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Creative Writing Workshop Series

Ideas & Impact with Don Ake
2025-02-01 10:30:00 2025-02-01 11:30:00 America/New_York Creative Writing Workshop Series Don Ake will discuss his idea process as well as how to determine the impact you want to have on your readers and how to get there. Bring some writing samples to share with the group if you wish. Barry Askren Memorial Branch Library -

Saturday, February 01
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2025-02-01 10:30:00 2025-02-01 11:30:00 America/New_York Creative Writing Workshop Series Don Ake will discuss his idea process as well as how to determine the impact you want to have on your readers and how to get there. Bring some writing samples to share with the group if you wish. Barry Askren Memorial Branch Library -

Don Ake will discuss his idea process as well as how to determine the impact you want to have on your readers and how to get there. Bring some writing samples to share with the group if you wish.

Don Ake will discuss his idea process as well as how to determine the impact you want to have on your readers and how to get there. Bring some writing samples to share with the group if you wish.

Don blogs about diverse subjects: humor, life issues, and economics, on blogger.com. He has written five books to date: three humor books, Deep Heavy Stuff: Thoughts and Essays for Enriching Your Life, and his latest, Stand Your Ground Forecasting: Mastering the Qualitative and Soft Skills for Forecasters and Business Analysts. Don has a B.S.B.A. and an M.B.A. from The University of Akron and has taught economics and marketing courses at two universities.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Creative Writing |

TAGS: | writers | creative | #writing |

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