Where to Begin

Writer's Workshop

Learn the basics of how to plan out and start writing a short story from local author, Ekta Garg.

About the presenter: Ekta R. Garg is a freelance editor and a short story judge for both the Florida Writers Association and Saturday Writers, the St. Louis-based chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild. She hosts Biblio Breakdown, the writing podcast from The Writescast Network that now airs on her own author website, and reviews books for her book review blog, The Write Edge Bookshelf, as well as NetGalley and Bookpleasures. She lives in Central Illinois with her husband and family.

Registration is encouraged.

Writer's Workshop Series:

• Sep 6, Where to Begin, 7 pm
• Sep 20, Story Elements: Description & Dialogue, 7 pm
• Oct 4, Story Elements: Plot & Prose, 7 pm
• Oct 18, Story Elements: Cliffhangers & Climax, 7 pm
• Nov 1, Finishing Your Story, 7 pm
• Nov 29, Short Story Awards Ceremony & Reading, 7 pm
• Dec 6, Open Mic Night, 7 pm

Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries due Friday, November 10, 2023. Visit champaign.org/short-story for additional details.

Registration is closed.

Adults | Workshop

Main Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

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