Solving Suspense Issues Through Antagonist Character Development

Presentation links + further reading

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• Jennie Nash | Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out

• Jennie Nash’s Inside Outline Free Resources + Checklist (for use on your Tent Poles Inside Outline)

• Samantha’s Suspense Issues Checklist (to be used in conjunction with Jennie Nash’s Inside Outline Checklist, linked directly above.)

• Samantha’s 17 Thriller Twist Ideas Download

• Author Accelerator’s Book Coaching Certification Program* (a program I adore and recommend 1,000%)

  • *As a proud affiliate of the book coaching program, I receive an affiliate payment if you use this link.

  • If you’d rather not use my link, you can find the Author Accelerator certification information page here.

• An article I wrote for Jane Friedman’s blog: Villain Logic: The Key to Solving Your Thriller’s Climax Block

• A post I wrote for Author Accelerator talking about the dos and don’ts of self revision

• A post I wrote for my friend and book coach’s blog, Emma Dhesi, about writing twists and reveals

• Rachel Aaron | 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love

• Allison K. Williams | Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book

• Tiffany Yates Martin | Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing

• Lisa Cron | Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

• Recent favorite Mystery/Thriller/Suspense books (not an exhaustive list — there are so many good books out there!) :-)

  • All the Dangerous Things - Stacy Willingham (master class in twists!)

  • The Cloisters - Katy Hays (fab final twist!)

  • The House Across the Lake - Riley Sager (scary, and fab twists!)

  • The Writing Retreat - Julia Bartz (scary, very engaging!)

  • Shana Merchant Novels (4 and counting) by Tessa Wegert (fab writing, great sense of place, good backstory, great mysteries!)