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Writing Workshop: How to Write Dialogue
2026-06-11 19:00:00 2026-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York Writing Workshop: How to Write Dialogue Author Alex Stacy explores the dos and don'ts of using dialogue effectively in your writing. Learn how well-crafted dialogue helps a story, while poor dialogue can drag it down. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Thursday, June 11
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-11 19:00:00 2026-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York Writing Workshop: How to Write Dialogue Author Alex Stacy explores the dos and don'ts of using dialogue effectively in your writing. Learn how well-crafted dialogue helps a story, while poor dialogue can drag it down. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Sterling Library

Meeting Room A + B

Author Alex Stacy explores the dos and don'ts of using dialogue effectively in your writing. Learn how well-crafted dialogue helps a story, while poor dialogue can drag it down.

Read more about Alex Stacy 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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