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Writing Tension and Anticipation in Your Fiction
2026-03-01 16:00:00 2026-03-01 17:00:00 America/New_York Writing Tension and Anticipation in Your Fiction Tension and anticipation are often the unsung—but critical—keys to story success. Lorin Oberweger will discuss the balance of those elements as they relate to story, scene structure, style, and more. Online - Virtual Room - EPD

Sunday, March 01
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Add to Calendar 2026-03-01 16:00:00 2026-03-01 17:00:00 America/New_York Writing Tension and Anticipation in Your Fiction Tension and anticipation are often the unsung—but critical—keys to story success. Lorin Oberweger will discuss the balance of those elements as they relate to story, scene structure, style, and more. Online - Virtual Room - EPD

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Virtual Room - EPD

Tension and anticipation are often the unsung—but critical—keys to story success. Lorin Oberweger will discuss the balance of those elements as they relate to story, scene structure, style, and more.

This event will not be recorded and playback will not be available. Please arrive on time.

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AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | writers | promo | epd | bb-writers-corner |

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