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On 3/30, writer Kat Falls is leading a new workshop, The Big Bad: Writing an Antagonist. This online session will be a deep dive into understanding and developing a good villain by covering motivations, overused tropes, and more. Sign up today! https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/classes/the-big-bad-writing-an-antagonist-with-kat-falls/

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Congratulations to Delilah North and Bridget Cozzi, the winners of our 2022 Youth Writing Contest! The talented poet Zach Green was the judge of this year’s competition. To read the full poems and submissions by other finalists, head over to our youth programs page! https://t.co/xYct4okU6A

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Have the lauded author of THE BOOK OF LOST SAINTS, Daniel Jose Older, attend your book club! The winner of this auction also gets three signed copies of Daniel's novel. https://t.co/H3qwMlnwAX https://t.co/vrHvJ2zS7D

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Not quite sure where to start with your YA Character? @dasantomauro is here to help in her course “Crafting YA Characters,” beginning on 11/30! Learn the essentials and apply them uniquely to your story! https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/creative-writing/crafting-ya-characters-with-denise-santomauro/

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@shereelgreer is leading the multi-week workshop, Reckoning with Remembrance: On Memoir and Memory, and it starts TONIGHT! Students will learn tips for crafting memoir and personal essays through readings, exercises, and revision. Sign up below! https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/classes/reckoning-with-remembrance-on-memoir-and-memory-with-sheree-greer/

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Roxane Gay is a New York Times bestselling author. Her work, which includes Bad Feminist, Hunger, and Ayiti, has been critically acclaimed. Her most recent publication is The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. Roxane is currently a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

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What is the one thing writers love more than writing? Geeking out about what they read! On July 10th, come geek out with writers @finejuli and @katie_gutz about "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier, either in person or on zoom! Register here: https://t.co/AaTn9t1lxm

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Roxane Gay is a New York Times bestselling author. Her work, which includes Bad Feminist, Hunger, and Ayiti, has been critically acclaimed. Her most recent publication is The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. Roxane is currently a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

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@DionnaGIrons @rebeccamakkai @EllenBlumBarish @Ginafrangello @C_Russell_Price @QueenLilyBe @finejuli will be bringing her considerable talents to our fiction tract! She is the author of The Upstairs House, winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction, and What Should Be Wild, which was shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Superior First Novel Award.

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Roxane Gay is a New York Times bestselling author. Her work, which includes Bad Feminist, Hunger, and Ayiti, has been critically acclaimed. Her most recent publication is The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. Roxane is currently a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

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