How to write a Chiller Thriller by Sally Spedding is a great resource for people who are interested in writing their first book. She walks you through the writing process, and teaches you what to do with your book once you finish it

This book is full of terrific ideas and has fueled my imagination! I now need to settle down and choose which idea I want to develop into my story!

In How To Write a Chiller Thriller Sally Spedding manages to coach, motivate and entertain at the same time. I found the combination to be wonderful and I am ready to (try) find the time to write the next great chiller thriller, or at least one that isn't horrible.

This book offers ideas and suggestions based openly and honestly on Spedding's own experience yet stopped well short of being a "do as I say" guide to writing. In fact, she emphasizes from the beginning to be who you are and write what you want (all such statements come with qualifiers, of course, but the point stands) as long as it is from your passion.

I found many of the exercises and examples very useful and am planning to take some time this spring and work my way more methodically through the book. Who knows, maybe next year at this time I will be asking for reviews! Or not, but I'll certainly enjoy trying to get to that point.

I would highly recommend this to aspiring writers within the chiller thriller genre (kinda a hybrid of horror and thriller, she defines both terms at the beginning) and I also believe the tips and ideas are valid across genres for the most part so my recommendation carries over to any writer of fiction.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.

This is a good reference book for writers who are considering writing a thriller. But I think it also helps with story structure in a book that has conflict and suspense. I will definitely use this as a go to when I'm feeling stuck in my writing.