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Where to Begin
Writer's Workshop
Learn the basics of how to plan out and start writing a short story from local author, Molly MacRae.
About the presenter: The Boston Globe says Molly MacRae writes "murder with a dose of drollery." She's the award-winning author of the Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries and the Highland Bookshop Mysteries. As Margaret Welch, she writes for Annie's Fiction. Molly's short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine since 1990. After twenty years in northeast Tennessee, Molly lives in Champaign, Illinois.
Registration is encouraged.
- Sep 7, Where to Begin, 7 pm
- Sep 21, Story Elements: Setting and Suspense, 7 pm
- Oct 5, Story Elements: Pacing and Point of View, 7 pm
- Oct 19, Story Elements: Conflict and Resolution, 7 pm
- Nov 2, Finishing Your Story, 7 pm
- Nov 30, Short Story Awards Ceremony & Reading, 7 pm
Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries due November 11. Visit champaign.org/short-story for additional details.
Registration is closed.
Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
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