Editing Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
$79.00
Description
$79. How to edit mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. This four lesson, self-paced class walks you through the principles of developmentally editing the related genres of mystery, suspense, and thriller. It covers:
- Understanding genre conventions
- Helping authors create a strong central conflict
- Keys to building tension and suspense
- Common problems in crime fiction
- Character development in crime fiction
- Basics of perspective and point-of-view in crime fiction
- Common missteps authors make in writing crime fiction
- Editing a crime notel in a series
The course includes the full ms of a thriller that you can practice on, along the fully edited manuscript (and revision letter) that you can review to see how one editor approached the project.