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Writing Workshop: How to Create Compelling Characters

2026-05-14 19:00:00 2026-05-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Writing Workshop: How to Create Compelling Characters Author Maeghan Jo Kimball shares tips and tricks for creating captivating characters. Bring your characters to this workshop and explore the questions that make them gripping and exciting. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Thursday, May 14
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-05-14 19:00:00 2026-05-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Writing Workshop: How to Create Compelling Characters Author Maeghan Jo Kimball shares tips and tricks for creating captivating characters. Bring your characters to this workshop and explore the questions that make them gripping and exciting. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Sterling Library

Meeting Room A + B

Author Maeghan Jo Kimball shares tips and tricks for creating captivating characters. Bring your characters to this workshop and explore the questions that make them gripping and exciting.

Learn more about Maeghan Jo Kimball and the Feral Writers Club here. 

Please visit and subscribe to our YouTube Channel - Loudoun County Public Library Online Programs - for more programs.

AGE GROUP: | High School | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Education/Language |

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