CRIME STORIES & THRILLERS
The
truth will set you free. Are
you most interested in truth? This form is about the unending
search for truth, the struggle to claw through the facades,
lies and misdirections that cheapen daily life. But this
most honorable of all forms is a nightmare to structure.
Unlike
drama where you track the development of the character
through the action, here you must do that and set up an
elaborate smoke screen to fool the detective and the audience.
This course translates your searching sensibility into
a craft that turns reveals into true revelations.
Detective
stories, crime stories and thrillers make up a huge
percentage of the entertainment industry's annual output,
in film, television and novels. These genres are part
of the same murderous family, but they work quite differently.
The
Crime genre is quite different from the Detective form,
because it isn't about uncovering crime. It's either
about committing it or fighting it. Some crime stories
get inside the criminal organization and the criminal
mind. Others take the point of view of the cop, the
warrior in a blue uniform who has to fight those who
make their own laws.
The
Thriller is one of Hollywood's most popular forms because
it combines the criminality and surprise of the detective
form with the danger and pressure of horror.
This
5-hour DETECTIVES,
CRIME STORIES, AND THRILLERS COURSE
lays out a precise blueprint for how to create the investigators,
murderers and suspects, the intricacies of the crimes,
the plot twists, the special story beats and the underlying
themes of these popular genres. It also gives you clues
on how to transcend these forms to write something truly
special and important.
FEATURES:
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Mind detectives vs. character detectives
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Puzzle solving
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Detective archetypes
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The criminal as hero
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Logic vs. intuition
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The cosmic detective story
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The triple-layer story
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Finding the criminal in the self
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A step-by-step process for writing a detective-crime
story
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The woman as killer, victim and detective
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The super-cop and the super-criminal
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Key questions for writing the crime story
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The thriller - Hollywood's sexiest form
Audio,
5 hours
No. P213
Price $99
BONUS:
Buy
the Detective, Crime Stories and Thriller Course, get
the Detective, Crime, or Thriller Software at 1/2 price.
TESTIMONIALS:
"I
attribute my success in attaining agency representation,
optioning several scripts, and being selected as a
Disney New Writer Fellow to John Truby's Story Structure
and genre classes. I wrote a detective sexual thriller
immediately upon completing "Detectives, Crime
Stories and Thrillers". Because of the insights
into this genre gained from this class, I optioned
my scripts within 3 months and won my position as
a Disney Fellow."
Flo Cameron
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