Outliers Writing University: Thriller Elements of Writing by Best-selling Author Cody Blocker
- D. P. Lyle
- Apr 14
- 1 min read
The next class at the Outliers Online Ongoing Writers Conference features Cody Blocker dissecting thriller writing.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025,
4 PM Pacific
A Live, Interactive ZOOM Class
Sign up for this class or for an entire year of great instruction from working, best-selling authors.
This course focuses on how to incorporate real life elements of law enforcement, private detective, military, private sector executive protection, first responders and investigations into thriller fiction. In writing in these thriller fields, you don't have to be an expert in them, but you do have to know enough about the fields to make the story believable, honest and consistent. We also spend a significant portion of the course discussing the unique area of firearms. Firearms are an essential component of many thriller and mystery books, but many authors miss minor details that rip the reader out of the story. We will cover:
Blending the familiar and the strange
James Bond vs. Indiana Jones
Training vs. instant prodigy
Private Investigations
Surveillance and counter-surveillance
Executive Protection
Hand to hand fighting
Physiology and injury
Firearms
Legal issues
Cody Blocker is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author and a ghostwriter of over 50 books and over 3 million words. As a freelance ghostwriter, Cody focuses on the thriller, mystery, sci-fi and fantasy genres. He also works as a story doctor, editing consultant and a writing coach. He is a lover of storytelling primarily in novels and films. When Cody is not writing, he is teaching writing and helping authors develop their manuscripts into compelling stories that sell.
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