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The Wright Side of Dark Guides
Find inspiration to write your first thriller
You've read the thrillers. Now write your own.
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The Wright Side of Dark Guides are 30-day workbooks designed for aspiring thriller writers who are ready to stop dreaming and start drafting. Each guide focuses on a different subgenre (domestic thriller, Southern Gothic, romantic thriller) and walks you through the craft, scene by scene, secret by secret.
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Every day offers two prompt options with examples, so you can follow the path that fits your story. By Day 30, you'll have the foundation for a thriller that keeps readers up past midnight.
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Created by CherAnn Wright, thriller author, educator, and literacy specialist, these guides combine the instincts of a working writer with the clarity of an experienced teacher.
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No fluff. No filler. Just practical guidance from someone in the trenches.
30- Days, 60 Prompts
Meet the Thriller Writing Series
What if the person you trust most is the one you should fear?
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Domestic thrillers tap into our deepest anxieties—secrets at the dinner table, lies in the marriage bed, danger hiding behind a polished front door.
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This 30-day workbook guides you from first spark to full foundation. Each day, choose between two prompts. Each prompt includes an example to unlock your imagination. By the end, you'll have a cast of characters, a house full of secrets, and a twist worth writing.
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Perfect for aspiring thriller writers ready to explore the dark side of home.
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30 days. 60 prompts. One story waiting to be told.
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A Wright Side of Dark Guide by CherAnn Wright
Some secrets are buried so deep they become the foundation.
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Southern Gothic thrillers live in the space between beauty and decay: crumbling estates, suffocating family legacies, and sins that pass from generation to generation like heirlooms no one asked for.
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This 30-day workbook guides you through the genre's dark heart. Each day, choose between two prompts. Each prompt includes an example to spark your imagination. By the end, you'll have a haunted protagonist, a landscape thick with atmosphere, and a family secret ready to surface.
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Perfect for writers drawn to moss-drapedt mystery and the rot beneath Southern charm.
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30 days. 60 prompts.
One reckoning waiting to be written.
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A Wright Side of Dark Guide by CherAnn Wright
It started with chemistry. It ended with survival.
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Romantic thrillers walk the knife's edge between passion and peril, where the person you're falling for might be the one you need to escape.
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This 30-day workbook guides you through building both the romance and the threat. Each day, choose between two prompts. Each prompt includes an example to fuel your story. By the end, you'll have a love story that ignites, a web of manipulation, and a protagonist fighting to survive.
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Perfect for writers who want hearts racing for more than one reason.
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30 days. 60 prompts.
One dangerous love story waiting to unfold.
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A Wright Side of Dark Guide by CherAnn Wright