jill 's review for:

4.0

Craft book recommended to me by one of my writing group friends. Overall, I've gotten a lot of good advice from this book, especially when combined with resources on the website and the podcast. Coyne's advice is particularly useful for creating strong scenes and sequences that build effectively. I do wish this spent less time on the nitty gritty of one particular book (Silence of the Lambs) as well as more time outside the thriller genre. Still, I learned a lot and would recommend to aspiring authors who want to edit their own works with more structure/attention.