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Adult Creative Writing- Afternoon Class
2026-08-04 13:00:00 2026-08-04 14:00:00 America/New_York Adult Creative Writing- Afternoon Class This is a safe space to tap into your creativity with writing prompts. Join us! McDonough Public Library - Gary Barham Community Studio, Memory Lab @ Gary Barham Community Studio

Tuesday, August 04
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-08-04 13:00:00 2026-08-04 14:00:00 America/New_York Adult Creative Writing- Afternoon Class This is a safe space to tap into your creativity with writing prompts. Join us! McDonough Public Library - Gary Barham Community Studio, Memory Lab @ Gary Barham Community Studio

McDonough Public Library

Gary Barham Community Studio, Memory Lab @ Gary Barham Community Studio

This is a safe space to tap into your creativity with writing prompts. Join us!

How it works:

Using a magazine, you'll flip through and circle 3 words and a number. Then you give it to someone in the group and in turn you will also receive one. From there, we take our words and write free-style for 10 minutes. After that, we read aloud what we wrote. Write fiction, non-fiction, a kid's story, a newspaper article, anything you are feeling. This is a no-judgement zone. We welcome ALL literacy levels and adults of all reading, writing and speaking abilities. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Social | Games | Arts & Cultural |

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McDonough Public Library
mendy.makowski@henrylibraries.org
Phone: 678-432-5353, ext. 6
Branch manager
Mendy Makowski
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We're closed Saturday July 04 due to Independence Day
Mon, Jun 29 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 30 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Wed, Jul 01 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 02 12:00PM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jul 03 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 04 Closed
(Independence Day)
Sun, Jul 05 Closed
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This is a safe space to tap into your creativity with writing prompts. Join us!
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