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Writing | Writing a Thriller Novel for Beginners
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Writing | Writing a Thriller Novel for Beginners

Learn the Fundamentals of Thriller Writing
Created byMatthew Dewey
Last updated 11/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to plot a thriller
  • You will learn how to create fear in your story
  • You will learn how to write a twist and twist ending
  • You will learn how to pace your thriller novel
  • And many more tips and advice along the way!

Course content

1 section8 lectures58m total length
  • Introduction5:06

    Learn to evoke fear and craft high-stakes suspense through threat, a compelling antagonist, pacing, and twists, within a collaborative community offering constructive criticism.

  • Evoking Fear in the Reader8:55
  • Making a Threatening Antagonist9:35
  • The Power of Short Sentences7:25

    Learn how short sentences heighten thriller suspense, apply description techniques with face-value details, and shape the reader's imagined fear of the protagonist versus the killer.

  • Pacing a Thriller8:13

    Learn thriller pacing by planning scenes, splitting into chapters, and adjusting word count to balance suspense, speed, and reader engagement.

  • Writing a Plot Twist and Twist Ending9:37

    Learn to craft effective thriller twists by planting subtle clues, misdirection, and delivering a twist ending while avoiding contradictions and overexplaining.

  • Final Thriller Writing Tips7:17
  • Conclusion2:46

Requirements

  • No requirements to take this course

Description

Hello Writer!

Welcome to the course where I show you how to write a suspenseful, high-stakes thriller novel that will keep your readers interested. Don't make the same mistakes that so many novice authors make and create a thriller novel that can challenge those of successful authors!

My name is Matthew Dewey and I am a writer. It is hard to say when my passion for writing began, but if I can recall it all started back in primary school. A small, pale child with not much to say, but plenty to write, or in most cases scribble, across a page. From there writing became a hobby, moving on to become a part-time job writing articles on various subjects from technology to programming. Suddenly, the spark was ignited and I wrote my first novel. From there I was hooked onto something that was akin to a calling.

Enough monologue, it is time to tell you what this course is worth to you. First, That being said, this course was created with the express intention to teach the fundamentals of writing a thriller novel. In my rising through the writing world I found that information was handed freely, but not with enough dedication and forethought. The advice lacking and the examples poor. I decided to push through and after several years developed my own toolkit that is simple and multipurpose. The first and most important lesson I learned was how not to write a thriller novel. From there I experimented and found out what you should to.

In addition to the research, I also write from experience, having written several science fiction stories and articles on the subject as well.

I will show you how to:

  • Develop a thriller plot

  • Evoke fear from the reader

  • Write suspenseful scenes

  • Create a terrifying antagonist

  • Develop and deliver an impactful twist

  • AND many tips and advice to add to your writing arsenal!

Welcome to the Writing a Thriller Novel for Beginners Course! I will show what you need to know to develop an interesting Thriller novel and take it from boring to terrifying!

"Writing is a powerful form of art, but it is the reader's imagination that is the canvas, not the page."

Who this course is for:

  • Writers
  • Writing Students
  • Beginner Writers
  • Interested creative types