YWW Southern
YWW Southern: Jadie Jones on Villains
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers In-Person in Southern Oregon and Online! It’s Not Just the Hero’s Journey: How to Craft a Villain to Believe In - Casey Dunn (pen name: Jadie Jones) It takes two to tango. In the same way, it also takes two to drive a story: your protagonist, and what – often who -…
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,…
YWW Southern OR- Reflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing
Grants Pass LibraryReflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing with Benjamin Gorman It seems like this would be a heavy topic. Why do we write? Who do we write for? We'll discuss some options and models from famous authors, and then contemplate how purpose and audience can add an extra jolt to your writing! Join…
YWW Portland & YWW Southern Oregon Chapter Meeting
Young Willamette Writers are young people who love to write. Young Willamette Writers welcomes any students who are in middle or high school. Some of our YWW have entered and won contests such as the Kay Snow Writing Award and a National Scholastic Writing Award. Some have been published in magazines such as American Girl and Stone Soup. Some are taking…
YWW Southern Oregon – Time to Share!
YWW Southern Oregon - Time to Share! Our virtual YWW meeting, this Saturday, June 11th (10-11 am), at the Josephine Community Library in Grants Pass, will be an opportunity to share your work in progress. (Online only meeting this month - no in-person option available) Read or come and listen! Sign up for our email…
2022 Willamette Writers Conference
Transform Your Writing Life August 3-7, 2022 at the 56th annual Willamette Writers Conference! Join us to find your writing community, develop your craft and expand your career -- both in-person and online this year. At the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon and at your own computer screen, you'll find workshops, keynotes, critiques and…
YWW Southern Oregon: 2022 School Year Launch
Grants Pass LibraryExploring Southern Oregon Young Willamette Writers Join us to talk about our plans for the upcoming year, including authors, topics, and ideas. A special, short sci-fi presentation will also be given to kickstart our workshops for 2022-2023! This meeting will be held on Sept. 17th at 10AM, in-person at the Josephine Community Library, Grants Pass branch, located at 200…
YWW Hybrid: Comics with James Art Ville
Grants Pass LibraryYWW presents James Art Ville How to Tell a Story with Sequential Art: Comics Before the written language, humans crafted a system of record-keeping and storytelling using nothing but illustrations. While the written word has since become the dominant method of non-verbal communication, the integration of both methodologies has the profound and unique ability to…
YWW Southern Oregon Presents “WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger
Grants Pass Library“WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger Tips and tricks for the young writer in an interactive HYBRID workshop designed to help you produce your best work and have a great time doing it. Think - Choose Your Own Adventure meets Escape Room meets Writers' Workshop. There will be prizes. This will be an…