Raves from the users…
I’m not exaggerating: Truby’s Blockbuster revolutionized how I work. It’s the simplest way I’ve ever found to build structure, character, and theme. If you use a computer to write screenplays, you’ll want Blockbuster.
– Laurence Dworet, screenwriter Outbreak
The Thriller is one of Hollywood’s most popular forms because it combines the criminality and surprise of the Detective form with the danger and pressure of Horror.
A good Thriller puts the hero in danger early and never lets up. While the Thriller usually involves a main character trying to find a murderer, it has different story beats than the Detective form. Each step is geared toward wringing every last ounce of terror from the hero and the audience.
The Thriller is also a popular form among writers of independent films. In no other form can you get so much bang for so little money. Casts are small, effects are nil. But that also puts tremendous pressure on your ability to plot.
Whether you write novels or films, Thrillers are tricky because you have to create a lot of plot in a small space with just a few characters.
Our THRILLER SOFTWARE is specially designed to help you write something unique in this popular but often predictable form. Connecting seamlessly to the Blockbuster program, it solves that problem and so much more.
With the Thriller Maps, you can see exactly how to lay out the Thriller story beats for maximum plot in minimum space, how to create the unique Thriller hero, how to avoid special Thriller roadblocks that will throw you off course, and keys for transcending the typical Thriller for a real knockout script.
Story Beats: apply all the specialized Story Beats for the Thriller Genre. Make sure you hit a suspenseful crime, a not-so-innocent suspect, and a reduced hero, among other Thriller beats.
Specialized Maps: use the Character and Nightmare Maps to create resourceful heroes and dangerous opponents while keeping the pressure rising.
Thriller Class: learn all the professional techniques from Truby’s Thriller Class, organized and available when and where you need it most.
4 Story Examples: solve any story problems using four special Thriller Story Examples.
• 9 key story beats of the Thriller
• Character Map
• The crime-personal connection
• Nightmare sequences in great Thrillers
• Thriller genres and their story beats
• Inherent problems in writing any Thriller
• Nightmare Map
• Ideal method for writing Thrillers
• Transcending the Thriller form
