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How to Hook Your Reader

with John David Anderson

2025-03-11 11:00:00 2025-03-11 12:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis How to Hook Your Reader Have you ever picked up a book in the bookstore, read the first paragraph, and then put it right back on the shelf? Readers need to be hooked from the start, but many authors find beginnings challenging. Irvington Branch -

Tuesday, March 11
11:00am - 12:30pm

Have you ever picked up a book in the bookstore, read the first paragraph, and then put it right back on the shelf? Readers need to be hooked from the start, but many authors find beginnings challenging.

Join us as we take a look at what makes for an effective opening sentence/paragraph/page, analyzing examples, discussing options, and then trying our hand at fashioning these little barbs ourselves. 

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

Get your creative juices flowing with this Creative Writing Inspiration list.  or consider these Best Books for the Aspiring Novelist. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Class/Workshop |

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

Irvington Branch

Phone: 317-275-4450

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We're closed Monday November 02 due to Staff Training
Mon, Nov 02 Closed
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Tue, Nov 03 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Nov 04 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Nov 05 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Nov 06 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Nov 07 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Nov 08 Closed

About the branch

This branch has served the Irvington community since 1903 when the Bona Thompson Library was donated to Butler College and soon became a public library branch. Following relocations in 1914 and 1921, a new facility was built on East Washington Street in 1956 and named for Irvington’s distinguished citizen, Hilton U. Brown. The Brown Branch closed its doors in 2001 to make way for the current 16,000-square-foot Irvington Branch that opened later that year.

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