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Registration opens:
October 18th, 2025

There Are Only Seven Stories in the World

A writers' workshop
2025-11-17 19:00:00 2025-11-17 20:00:00 America/Chicago There Are Only Seven Stories in the World Warren-Newport Public Library - Meeting Room A/B

Monday, November 17
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-11-17 19:00:00 2025-11-17 20:00:00 America/Chicago There Are Only Seven Stories in the World Presented by Sara Fujimura Warren-Newport Public Library - Meeting Room A/B

Presented by Sara Fujimura

Learn how to write stories that resonate on a subconscious level.

If you boil them down, there are only seven stories in the world. In this hands-on, interactive workshop, participants learn how to create stories that connect with readers on a subconscious level. Whether you write novels, screenplays, video game scripts, or fanfiction, this workshop is for all kinds of storytellers.

Sara Fujimura started as a journalist, so it is no surprise that her young adult romance books contain a lot of fact to go along with the fiction.  She relishes in taking readers on swoony journeys to unusual places.  She is the author of Tanabata Wish, Breathe, Faking Reality, and Every Reason We Shouldn't, which was named one of NPR's best books of 2020.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Reading & Writing |

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