MKCW – ‘Tuesday Thriller’ Course Outline
Thanks for enrolling in the course. I hope you enjoy it and find it very rewarding. Please see the outline below. If you have any further queries relating to the course, please email info@martinkeaveney.com.
Week 1
Commercial Novels
Week 2
Long Form Projects
Week 3
Rhythms of Thrillers
Week 4
Perspectives
Week 5
Major Revisions
Week 6
The Reader’s Role
Week 7
Mock Query
Week 8
Marketing
Week 9-12
Special Focus
Participants have the option to submit weekly writing for feedback and read their material during weekly workshop. A Final Project option is available to all at the end of the course.
Reading list
Readings are optional but they are helpful for weekly discussion. It is not necessary to purchase any of these titles as excerpts will be provided in advance.
French, Tana. Into The Woods, Penguin, 2008.
Conan Doyle, Arthur. Sherlock Holmes – Short Stories. Arcturus (15 Nov. 2018)
Dodd, Leanne. ‘The perfect crime: Trauma writing strategies in crime fiction.’ TEXT 51, October 2018.
Orford, Margie. ‘The Grammar of Violence, Writing Crime as
Fiction’, Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 25:2, (2013). 220-229
Starts Tuesday January 16th 2023 8-10pm
No class March 26th/April 2nd
Concludes 23rd April 2024
x12 weeks includes weekly workshop + editorial response on Final Submission – €289.99 Book here
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