Monthly Meetings
Coast: Haiku with Michael Dylan Welch
Coast Chapter Presents Haiku Targets Beyond 5-7-5 with Michael Dylan Welch This meeting is online only. What do you shoot for when you write haiku? How can its strategies help your longer poetry or fiction? This presentation by Michael Dylan Welch explores the targets to aim for and why 5-7-5 is not necessarily one of…
Corvallis Chapter: Literary Open Mic
Willamette Writers on the River Presents Literary Open Mic This meeting is online only. Sign-up opens at 6:15 p.m. Free, and open to the public. Sign-ups are first come, first served. Each person has 5 minutes (approx. 750 words for prose), which includes any set-up or side conversations with the audience. The number of…
Hybrid YWW: Waka Brown
Young Willamette Writers Presents Children's Author Waka Brown HYBRID: In-person and online PLACE: Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th Street, Beaverton, OR 97005 Our next YWW meeting will be February 3rd, 2024, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (PST) with Children's author Waka Brown. To receive the Zoom Link, join our email at: http://eepurl.com/hRubBf. A registration link will be sent…
Salem: First Pages
Salem Public Library 585 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR, United StatesDoes your first page have a hook that will catch the eye of your reader or an agent? Your community can help! This meeting is in-person only. Want to make your first pages shine? Join us for this interactive workshop at 11:30 AM (doors open at 11:15AM) on Saturday, February 3rd at the Salem…
Portland: Five phases of writing with Abigail Raeke
1336 NW Flanders Portland, ORThe Portland Chapter of Willamette Writers Presents Five phases of writing with Abigail Raeke HYBRID: In-person and online Where: 1336 NW Flanders, Portland, OR 97209, or Register for the meeting here. On the day of the meeting, a Zoom link will be sent to your email. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86420294001?pwd=ZTl2VzkvVTNmK0ZhN29lWUwxcFZNdz09 Join the Portland Chapter on Feb.6th @…
Online Hillsboro: Resistance and Existence Narratives with Rivera Sun
Breathing Space: Writing Narratives Carve Out Sanctuaries of Existence & Resistance This meeting is online only. Join Author/Activist Rivera Sun on February 13 at 6:15PM (Zoom room opens at 6PM), online only, for a conversation about how writers carve out space for existence, creating story-based sanctuaries that can heal, liberate, and empower. From LGBTQ2S+ to…
Online: FilmLab Screenwriter’s Happy Hour with Michael Robison
Our special guest in February is award winning director and producer, Michael Robison. Please note that this month, the FilmLab Screenwriter’s Happy Hour will be on Thursday, February 15, 2024 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, PST. The Zoom Room opens at 5PM. The registration link is below. Michael Robison has over 100 directing credits to…
Hybrid Southern Oregon: Writing for Hire vs Heart with Teresa Stover
Grants Pass LibrarySouthern Oregon Willamette Writers Presents Writing for Hire vs Writing for Heart with Teresa Stover Hybrid: In-person and online Place: Josephine Community Library, 200 NW C St, Grants Pass, OR 97526, or Register for the meeting here. On the day of the meeting, a Zoom link will be sent to your email. Zoom Link:…
Newport: Finding the Mystery at the Heart of Your Novel with Emmeline Duncan
Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, ORWillamette Writers Coast Chapter presents Finding the Mystery at the Heart of Your Novel with Emmeline Duncan This meeting is in-person only PLACE: Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR 97365 Every book is a mystery, but not every novel is a whodunit. What can you learn from analyzing a traditional mystery to…
Hybrid Eugene: Character-Building with Leah Velez
Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, ORInteractive Character-Building This meeting is in-person and online. Do you struggle with jumping into your characters shoes and walking around in them? Is it sometimes hard for you to figure out what would make your characters (or another human!) do what they do? People are complicated, and their motivations or deep seated wounds don't always…