Mastering Suspense in All Genres
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Award-winning author Jane K. Cleland will present a talk on mastering suspense in all genres and how to create spine-tingling suspense by escalating conflict and raising the stakes. She will address how to optimize the story-driving potential of four kinds of conflict: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Jane is the author of Beat the Bots: An Author's Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Age of AI; Mastering Suspense, Structure and Plot and Mastering Plot Twists; Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries.
In addition, Sacramento Book Festival Chair Scott Coatsworth will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the festival, its genesis and a sneak peak for the 2026 event.
We hope to see you there.
Tickets $15 at the door or at **cwcsacramentowriters.org**
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Mastering suspense across genres; format: talk for writers. Outcome: learn to escalate physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual conflicts to heighten stakes.
AI summary
By Meetup
Mastering suspense across genres; format: talk for writers. Outcome: learn to escalate physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual conflicts to heighten stakes.