{"id":30495,"date":"2012-10-05T23:51:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T05:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/writing-thrillers-ian-fleming-style.html"},"modified":"2012-10-05T23:51:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T05:51:45","slug":"writing-thrillers-ian-fleming-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/writing-thrillers-ian-fleming-style.html","title":{"rendered":"Writing thrillers, Ian Fleming style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody will ever call Ian Fleming politically correct, but this rather shotgun essay on &quot;How To Write A Thriller&quot; has some good advice for writing (insofar as I would recognize it).<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dianeduane.com%2Fimages%2FBond.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2012\/10\/05\/for-world-james-bond-day-how-to-write-a-thriller-by-ian-fleming\/'>For World James Bond Day: The Complete &quot;How To Write A Thriller&quot;, by Ian Fleming<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost versions of this essay you&#39;ll see are not the complete one. This is it.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WG2SMyBGzHX' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody will ever call Ian Fleming politically correct, but this rather shotgun essay on &quot;How To Write A Thriller&quot; has some good advice for writing (insofar as I would recognize it). 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