![]() “Build the foundation of your novel with a single brick: make it simple, make it easy to follow. Like parts of a car engine, the key elements of a thriller include a hero, a goal, obstacles that seem to make it impossible and, of course, a moment when the hero conquers the villain. “Every single idea has been done over and over and over,” Brown explains in the film. Ian Fleming’s James Bond, for example, always defuses the bomb and gets the girl. The good news, Brown assures writers staring at a blank page, is that your idea does not have to be startlingly original. His class includes chapters on finding that idea, choosing a location, creating heroes and villains, doing research (but not so much that it’s an excuse to procrastinate), creating suspense, writing dialogue and editing and rewriting. The 54-year-old can’t tell you what idea to have, he says, but hopes to provide a roadmap on how to turn it into a story. Despite the distinctly old-fashioned format – middle-aged white man dispensing wisdom direct to camera – this is Brown’s love letter to the creative process.
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