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How to Build Suspense - Keeping Your Readers Guessing on the Edge of Their Seats

with John F. Allen

2025-01-28 18:00:00 2025-01-28 19:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis How to Build Suspense - Keeping Your Readers Guessing on the Edge of Their Seats Learn about world building processes and how to implement them in your writing. Create, develop, and establish brave, exciting, and imaginative new worlds for stories. West Perry Branch -

Tuesday, January 28
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Learn about world building processes and how to implement them in your writing. Create, develop, and establish brave, exciting, and imaginative new worlds for stories.

Students will learn to identify and to apply a wide range of techniques and tools to create, develop and establish brave, exciting, and imaginative new worlds for their stories. They will also learn how to use settings as a character in their stories and receive tips on how to maintain continuity in their writing.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Indiana Writers Center. Check out other writing workshops at library branches this spring!

Get thinking about suspense with IndyPL Recommends Best of Suspense, Mystery, & Horror, or consider these Best Books for the Aspiring Novelist. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Class/Workshop |

TAGS: | Writing | Meet an Author, Be an Author |

West Perry Branch


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Mon, Oct 26 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Oct 27 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Oct 28 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Oct 29 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Oct 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Oct 31 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Nov 01 Closed

About the branch

Opened in 2021, this branch encompasses 24,000-square-feet and fills a service gap in the growing Perry Township community. Patrons will find a varied collection of materials at the branch, including materials in Spanish and children’s Burmese language materials to support the diverse community of immigrants who live on Indy’s south side.

Amenities include a community meeting room that can hold 203 guests, a fireplace, a marketplace, computer stations, a children's and teen zone, and an inviting outdoor patio space.

Upcoming events

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Mon, Oct 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Tue, Oct 27, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
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Wed, Oct 28, 10:30am - 11:00am

Thu, Oct 29, 10:15am - 10:45am

Thu, Oct 29, 11:00am - 11:30am

Wed, Nov 04, 10:30am - 11:00am

Wed, Nov 04, 11:15am - 11:45am

Thu, Nov 05, 10:15am - 10:45am

Thu, Nov 05, 11:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Nov 05, 5:00pm - 5:45pm

Sat, Nov 07, 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Tue, Nov 10, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Tue, Nov 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration opens Saturday, October 31 2026 at 6:30pm

Wed, Nov 11, 10:30am - 11:00am

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Thu, Nov 12, 10:15am - 10:45am

Thu, Nov 12, 10:30am - 11:15am

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Tue, Nov 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Wed, Nov 18, 10:30am - 11:00am

Thu, Nov 19, 10:15am - 10:45am

Thu, Nov 19, 11:00am - 11:30am

Tue, Nov 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration opens Saturday, November 14 2026 at 6:30pm