Writers' Corner
Whether you're a seasoned author or just starting out, these quick and insightful videos offer practical advice to help you improve your writing skills, spark creativity, and overcome common challenges. Watch, learn, and take your writing to the next level!
Watch clips from past Writers Corner events and videos featuring tips from bestselling authors.
Upcoming Events
Writing, Revising, and Selling a Memoir
An author and agent perspective
Online (Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Tiffany Graham Charkosky, author of LIVING PROOF: HOW LOVED DEFIED GENETIC LEGACY, and her literary agent Laurie Dennison will offer an author and agent perspective on how to write and sell a memoir.
Learn more>Online (Virtual Room - EPD)
Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Creative practice is essential to a writer's development. Author Sheree Greer will lead an interactive, generative workshop to help writers explore their prose.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Networking in our industry is vital to building a support system and finding opportunities. Author and filmmaker Jennie Jarvis will discuss the basics of building your professional network.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Join your fellow writers for critique, discussion, and camaraderie. Writers of all genres and experience are welcome. Please attend one meeting before submitting a piece for critique.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss how to best prepare for a career as an author before landing the first book deal.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Writing time often suffers when other responsibilities demand our attention. Author and editor Alli Martin will discuss making the most of your writing time and managing your productivity.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Author and editor Lorin Oberweger will discuss how and why to make your character suffer to effectively enhance their character arc.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Author and editor Kristen Stieffel will explain how to craft a story in which the external plot takes the character on an inner transformational journey.
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Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Author's voice is one of the most often noted elements in agent and editor rejections AND acceptances. Author Ginny Myers Sain will discuss how to find and develop your writing voice.
Learn more>Winter Garden Branch (Winter Garden - Program Area)
Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing
Attend an hour-long workshop with local writers as we brainstorm ideas, discuss writing methods, and give constructive feedback. Submissions must be sent ahead of time. Recommended for adults.
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