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SUMMARY:How to Begin a Story
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DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of how to plan out and start writing a your s
 tory..\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/event/16738441
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the presenter:</strong> Jean
 ette Watts is the author of Jane Austen Lied to Me\, My Dearest Miss Fairf
 ax\, Wealth and Privilege\, and Brains and Beauty. She has an honorable me
 ntion in the Rainbow Awards for her adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion
 . Jeanette also won the 2023 Firebird Awards in both Chick Lit and Romance
  for her latest novel\, My Dearest Miss Fairfax. Besides writing historica
 l fiction\, satires\, and LGBTQ+ romance\, she has also written television
  commercials\, one-act melodramas\, Old West saloon shows\, dance textbook
 s\, and marketing newspapers. She has also written unproduced television a
 nd movie scripts and unpublished erotica. You could say she just like word
 s.</p>\n<p>Registration is encouraged.</p>\n<p><a href="https://champaign.
 org/events?types=Workshop&amp\;term=Writer%27s%20Workshop">Writer's Worksh
 op Series</a>:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sep 2\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event
 /how-to-begin-a-short-story-16738441">How to Begin a Story</a>\, 7 pm</li>
 \n<li>Sep 16\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/story-elements-point-o
 f-view-16738668">Story Elements: Point of View</a>\, 7 pm<br /><br /></li>
 \n<li>Oct 7\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/story-elements-setting-
 16743842">Story Elements: Setting</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>Oct 21\, <a href="h
 ttps://champaign.org/event/writers-lounge-16743960">Writers Lounge</a>\, 7
  pm<br /><br /></li>\n<li>Nov 4\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/fin
 ishing-your-story-16744002">Finishing Your Story</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>Nov 
 18\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/short-story-awards-ceremony-read
 ing-16744019">Short Story Awards Ceremony &amp\; Reading</a>\, 7 pm<br /><
 br /></li>\n<li>Dec 2\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/writing-creat
 ive-nonfiction-16744090">Writing Creative Nonfiction</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li>
 Dec 16\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/crafting-chemistry-how-to-wr
 ite-a-romance-16744119">Crafting Chemistry: How to Write a Romance</a>\, 7
  pm</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Interested in our Short Story Contest? Entries are due
  by Friday\, November 6\, 2026. Visit <a href="https://champaign.org/about
 /news/short-story-contest-hosted-by-champaign-library">champaign.org/short
 -story</a> for additional details.</p>\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/even
 t/16738441
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