What do you do when you want to be writing dialogue that's fresh? Writing dialogue cheatsheet to find fresh angles on your characters Posts with …
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What do you do when you want to be writing dialogue that's fresh? Writing dialogue cheatsheet to find fresh angles on your characters Posts with …
6 tips for writing dialogue that you haven’t heard beforeRead More
Best first paragraphs set up the masters' novels Hammett, Chandler, and Simenon with 3 great ways to start a book If you have a lot of time to …
Memories turn into nightmares, until writing makes them something to be proud of While working on my second Palestinian crime novel, A Grave in …
Writing the truth by turning to fiction, instead of journalism Journalism is fiction. Don't believe me? Open a newsmagazine and you'll be …
How Hammett's classic 'The Maltese Falcon' showed me what kind of writer to be As an undergraduate I studied English literature at Oxford …
Guns in thrillers shouldn't glamorize violence--even when the hero is the best shot I’ve only fired a gun on a single occasion, though guns have …
Trick readers, but don't hoodwink them In his fabulous essay The Simple Art of Murder Raymond Chandler wrote that “The solution must seem …
Write a thriller: Conceal to create suspense in writingRead More
Child’s evocation of the Dakota winter shows how well he writes Lee Child is justly famous for creating a compelling main character in the …
If you read only one Lee Child thriller, read ’61 Hours’Read More
Figure out the end of the novel before you start to write The great thriller writer Joseph Finder told me that figuring out the end of a thriller …
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The key to the pace of a thriller lies in the Midpoint The Midpoint is a plot point that lies, of course, at the halfway point of the book. What …
Write a thriller: How Don Winslow propels a plot around its MidpointRead More
A "What if" situation is a great way to start your plotting A “What if” question can spark your entire thriller. Try to imagine any situation and …
Just write, don't wait for inspiration. Start thriller writing. And understand the 3-Act structure Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb) knows what she's …
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