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"Thriller" - how thrilling must it be?

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Topic: "Thriller" - how thrilling must it be?

Posted By: HardtobetheBard
Subject: "Thriller" - how thrilling must it be?
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 7:15pm

I have the thriller genre and am completely stuck for ideas.

The genre guide by NYC says it should be fast, action-packed and plotty, but I was just working if anyone has had success with slower, more psychological type thrillers, or whether that would be classed as suspense and end up being disqualified?

Thanks!

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Posted By: jacksilver
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 7:20pm

I think the judges are fairly lenient on things like that if it's a good script.

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Posted By: NilesPerry
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 11:43pm

I think "Wait Until Dark" (1967) with Audrey Hepburn is a top-notch thriller. There's a lot of plot, but it's not fast and action-packed by any means. Write something like that and you should be fine.