I'm at 8000 words. End of Chapter 3 of my thriller novel. I'm less than thrilled with it.
That being said, I found two snippets of advice. First this (here), advice to newbie thriller writers. I think I fit in that class of writer at this point. Like most others, a couple of the points this author makes is first, read. Read lots. Second . . . write. Write lots. Even when you don't feel like doing either, it's good to buckle down and do them both. Good, simple, advice.
The second piece of advice comes from David Morrel of First Blood fame. His advice, and I've yet to try it, look forward to it though, is to go to a bookstore and read the first page of as many thrillers as there are on the shelves. He says that you'll find an amazing similarity among them, and on the whole you won't be impressed. But, when you do find that one, or two, that does make you sit up and take notice, stop and figure out why. He says that's what's important. Try to be a game changer.
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