Writing a Psychological Thriller
About Me
A course by Emily Barr , Novelist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“I'll talk about how I became a novelist and what my day-to-day life as a writer looks like.”
In this video lesson Emily Barr addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Psychological Thriller. Learn creative writing techniques to bring mysterious stories to life that grab the reader’s attention from the first page.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hello, I'm Emily Barr. In this lesson, I'm going to introduce myself, talk about my work, and about the journey I took to become a novelist. I write psychological thrillers. I've had 18 books published so far. I live in Cornwall, in the southwest of England, but I absolutely love to travel. My father is a university lecturer in film and when I grew up, he was always writing books and I imagine now he was writing lecture notes and things. I remember lying in bed at night, listening to his typewriter clattering away and knowing that at times, he was writing his book. That put it to...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Psychological Thriller
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Emily Barr
A course by Emily Barr
Emily Barr is an award-winning novelist based in Cornwall, England, with over 20 years of writing experience. She grew up surrounded by books and was an avid reader and writer, even as a child. While studying art history at the University of London, she worked for her university newspaper, during which time she won a student journalism award for her work experience at The Guardian. She went on to work full-time for the newspaper and, during her time traveling for her column, dedicated herself to writing what she was truly passionate about–fiction. Emily later found an agent and secured her first publishing deal for her thriller novel, Backpack, which saw her win WHSmith’s New Talent Award.
Since then, Emily’s work has been published by Headline and Penguin, as well as many others worldwide. She also writes horror and sci-fi in the US under the name Evie Green, and is currently working on her 6th young adult book with Penguin.
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