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How to Hook Your Reader
with John David Anderson
2025-03-04 18:00:00
2025-03-04 19:30:00
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.
Haughville Branch -
Tuesday, March 04
6:00pm - 7:30pm
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2025-03-04 18:00:00
2025-03-04 19:30:00
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.
Haughville Branch -
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 Skills | Writing | Meet an Author, Be an Author |
Haughville Branch
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About the branch
The longest continuously-operating branch in the IndyPL system began on the city’s east side in 1896 but moved to the village of Haughville after 1897. The branch’s many homes included the former town hall on Germania Avenue in which a fire in 1904 partially destroyed the building. After the fire, a storefront in the Michigan Plaza Shopping Center was constructed that operated until 2003, when the current 12,000-square-foot library opened on West Michigan Street.