Monthly Meetings
Online: Literary Agent Carlisle K. Webber
Query Workshop with Carlisle K. Webber Writing 85,000 words is easy. Writing a 250-word query letter to describe those 85,000 words is hard. On March 15th at 7PM, literary agent Carlisle Webber will join our combined Portland & Salem Chapter meeting to show you how to make your query letter stand out while still looking…
Online: Write Crime with Kim Fielding
Online Portland, OR, United StatesThe Right Way to Write Crime with Kim Fielding Sooner or later, many of our characters are going to come in contact with the criminal justice system. Get a crash course on the U.S. criminal justice system with special emphasis on subjects authors often get wrong — or need to take special care with. Leave…
Online: World-changing Stories with Rivera Sun
Online Portland, OR, United StatesAuthor Rivera Sun - Explores How Writers Call People to Action: Stories for a Changing World Tumultuous times draw out the heroic in the most unlikely candidates, but where do human beings find the roadmaps as they contemplate their own hero’s journey? Author/activist Rivera Sun believes that writers are uniquely suited to provide them. Join the…
Online: Young Willamette Writers with Armin Tolentino
Online Portland, OR, United StatesArmin Tolentino With Young Willamette Writers and Beaverton City Library Clark County Poet Laureate Armin Tolentino joins YWW and Beaverton City Library for our April 2nd virtual meeting from 10-11 am. Armin Tolentino is the author of the poetry collection We Meant to Bring It Home Alive (Alternating Current Press). As a kid, his favorite…
Online: Brent Smith, D.C. – Stretch Before You Snap!
Online Portland, OR, United StatesStretch Before You Snap! Join Brent Smith, D.C. with Pain-Free Tips While Writing Fatigue and pain often plague those who sit or stand for a good portion of their day. Join Brent Smith, DC as he shares some simple tips on workstation set-up, stretching, and exercises. Each individual is different, and these tips are not…
YWW Epic Worlds for Epic Stories with Frank Morin
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers Present - Epic Worlds for Epic Stories with Frank Morin So you've got a great premise, a memorable character, a dastardly villain, or a heart-pounding conflict. Now you need to custom-build the world to make your vision shine. Whether your story takes place in Victorian England, dystopian New York, or another planet,…
Online: Speaking with our #OwnVoices – Nisi Shawl
Online Portland, OR, United StatesSpeaking with our #OwnVoices - Nisi Shawl Author Nisi Shawl will present how to write your truth when your experience isn't the same as the dominant narrative. We know our truths, and we want our stories to tell them. How can we depict plots, settings, and characters falling outside of current ideas of what's normal?…
Melissa Hart – Write & Publish Your Memoir
Online Portland, OR, United StatesWhat a Long Strange Trip It's Been: How to Write & Publish Your Memoir Are you ready to honor your life stories by putting them on the page? In this lively and supportive workshop, you'll learn how to choose a theme and/or era around which to shape a personal essay or book-length memoir. You'll explore…
Spring Open Mic !
Online Portland, OR, United StatesJoin Willamette Writers on the River/Corvallis and the Coast Chapters for our Spring Open Mic! Does the audience sigh? Do they gasp? Do they laugh outright? Does the page read smoothly for you? In other words, does your writing bring the audience into your experience successfully? Read for applause and explore the effectiveness of your creation.…
Be Your Own Graphic Artist! with Chris Northrup
WACOM Experience CenterBe Your Own Graphic Artist! Join us at WACOM Experience Center! Chris Northrup will show us how to do our own graphics. Ever wonder how writers get their awesome covers? Or how to create and publish your own graphic novels or magazines? Join us at WACOM Experience Center, 1455 NW Irving St. #110, Portland, OR 97209,…