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Arcs and Themes and What Your Book Means

Writer in Residence
2025-03-22 10:00:00 2025-03-22 12:00:00 America/Phoenix Arcs and Themes and What Your Book Means Tempe Public Library - Ironwood Classroom

Saturday, March 22
10:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-22 10:00:00 2025-03-22 12:00:00 America/Phoenix Arcs and Themes and What Your Book Means Learn to use themes in our work. Tempe Public Library - Ironwood Classroom

Tempe Public Library

Ironwood Classroom

Learn to use themes in our work.

Every book has a theme, and in this workshop, we’ll explore how we as writers can use theme to say what we want to say with our work.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Writing |

TAGS: | Writing | Writer in Residence |

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