5 DAYS TO A KILLER CONCEPT

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Craft a story that thrills--and sells

Unlock your mystery, suspense thriller, or horror work in a week

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In this class you'll learn to:

This five day class is designed to introduce students to the essentials of mystery, suspense and horror writing and to help you develop your concepts the way professionals do: from the seed of an idea, to compelling characters and rich worlds, to an unbeatable hook.

Design a killer premise

Master critical skills for crafting a chilling, thrilling story

Learn how to tap into your fears and delve into the shocking and grotesque

Maximize your time and energy by building a solid foundation for your story up front

Develop a crackling pitch or query that will sell your book

Receive individualized feedback from a bestselling novelist and publishing professional

Write a book that appeals to the hot Hollywood IP market from instructors who are also film and TV professionals

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5 Day Lesson Plan

Crack your killer concept in a week

01

Rules of the Genre

In this first day we cover the essentials of the genre: the key elements to every successful mystery, suspense-thriller, or horror work.

02

Killer Characters

Every successful mystery, suspense, and horror story has a strong protagonist and antagonist. We guide you in developing yours.

03

The World

Genre novels must have strong, specific worlds. In the third day of the course, we put your world under a microscope.

04

The Hook

On the fourth day, all the previous elements come together with additional tools to help you develop a killer hook

05

The Jacket Copy

Now that you have your hook, how do you communicate it to others? We help you design a killer query/pitch for your work.

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Our product is best in class and we stand behind its quality. This course includes:

On-demand video

Downloadable resources

Personalized feedback on your pitch

Weekly Office Hours

Inspiring examples drawn from successfully published mystery, thrillers, and horror works that students can use as references throughout their writing process

Membership on private Facebook page

Talks with special guests

A full length course's worth of material broken down over 5 days

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SPECIAL DEAL: Add 5 Days to a Killer Concept and 4 Weeks to Develop your Novel and get $50 off--Limited time offer!

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Instructor:

HOLLIE OVERTON

Hollie Overton is an established TV writer, and novelist. Her TV credits include, “Tell me a Story," “Shadowhunters” and "Cold Case.” Hollie's debut thriller, “Baby Doll” was an international bestseller and went on to sell in eleven countries. Hollie has written two standalone thrillers, "The Walls” and “The Runaway” and is hard at work on her fourth novel. A TV writing instructor at Script Anatomy, Hollie has helped countless screenwriters hone their craft and break into the business. An identical twin, Hollie lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David, their identical triplets and rescue dog, Stevie.

Instructor:

Dedi Felman

Dedi Felman is a writer/director born and raised in the wilds of NJ. A member of the inaugural class of the HBO Access Writing Fellowship, she attended the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and teaches TV writing for Script Anatomy. Previously, Dedi worked in publishing as a senior editor at Simon & Schuster and an executive editor at Oxford University Press. Titles she’s developed have been New York Times and Washington Post bestsellers and have won the Bancroft Prize, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism prize, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She continues to freelance consult on book projects at Book Doctor West. Her espionage drama short, "Allegiance", was a finalist at the USA Film Festival and voted a Kickstarter "Project We Love."

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PRAISE FOR HOLLIE OVERTON'S BABY DOLL
"What a compulsive read! A brilliant first novel that kept me transfixed and entertained until the very last page.”

Tess Gerritsen

New York Times bestselling author

“Dedi Felman is nothing less than an extraordinary editor. Her gift is to see right into the innards of a story, and to tinker, ever so delicately, with the invisible machinery that makes a book work. Working with Dedi is an experience I cherish; she stretched my ability to its limits and got me to write the best book I could.”

Jonny Steinberg

Author of SIZWE'S TEST

“I wish I’d found you before I started the publishing process! I feel like issues that you’ve found and solutions that you suggest will do so much to strengthen the novel, and I’m eager to get back to work.”

Johanna Stoberock

Author of PIGS

Also, check out 4 WEEKS TO DEVELOP YOUR NOVEL

Special introductory price

4 Weeks to Develop Your Novel

Is there homework?

Yes! This is a course designed to get you to a solid idea for a thriller, horror, or suspense in less than a week. It's a shortcut many first authors wish they'd had. But you also have to put in the work. Every day there's a brief assignment. And the more you put into it, the better your foundational concept will be.

I need feedback, not just a webinar.

We got you. It's frustrating to work through webinars with no real feedback at any point in the process. We hold midweek office hours to answer any questions that arise. And at the end of the week there's a pitch seminar where you will get personalized feedback from us on your new killer concept. Finally, you'll be invited to join our alumni community where you'll meet others devoted to the craft.

Will you sell my book for me?

We can't sell your book for you, but our alumni will be invited to our private Facebook group. There we'll have occasional agent guests to help you learn more about the traditional publishing process--and self-published guests to help you learn more about that path.

I've been on submission to agents before and nothing happened.

This is exactly why we designed this course. Thousands of books get submitted every year. But few make the cut to publication. This course will help you design a gripping core concept that will attract readers and editors.

You emphasize selling my book, but I want to write something good.

Good books sell. And good genre books sell exceptionally well. We want to help you excel in telling your personal stories, the stories only you can tell, and in the art of writing electrifying mystery, horror, and suspense. Well-written genre books with strong concepts sell.

After I finish the course and have my pitch, what's next?

Once you have your concept down, you're ready to move on to "4 Weeks to Develop Your Book!" "5 Days to a Killer Concept" is the first in a sequence of three courses. Part II is a book development course: "4 Weeks to Develop Your Book." And Part III is "12 Weeks to Write Your Book" (because, yes, you can write a good book in three months if you've put in the development work up-front.)

Do you issue refunds?

Our refund policy is as follows: 100% if we are notified 30 days before the first day of the class. 50% if we are notified 15 days before the first day of class. 0% after that.

I have more questions. Where can I contact you?

Just email us at genremasters@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

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