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Story Elements: Plot & Prose

Writer's Workshop
2023-10-04 19:00:00 2023-10-04 20:00:00 America/Chicago Story Elements: Plot & Prose Learn how to craft a riveting plot while perfecting your prose. Main Library - Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Wednesday, October 04
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-10-04 19:00:00 2023-10-04 20:00:00 America/Chicago Story Elements: Plot & Prose Learn how to craft a riveting plot while perfecting your prose. Main Library - Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Main Library

Robeson Pavilion Room A & B

Learn how to craft a riveting plot while perfecting your prose.

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.

Writer's Workshop Series:

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

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Workshop |

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