How Adam Roach Turned a 100-Word Flash Fiction into a Thriller Series

In this episode of The Thriller Pitch Podcast, I’m joined by Adam Roach, author of The Ritualist. Adam talks about how a 100-word flash fiction piece he wrote for a horror contest became the starting point for his thriller series.

We discuss the original flash fiction, what judges said about expanding it, and how that idea eventually became a full-length novel. Adam also talks about writing scenes by visualizing them like a movie, how his approach to outlining changes depending on the project, and why he doesn’t focus heavily on detailed police procedural research.

The conversation also touches on writing villains, long-running antagonists, and how Adam thinks about continuing a story across multiple books.

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