Write a Thriller Novel Using Craft Tips From the Pros

Mark your calendars! Our June Writers Network meeting will be here before you know it! Join us on Friday, June 3rd from 10-11 A.M. via Zoom. The chat will be open 30 minutes before so writers can meet and mingle.

This month we will be hearing from Amy Rogers, author and scientist, on how to write a thriller novel using craft tips from the pros.

Genre fiction readers have certain expectations about the books they invest in. Well-written thriller novels share craft features that allow the author to deliver what the reader wants. Learn some of the craft to make your thriller or other novel succeed.

• Learn the rules before you break the rules
• Consider the absolute importance of point of view
• Learn the 3-point formula for what makes a story
• Discover the three bad openings that pop up again and again
• Kayak or inner tube: what kind of characters do you write?

Amy Rogers, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-educated scientist, novelist, journalist and educator. She has published three science-themed thrillers novels in the style of Michael Crichton, and a nnonfiction compilation of local science journalism she wrote for INSIDE Magazine. Formerly a microbiology professor, she blogged extensively about coronavirus before and during the pandemic. She is a long-time member of CWC and NCPA. Learn more at [AmyRogers.com](http://amyrogers.com./).

To access the meeting, go to the Zoom link on our website: https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2022/write-a-thriller-novel/

Looking forward to seeing you there!