How to write a damn good thriller: a step-by-step guide for novelists and screenwriters

Germinal ideas: high concepts and bad concepts

What you should know before you start pounding keys

All about your new best friend, your villain

Creating villains and exploting their dark missions

The secrets of clever plotting revealed

All about the thriller hero, the flawed thriller hero, and a not-so-flawed hero for peace day

All about plot structure

All about voice and viewpoint and other cool stuff

How to make the reader dream the fictive dream

Hook 'em and hold 'em

How to plot a damn good thriller step by step by step by step

Avoiding the muddle in the middle

All about a satisfying resolution.