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Start Your Writing Journey

Generating Ideas
2027-01-11 19:00:00 2027-01-11 20:00:00 America/New_York Start Your Writing Journey Authors Maeghan Jo Kimball and Alex Stacy discuss how to generate ideas and structure for your novel or short story, offer tips and tricks to keep writing, and suggest where to turn for help. Sterling Library - Meeting Room B

Monday, January 11
7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Sterling Library

Meeting Room B

Authors Maeghan Jo Kimball and Alex Stacy discuss how to generate ideas and structure for your novel or short story, offer tips and tricks to keep writing, and suggest where to turn for help.

Learn more about the Feral Writers Club here. 

This is a four-part series. Each program will build on the previous one, but attending all the programs is not essential. Click here for more details.

Monday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m. - Generating Ideas 

Monday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. - Generating Characters and Character Arcs

March 22, 7 p.m. - Generating Plot 

April 19, 7 p.m. - Building Your World

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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