Writers' Corner

Winter Garden Branch (Winter Garden - Technology Lab)

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.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

If you're feeling like your writing is good, but not yet great, push your skills to the next level. Author Janice Hardy will discuss 10 ways to improve your writing skills and stories to get to "Wow!"

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

Author and Editor Kristen Stieffel will teach how to determine what descriptive style best fits your genre, story, and voice. Learn to engage the senses, keep descriptions in proportion, and more.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

Learn how to take your scenes to greater heights with book editor and author, Lorin Oberweger. Create richer and more dynamic moments that lead to a much more satisfying work.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

Improving your writing craft is the best way to increase your chances of publishing success. Author Jennie Jarvis will discuss how to find and create educational opportunities to improve your writing.

Southeast Branch (Southeast - Ask at Desk)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing; Community & Citizenship; Education & Learning

Earn community service hours by becoming involved in Southeast's teen literary and creative arts magazine. Ages 13-18.

Winter Garden Branch (Winter Garden - Technology Lab)

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.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

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.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

Have you been told "show, don't tell" or not to use passive voice? Authors José Pablo Iriarte and Elle E. Ire will discuss why these writing rules and more exist and when you can safely break them.

Online (Virtual Room - EPD)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing

In this interactive fiction workshop with Sheree Greer, writers will use writing prompts to explore character interiority and how to avoid melodrama and sentimentality while raising emotional stakes.