Write Your Own Thillers

By Pie Corbett

• Interactive ebook with 'Time to Write' and 'Writing Tips' waiting to be revealed at the press of a button
• Learn how to create your own characters, captivate your readers, set up great scenarios and end with the ultimate twist
• Chapters include Flights of Fantasy, Tricks of the Trade, Putting Pen to Paper and Editing and Publishing.

A good fantasy takes you out of this world and creates a world that is wonderful and real. So why not write your own? This book gives you all you need to entrance your readers and get them searching for clues.

Full of tips, advice and new ways of approaching creative writing, this is a handy guide for every aspiring writer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Sep 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781843652878

Pie Corbett

Pie Corbett has advised the National Literacy Strategy for both the Primary and Key Stage 3 phase. He works across the country, running inset and development projects - and was co-leader of the DfES Innovations project on 'Storymaking', based at the International Learning and Research Centre. Author of over 250 books, he writes poetry, stories and materials for teachers. He has compiled many best-selling anthologies for Macmillan Children’s Books including A First Poetry Book and Assembly Poems.

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To Teddy – reader

and writer of thrillers

CONTENTS

FEEL THE THRILL

Thinking about thrillers

WRITERS AT WORK

Starting your own story

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

How to hypnotise your readers

PUTTING PEN TO PAPER

Kick-start your writing

EDITING AND PUBLISHING

Polishing your tale

GLOSSARY

INDEX

FEEL THE THRILL

THINKING ABOUT THRILLERS

It was quite dark now. Jo plodded down Weston Road, the bright street lights casting puddles of orange on the pavement. But she stopped at number 32 and stared. Somebody was coming down the steps. Yet hadn’t her Mum told her that the house would be empty for another month? Jo pressed herself back, tight against the hedge. She felt safe in the dark.

It wasn’t one person – there were two of them. They were carrying a heavy bundle that looked like a rolled-up carpet. One of them opened the back doors of a van. They began shoving the bundle in. Of course, thought Jo, they must be removing some furniture. She was just about to come out from her hiding place, when one of them spoke.

She’s heavy!

Jo froze.

Exciting stuff, isn’t it? It makes you want to read on. Who are the people carrying the rolled-up carpet? Is there really a girl inside? And if there is, is she alive? If you like reading exciting stories, then how about writing one too? This book will help you write your own thrilling adventure.

WHAT IS A THRILLER?

A thriller is a story that gives you plenty of frightening thrills and spills. It grips you from the word go and keeps you on the edge of your seat.

A thriller can be:

an adventure story;

a detective story;

a kidnap story;

a robbery story;

an escape story;

a chase story.

There might be:

crooks, gangsters, robbers, villains, pirates, evil inventors, nasty teachers, mysterious strangers;

police, detectives, a helpful professor, clever animals, loyal friends, brave kids, friendly grown-ups;

‘goodies’ who turn out to be bad;

‘baddies’ who turn out to be good.

WHAT DO I NEED TO WRITE MY OWN THRILLER?

The good thing about being a writer is that you don’t need much equipment – just some paper or a notebook, a pen, and a place to write.

You can write almost anywhere. Many writers set up in the corner of a room. Michael