Robert Bidinotto on How to Write a Thriller
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2015
- What, exactly, makes a book “a thriller”? What are its essential elements? Is there a formula to building a suspenseful page-turner? How can you craft characters compelling enough to carry an ongoing thriller series? Robert Bidinotto’s debut thriller, "HUNTER," soared to become the #1 Kindle bestseller in “Mysteries & Thrillers.” Drawing from his own novels and those of many top thriller authors, he shows how to create a non-stop thrill ride and iconic action heroes. This talk was filmed during the Bay to Ocean Writers Conference at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland, on Feb. 28, 2015.
11:45 - Thrillers & Mysteries
14:20 - Thriller Hybrids
25:56 - Thriller Plot Themes/Points
31:29 - Thriller Protagonists
This was just what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
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Great lecture Rob. Very informative. As an aspiring thriller screenwriter I appreciated the film structure breakdown. I was told by a story analyst in Hollywood that I’m writing a slow boil thriller. He thinks based on the type of story that I’m telling that I don’t need to rush the story set up and introduce the main dramatic conflict half way through Act 1 (roughly 17 pages in) on a 30 page first act. I have an Inciting Incident at page 10 but it’s not related to the external conflict. It’s more personal stakes relating to the protagonist’s job. Can slow boil thrillers work in this day and age with attention spans being what they are?
Thank you.
You are most welcome. I'm glad you find it useful.
Fantastic! Throw in Steve Berry historical thrillers.
Really great stuff. Only distraction was the single, visible audience member---a seriously bored looking grandpa who yawned frequently or stared off into space or flipped at great length through his notebook rather than pay attention...it was like watching a third grader.
Good info and I want to party with the guy in the red sweater!
God he waffles.
Hello, thank you so much sir. but you didnt give us that hand-out :D if you can please sir
Can you explain it without examples...? Seriously, it gets repetitive and never get to the core of "what makes a thriller"...