Library hours for Thanksgiving holiday.

The library will close early at 4pm on Wednesday, November 27th.  

The library will be closed Thursday, November 28th in observance of Thanksgiving Day. 

The library will reopen on Friday, November 29th at 9:30am. 

Write Your Way: Virtual Short Story Writing Workshop

Program Type:

Author Talk, Education, Workshop

Age Group:

Adults
Registration for this event will be open from December 6, 2024 @ 6:30pm to January 6, 2025 @ 5:30pm.

Event Details

Unlock the secrets of crafting compelling short stories in this immersive workshop designed for aspiring writers. 

From generating ideas and developing characters to crafting engaging plots and prose, this course provides the essential tools and techniques needed to bring your short stories to life.

Gabrielle Esposito holds a degree in Creative Writing from SUNY Geneseo. Her short stories have appeared in esteemed publications such as The Manhattanville Review, 34TH Parallel, and Gandy Dancer, among others. Notably, her story “The Way Home” earned second place in the 2023 Doro Boehme Fiction Editors’ Prize and was nominated for the 2024 Best American Short Stories anthology.

In addition to her writing, Gabrielle is an Adult Programming Librarian based in the Hudson Valley region of New York. She dedicates her free time to teaching writing workshops at local libraries and editing manuscripts for talented authors.