Writing thrillers isn't easy. Matthew Branton explains his formula in this well-written and structured book. Besides the expected gripping opening, escalating tension, set-ups and pay-offs, Branton says a good thriller is a well executed plan based on values. Values such as love or loyalty each have an opposite which the thriller writer should exploit.
Lee Child and James Paterson are among the authors whose work Branton uses as examples.
Even if you're not writing or thinking of writing a thriller, this is an interesting and insightful book.… (más)
Some really inventive, edgey ideas and a good pace. Sadly IMHO let down by a bit of a weird ending and slightly gappy plotline. Perhaps the gappiness was intentional, but it didn't add to my enjoyment.
Three different sets of robbers to steal from the same place on the same day, at about the same time. Several vivid and colorful characters that the author does a great job of making real and laying their backgrounds but never really mentions the plot of the story til it's more than halfway through. When it does come together it's total chaos, but it's a chaos that works bringing out the true emotions of the characters through their failure.
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Lee Child and James Paterson are among the authors whose work Branton uses as examples.
Even if you're not writing or thinking of writing a thriller, this is an interesting and insightful book.… (más)