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Podcast: The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast
Episode: Suspense! with Tara Laskowski
Description: Happy Halloween, litwits! Feeling inspired to write your first thriller? You’ll need to know all about how to use suspense in your writing! But suspense isn’t just for Stephen King, it’s useful in any genre. Whether it appears in a plot twist or the space between two lines of a poem, suspense is key to hooking and surprising your reader. Thriller-writer Tara Laskowski talks about building tension and creating space, Dan Knowlton guest-hosts with Rachel Coonce, and they show us their most suspenseful selves! Plus, we hear Halloween poems from Sarah Ann Winn, Lucian Mattison, and Donal Illich