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Tips for Writing a Thriller

Writing a Book – Tips From An Author Writing specific Genres What is a ‘genre’? It’s a fancy French word for ‘type’ or ‘kind’. A ‘Thriller’ is a ‘type’ of story. Thrillers therefore make up a ‘genre’. Some genres have become so ‘reduced to practice’ that they are actually cliches of themselves. The detective story,

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Think Before You Write

Before You Write by: Patrika Vaughn Writing a book is a lot like getting married. It is intensely personal, it calls for a big commitment, and it requires a sustained effort. And like marriage, it carries no guarantee of success. Books and marriages often fail for the same reasons. The most common reason is that the

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