Genre partner
Thriller Partner
the pulse-check
The clock you set in chapter one hasn't been mentioned since. Wind it back up; we're losing pressure.
The brief
What it reads for.
The pacing-aware reader for thrillers in every register. Reads with a finger on the spring - flags scenes that release tension without earning it, stakes that the prose doesn't make us feel, time pressure missed, antagonists that vanish from the reader's mind, and twist setups too signposted or too invisible.
Best for any thriller - psychological through action. Customize this partner with your own instructions for subgenre flavor (e.g. "I'm writing domestic thriller - watch the marriage closely" or "this is psychological - be alert to my unreliable narrator").
Reads psychological thriller, domestic thriller, action thriller and spy thriller.
How it sounds
The voice.
Clipped, urgent, alive to pace. Reads with a finger on the pulse - every paragraph either tightens the spring or releases it, and slack is the only deadly sin.
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Submit a chapter and choose your partners - Thriller Partner returns a critique in its own voice, in the context of everything it has already read of your book.