Monthly Meetings
Hybrid Hillsboro: The Power of Themes
Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Hillsboro Chapter Presents Exploring the Power of Themes with Fran McReynolds This meeting is online and in-person. Themes are a fundamental component of impactful writing that engages the reader. In written and oral storytelling, a theme adds strength to our narrative. For writers, themes provide guidance. Themes can help determine what to include…
FilmLab Happy Hour – Online – Practice Your Pitch
Online Portland, OR, United StatesFilmLab Happy Hour - Practice Your Pitch! Online: Practice Your Pitch Are you thinking about pitching at the Willamette Writers Conference? Or maybe you’re excited to share your work, but don’t know how? Perhaps you’re wondering what it’s like to pitch to an industry professional. Join us online at the FilmLab Happy Hour meeting on June 14th from…
Coast Chapter – Willamette Writers Open Mic Meeting
Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Coast Chapter Open Mic Meeting The Willamette Writers Coast Chapter invites coastal writers and authors to join us on Saturday, June 17th from 2 pm to 3:30 pm for an in-person-only meeting at the Newport Public Library for an Open Mic program highlighting personal work. Each writer will have five minutes to present…
Online Vancouver: Pitch Practice
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWillamette Writers Vancouver Presents Pitch Practice A successful screenplay discussion. This meeting is online-only. We’re wrapping up another sizzling season at the Vancouver Chapter with a “Pitch Practice” themed meeting! Whether your novel’s ready to pitch (like at the upcoming WW annual conference ), whether you're deep in multi-draft edits, or whether your project's still the…
Corvallis: Elevator Pitches
Corvallis Community Center 2601 NW Tyler AveWillamette Writers Corvallis Presents The Thirty-Second Introduction for Writers, An Interactive Exercise This meeting is In-Person Only. An elevator pitch is a simple, concise introduction designed to present between stops on an elevator or any place else where you only have a minute. Writers often think of it in terms of a book, but it…
Hybrid Eugene: Blackout Poetry with Jennifer Rood
Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OREugene Chapter of Willamette Writers Presents Blackout Poetry with Jennifer Rood This meeting is online and in-person at the Eugene Public Library. Come ready to have fun and learn about how to create blackout poetry in this hands-on workshop with poet Jennifer Rood online and at the Eugene Public Library, on June 27th at 6:15…
Hybrid Portland: Earning Money Writing with Jessie Kwak
1336 NW Flanders Portland, ORWillamette Writers Portland Presents The Nuts and Bolts of Earning Money Writing with Jessie Kwak Learn the art of earning money as a writer from Jessie Kwak at the September 5th, Tuesday evening meeting of the Willamette Writers Portland chapter. The doors open at 6:30 PM in-person and the Zoom Room opens at 6:45PM. The…
Hybrid YWW North & South: Story Plotting with Erin Riha
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Young Willamette Writers Presents Story Plotting with Erin Riha Join us at our next YWW meeting on September 9, 11 am-12 pm PT. We can't wait to have Erin Riha join us at the Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th Street, or online. Our Southern Oregon Young Willamette Writers will also be joining so we…
Salem: Picnic at the Park
Woodmansee Park 4629 Sunnyside Rd SE, Salem, ORJoin us at the park! Your Salem Chapter invites you to join us on September 9th from 11AM-3PM, at the Woodmansee Park Shelter in SE Salem (4629 Sunnyside Rd SE, Salem, OR 97302) for a picnic lunch! We have reserved the shelter by the playground next to the second parking lot. Bring your lunch…
Hybrid Hillsboro: Beginnings with Linda Needham
Willamette Writers Hillsboro Chapter Presents Beginnings with Linda Needham "Where Do I Begin?" you ask. That's always an author's first question, whether it's coming up with an idea or theme to write about, or plotting and organizing their story, or knowing where in the storyline to start Chapter One. There are many places to begin.…