recipe for a thriller

Thriller is a broad genre of literature, thrillers are called thrillers because of the techniques they contain. They contain fast-pacing action scenes along suspense. Red herrings are also involved in thrillers, red-herrings are when a hero or villain is swapped over to the opposite. For example in North By Northwest Roger Thornhill is a hero but in the film he is portrayed as the villain. In many thrillers there is a pot that is being driven by a villain. Long the way of overcoming the driven plot the hero has to accomplish obstacles in his way to achieve what they want, going back to North by Northwest Roger Thornhill has to accomplish avoiding getting killed by a plane that has been sent to kill him.