Join us Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11 AM
at La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant in Colleyville for
Lori Freeland
Hook, Line, and Subtext:
Using Emotion to Engage Readers
Do readers miss what you’re trying to get across? Are your characters and storylines flat? It’s often the subtle addition of emotion that makes the most noise. Bring your story to life with subtext. Learn to write “between the lines” and add depth to your characters, their relationships, and the underlying meaning of what’s happening in each scene using voice descriptions, facial expressions, body language, internal thought, and internal reactions.
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Lori Freeland wrote her first story at age five. It wasn’t good, but it left her with the belief that everyone has a story to tell. An author, editor, and writing coach, she writes everything from articles to novels, lives in the Dallas area, has taught workshops at conferences across the country, and helped many writers find their voice. A mood reader, she’s into happy endings, thrills and chills, unexpected twists, and the perfect kiss. When she’s not curled up on the couch with her husband and her dog drinking too much coffee, you can find her messing with the lives of the imaginary people living inside her head.
