Amber Cowie will cover key elements of writing riveting stories that make readers want to stay up all night. This one-hour workshop will focus on the specific expectations of the genre (including the inciting incident, gathering allies and enemies, and the “all is lost moment”) that ratchet up tension and lead to a satisfying conclusion. In the session, participants will develop a story outline that employs twists, tropes, and turns to create thrilling fiction.
Bio
Amber Cowie is a novelist living in a small town on the west coast of British Columbia. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Globe and Mail, Crime Reads, and Scary Mommy and has been endorsed by numerous bestsellers including Samantha M. Bailey, Shannon Kirk, Kerry Lonsdale, Catherine McKenzie, Robyn Harding, and Blake Crouch. Her first novel, Rapid Falls, was a Whistler Book Awards nominee, hit number one overall on Amazon, and was a top-100 bestselling Kindle book of 2018.
She is a mother of two and reader of many. She likes skiing, running and making up stories that make her internet search history unnerving.
Her next book, The Off Season, will be released by Simon and Schuster Canada in spring 2024.