Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 9
October 30, 2019
WriteTip: What is Dialogue and What is its Purpose?
The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 7: Chances are fifty percent or more of your novel will consist of dialogue. Dialogue is the characters’… More
October 28, 2019
My Top 10 Most Memorable Thriller Reads
Now that I’ve introduced the world to my first thriller, Simon Says, I thought it’d be fun to look back at the thrillers that most inspired my love for the genre and have stuck with me… More
October 23, 2019
Write Tip: Creating Tension Through Dialogue and Description
The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 8: Last week, I wrote about The Key To Good Plotting—Asking The Right QuestionsThe Key To Good Plotting—Asking… More
October 20, 2019
Catch me live this week! Podcasts, Podcasts, Podcasts, oh my!
So by now most of you know I have a new novel out, Simon Says, and the next anthology, Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers, is out in 3 weeks, close on its heels. So I am… More
October 16, 2019
WriteTip: The Key to Good Plotting—Asking The Right Questions at The Right Time
This week as I launch my latest novel, and my first thriller, Simon Says, I wanted to talk about the importance of suspense to drive a story. But before I get into how to make a… More
October 14, 2019
Preview: The Sideman (John Simon Book 2-Coming Feb. 2020)
The next John Simon Thriller is called THE SIDEMAN and furthers the adventures of Lucas George and John Simon as Lucas becomes the first android cadet to enter the Kansas City Police Academy and then… More
My Top 10 Favorite Mystery-Thriller Writers
As I launch my own thriller career with Simon Says, Book 1 in the John Simon thrillers, I thought it would fun to talk about some of my influences. So here are my top 10… More
October 9, 2019
WriteTip: How To Use Speech Tags Well
The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 7: Another area of concern related to dialogue are speech tags. The most common of these, of course, is… More
October 7, 2019
Introducing Boralis Books, a new small press
Some of you know I’ve been working on a new project with friends called Boralis Books. Boralis Books arose out of my frustration with New York publishing rejecting strong, well written page turners because they… More
October 2, 2019
Sneak Peek: Simon Says (John Simon Thrillers 1)
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