Tools to Make Your Short Story Better
Writer's Workshop
Wednesday, October 16
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
The StudioIn this workshop, local author Ekta Garg will help writers enhance their stories using the book The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi.
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.
- Sep 4, Where to Begin, 7 pm
- Sep 18, Story Elements: Characterization, 7 pm
- Oct 2, Story Elements: Building Tension, 7 pm
- Oct 16, Tools to Make Your Short Story Better, 7 pm
- Nov 6, Finishing Your Story, 7 pm
- Nov 20, Short Story Awards Ceremony & Reading, 7 pm
- Dec 4, Open Mic Night, 7 pm
Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries due Friday, November 8, 2024. Visit champaign.org/short-story for additional details.
Main Library
Our beautiful, state-of-the-art Main Library opened on January 6, 2008. You’ll find a wide variety of books, movies, and music, as well as free events for all ages. Looking for tech options? We offer free Wifi, dozens of public computers with internet access, and public meeting rooms.