Welcome to the Thrillerfest V Blog!

We hope you'll bookmark us, just as you bookmark so many of the hundreds of the International Thriller Writers that participate in our annual conference, held in New York City in July.

ITW is a youthful organization, always ready for a new way of looking at things. You'll find that dynamism here, in blog posts from authors, agents, editors and Thrillerfest attendees, past and present.

And that same excitement you feel from your favorite reads is evident in everything ITW does, and no wonder--the organization, staffing and publicity for ThrillerFest--including this new blog--is undertaken by volunteers, most of whom are ITW authors themselves.

So pull up a chair and stay awhile ... discover the latest news on what Thrillerfest V--the fifth anniversary of the conference--has to offer. Visit old friends, make new ones, ask questions, and hear about the remarkable things in store for the conference.

Whether or not you can come see us in New York--and we hope that you can!--please join us here. It's gonna be ... a thriller!

Kelli Stanley, Thrillerfest Publicity Committee Chair

Thrillerfest Publicity Committee:
Jeannie Holmes
CJ Lyons
Carla Buckley
Grant McKenzie

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Craftfest Schedule for Wednesday, July 7th!

CRAFTFEST WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010 CraftFest Registration,
8:30 am -1 pm, 3 pm - 4:30 pm Barnes & Noble Bookstore, open Noon - 6 pm : Booth-Plymouth Room


CRAFTFEST BONUS POWER SESSIONS Presented by WRITER'S DIGEST

ROOM : URIS/JULLIARD

10:00 am - 10:50 am Kathleen Antrim and Jon Land WHAT IF? SO WHAT? Learn To Pitch To An Agent or Editor

11:00 am - 11:50 am William Bernhardt - EIGHT STEPS TO WRITING - AND FINISHING - YOUR NOVEL

CRAFTFEST CLASSES

12:30 pm - 1:50 pm Steve Berry - WHO'S TELLING THE STORY AND WHAT ARE THEY SAYING. Point-of-view and Dialogue

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm David Morrell - THE PROS AND CONS OF THE FIRST PERSON VIEWPOINT

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Gayle Lynds - NINE SECRETS TO WRITING BESTSELLING THRILLERS

4:00 pm - 4:50 pm Al Zuckerman - CRAFTING BIG SCENES FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL

5pm - 5:30 pm Authors from all CraftFest classes will sign inside Bookstore

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CRAFTFEST COCKTAIL PARTY Hosted by GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING Manhattan Ballroom



ROOM : BROADWAY

9:00 am - 9:50 am Lorenzo Carcaterra - FOR THE THRILL OF IT : From Book to Screen

10:00 am -10:50 am Sophie Littlefield, Carla Buckley & Barbara Poelle - SETTING WORKSHOP - Creating a Sense of Place

CRAFTFEST CLASSES

11:00am- 11:50am Eric Van Lustbader - THE RED ZONE

11:50 am - 12:20 pm Andrew Gross - AND THE WINNER FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IS...

12:30 pm - 1:50p am David Hewson - KEEPING A BOOK DIARY - Simple Secrets That Can Keep Your Book On Track

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Lisa Gardner - SUCCESSFUL REWRITING : Pairing Down and Fleshing Out

5:30 pm - 6:20 pm Authors from all Craftfest classes will sign inside Bookstore

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CRAFTFEST COCKTAIL PARTY Hosted by GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING Manhattan Ballroom




ROOM : CARNEGIE/ALVIN

9:00 am - 9:50 am Allison Brennan - NO PLOTTERS ALLOWED

10:00 am -10:50 am D.P. Lyle, MD - VOICE. WHOSE STORY IS IT?

CRAFTFEST CLASSES

11:00am- 11:50am D.P. Lyle, MD - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHARACTER MOTIVATION

11:50 am - 12:20 pm Grant Blackwood - THE ELEMENTS OF BIG THRILLERS

12:30 pm - 1:50p am William Bernhardt - THE CHARACTER-DRIVEN THRILLER: Giving Readers a Reason to Care

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Steven James - SIX SECRETS TO NOVEL WRITING THAT NO ONE EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT

5:30 pm - 6:20 pm Authors from all Craftfest classes will sign inside Bookstore

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CRAFTFEST COCKTAIL PARTY Hosted by GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING Manhattan Ballroom
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