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Coast: Book Banning and Censorship with Laura Kimberly

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, OR

Willamette Writers Coast Presents Book Banning and Censorship with Laura Kimberly Join us in-person (only) on Saturday, March 18 from 2:00 pm-3:30 pm in the McEntee Meeting Room of the Newport Public Library, Many books are banned and challenged today. A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based on the objections of…

In-Person Coast: Editing Bootcamp with Maren Bradley Anderson

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United States

Willamette Writers Coast Presents Editing Bootcamp with Maren Bradley Anderson In-Person Only Join the Willamette Writers Coast Chapter as Maren Bradley Anderson, Emerita Editor of the Timberline Review, presents “Editing Bootcamp” Saturday, April 22 from 2:00 pm-3:30 pm at the Newport Public Library. We love it. We hate it. Without it, a story is doomed.…

Newport: How to Write Memoir

Online Portland, OR, United States

Willamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents How to Write a Memoir Readers Will Fall in Love With What is it about memoir that’s drawing more and more writers to the genre? And if you’re thinking about diving in, or have a memoir-in-progress, what do you need to know about the genre to make your story resonant…

Coast Chapter – Willamette Writers Open Mic Meeting

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United States

Willamette 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…

Coast: How to Write an Elevator Pitch

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, OR

Willamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents How to Write an Elevator Pitch Join the Coast Chapter of Willamette Writers with Catherine Rickbone and Anne Ettel on September 16 from 2 - 3:30 PM at the Newport Public Library. How to Write an Elevator Pitch is the focus on Saturday, September 16 (doors open at 2 PM) from…

Newport: Add Humor to Your Writing with Larry Lehnerz

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United States

Willamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents   How to Add Humor to Your Writing This meeting is in-person only. Feel like you’re one card short of a full deck in your writing? Perhaps it’s the joker card. From cozies to serious drama, humor plays a vital role in storytelling. But what if you’re not funny? The…

Coast: Open Mic and Fall Networking

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, OR

Willamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents Open Mic and Fall Networking! The Willamette Writers Coast Chapter invites coastal writers and authors to an Open Mic reading and a festive, fall networking party on November 18 from 2-4 pm at the Newport Public Library. The event will begin with a chance for writers to network with each…

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…

Newport: Finding the Mystery at the Heart of Your Novel with Emmeline Duncan

Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, OR

Willamette 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…

Newport: Creating Compelling Memoirs with Christopher Luna

Willamette Writers Coast Chapter presents   Creating Compelling Memoir's with Christopher Luna This Meeting is In-Person Only Christopher Luna, Photography Credit to Alisha Jucevic Did you ever have an experience that you thought would make a good memoir but were not sure how to begin? Or have you started a memoir but have been stopped…