Tips for Writing a Page Turning Thriller

10/26/22 • 4 min

There are techniques for creating thriller books that readers just can’t put down. That page-turning story that they’ll stay up all night to read.

Here are the tips to do just that: Page turning books are those that create suspense. You can do that by having a ticking clock (in other words something bad is going to happen unless the characters solves the problem fast)

show the reader important things that the protagonist doesn’t know (that can come from a point of view of your antagonist) - maybe we see them scheming their evil plans unbeknownst to our hero or heroine...

Find show notes on my website at https://womensthrillerwriters.com/blog-2/

There are techniques for creating thriller books that readers just can’t put down. That page-turning story that they’ll stay up all night to read.

Find show notes on my website at https://womensthrillerwriters.com/blog-2/

Previous Episode

Why Write Short Stories

Someone once said to me, I could write a short story, but I wouldn’t know what to do with it. Well, here are some ideas on what to do with and why to write short stories.

First, if you are going to write novels, having a short story that leads readers into your world is a great use for a reader magnet. That's something you can offer when people sign up for your email list (and by the way, yes, you should have an email list)...

Find show notes on my website at https://womensthrillerwriters.com/blog-2/

Next Episode

An ebook from start to finish

My friend and fellow writer Dita wanted to know about writing ebooks, what are the best tools to write them in and platforms to publish on?

Let’s say you want to make your life easier and you just want to publish an ebook and not worry about print. I get it, I do want to mention that there are some books that don’t lend themselves to ebook. My nonfiction books on writing and self-publishing are available as ebooks, but people tend to buy the paperbacks more. And a children’s book I published through my publishing company, Gramita’s Tortillas, 95% of sales are paperback.

If your book is none of those, then ebook is going to be just fine for you...

Find show notes on my website at https://womensthrillerwriters.com/blog-2/