?Jeffrey Siger

Mystery/Thriller A Conversation With James Grippando on The Art of Novel Series Longevity (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

Mystery/Thriller The Thin Line Between Horror and Romance Rebekah Faubion

Writing Techniques When Facts Aren’t Enough: Finding Truth Between Fiction and Reality Bob Reiss

Mystery/Thriller 7½ Ways to Use Real-World Expertise to Build Authentic Suspense Kristine Delano

Mystery/Thriller Into the Labyrinth: Theseus, the Minotaur, and the Politics of Power M. B. Courtenay

Mystery/Thriller Nick Croydon: Trust in Your Agent Robert Lee Brewer

Mystery/Thriller What Makes a Thriller Work Without On-Screen Gore and Crafting Suspense Through Restraint Courtney Psak

Mystery/Thriller A Conversation With Otto Penzler on What Writers Overlook When Crafting Crime Fiction (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

Mystery/Thriller A Conversation With Lauren Myracle on Breaking the Rules by Writing Across Ages and Genres (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

Writing Habits and Practices From Friendship to Thriller: How We Co-Wrote a Novel Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt

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