Willamette Writers Eugene Presents

Writing and Rewriting with Dante Zúñiga-West

Good writing is rewriting. While it’s romantic to think the first draft of a writer’s work can be a perfect rendition, purely sourced from a fresh imaginative state, this simply isn’t the case. Good writing is rewriting because effective storytelling requires acute attention to detail. In this talk, we’ll explore simple methods and tools of the trade that help a writer hone and revise newly written work. We’ll unravel elements of wordplay, style, and economy of language as we pursue the craft of revision.

About Dante Zúñiga-West

Dante Zúñiga-West is a storyteller who lives in the coastal mountain range of Oregon. He is the author of Rumble Young Man Rumble (2014, Zharmae Press), founder of the Oregon-based writing collective known as The Stonecutters Union, and serves as Head of School at the Wellsprings Friends School. His writing is frequently published in alternative newspapers, lifestyle magazines, and adventure journals. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Cal Arts and a BA in Creative Writing from The Evergreen State College.

Join the Eugene chapter of Willamette Writers on Tuesday, March 28 from 6-7:45 pm in partnership with the Eugene Public Library.

How to Join Us

This event is free and open to the public, available in person at Downtown Eugene Public Library, 100 W 10th Ave, and online. Register in advance online at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-Gpqj4qGdfbpSl_j-CP7g4anQmx_A2W

Please read Zoom details below.

About your chapter meetings

Willamette Writers meetings are open to all writers, 18 and up. Guests are welcome to make a donation to help support the cost of the meeting (we believe in paying our speakers for their time and skills). This meeting is run by volunteers. We look forward to seeing you there!

Young writers are encouraged to join our Young Willamette Writers meetings. Sign Up! Any high school or middle-grade writers are welcome to join us. Sign up for our email list at: http://eepurl.com/hRubBf  A registration link will be sent to our email list before our next meeting.

MASKING: Willamette Writers continues to require mask-wearing at our in-person, indoor meetings. If you are unable to mask, we invite you to join us at one of our online Chapter Meetings. Here is a link to our policies.

Zoom Details

You have to be logged into your own personal Zoom account to attend this meeting (to create a FREE account, go to Zoom.us).

Once you are logged in to your own personal zoom account, register for the meeting in the link provided above.

On the day of the meeting, log into your Zoom account and then click the link zoom sent you in your email when you registered with the link above. If you are logged into your personal zoom account, you can also click the link above and register again if you need to. If you have not done this before, we encourage you to try logging in a half hour before the meeting begins. We had to change our meeting access because of a few inappropriate guests, but we want to continue to keep our meetings open to the public.