Nick Chiarkas on Touchstones for Crime Thrillers
Nick Chiarkas is the author of crime thrillers Weepers and Nunzio's Way. You can find out more about him by visiting his website www.nickchiarkas.com, or by clicking here, see his last post here, and buy his books here. (With some adjusting, these steps can be applied to other genres as well.) Here are my Seven Touchstones* for writing a Crime Thriller. Finding the idea and scribbling it down. Two often repeated pieces of advice on this topic is to write about what you know; and your idea can come from anywhere. 1. I think you should write what you want to know. It…