North River Arts Society Writers Workshop

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 7 PM GRUB STREET SOUTH AT BUTTONWOOD "designed to get writer's writng" at Buttonwood Books & Toys Presenter: HALLIE EPHRON TOPIC: Writing Suspense CLASS DESCRIPTION You know it when you feel it. Suspense is what makes it impossible to put the book down and turn off the light. Whether you’re writing a novel that’s primarily a mystery, a thriller, or suspense, suspense is that essential ingredient that turns the book into a “page turner.” In this workshop the class will talk about what makes suspense work, including the variety of tools a writer can use to create suspense and to modulate it, and how to manage suspense in a book-length work. HALLIE EPHRON is is an award-winning mystery revIewer for the Boston Globe. She is the author of several popular books, including the recently released Come and Find Me, a suspenseful novel about a recluse who works and lives online and must brave the “real world” when her sister goes missing. Hallie's other titles 1001 Books for Every Mood and The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel. Ephron lives near Boston, Massachusetts. This is a free event however reservations are requested. Please call Buttonwood at 1-781-383-2665 to reserve. Come and Find Me: A Novel of Suspense By Ephron, Hallie 2011-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780061857522 - Hardcover Your Price: $24.99 Available The author of "Never Tell a Lie" returns with a page-turning novel of psychological suspense, in which a recluse who works and lives online must brave the real world after her sister goes missing. ...More