Free Workshops for Writers
Make the leap from fan to creator: Finish that comic book you've always meant to write with comics editor, cartoonist, and instructor Abe Erskine on Saturday, April 4, at the Main Library. Then, learn how place can inform your writing in a free workshop with New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash on Saturday, April 11, at Southeast Library.
Writer's Lab: You Can Finish Your Story
Do you have a story idea that you cherish, but it feels way too overwhelming to actually make progress on? Join us from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, for a free workshop at Main Library (during Jax Pop Con Vol. 3). Using actionable and organized writing strategies applicable to any kind of writing project, comics editor and creator Abe Erskine will help divide your process into manageable chunks that result in small victories instead of more lost time.
Abe Erskine is an experienced comics editor, cartoonist, and Art League of Jacksonville instructor who loves learning about the stories his students hold most dear. For over seven years to date, Abe has worked as a full-time graphic novel colorist for clients such as Disney, Abrams, Macmillan, and Simon and Schuster. He previously served as an webcomic editor for Tapas Media, and his work is credited in over 500 episodes of officially localized Korean and Chinese webtoons on their platform.
Writer's Lab: Writing in Place
In this 90-minute workshop, starting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, at Southeast Library, New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses how place can inform, limit, and embolden you and the characters you're writing about.
Wiley Cash is the author of four novels, including A Land More Kind than Home, and the founder of This Is Working, an online creative community. He’s been a fellow at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and he teaches fiction writing and literature at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He is the 2025 recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature, the state’s highest civilian honor.
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