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Hybrid Hillsboro: Writing Chapter One

Willamette Writers Hillsboro: Writing Chapter One with D. Wallace Peach There are a number of perfectly legitimate types of first chapters. Diana will discuss four common ones: The Prolog - An episode that pertains to your story but is in some way outside your main narrative. The Hero-Action Beginning - The hero is onstage, doing…

Hybrid Eugene: Critique Groups with J.C. Geiger

Wordcrafters 438 Charnelton, Suite 101 Eugene 438 Charnelton, Suite 101, Eugene

Willamette Writers Eugene Presents Critique Groups, Reimagined with J.C. Geiger Online and In-person A critique group can be the emotional and professional cornerstone of a writer's life. But how do you get it right? Does academia have it figured out – or is there a secret key to unlock the magic tonic that makes the…

Online: Screenwriters Happy Hour

Join us for Screenwriters Happy Hour and Pitch Your Work! At the 2022 Willamette Writers Conference, the FilmLab scripts were read aloud by very talented SAG actors, and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. For a screenwriter, there’s nothing like hearing your work read by professional actors, so we’ve decided to give more writers that opportunity.…

Online: Publishing for Underrepresented Authors with Ooligan Press

How to: Publishing is a casual class hosted by Ooligan Press teaching underrepresented authors about publishing so that they can begin their writing careers on the right foot! The publishing industry has a long history of problems with author diversity and this class is Ooligan Press' way of showing that we stand to create equity…

Hybrid Vancouver: Storytelling with Leslie Slape

Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United States

VWW presents Playwright Leslie Slape on Storytelling We hope you’ll join the Vancouver Chapter of Willamette Writers Monday, October 17, 2022 (doors open at 6:00PM, meeting starts at 6:15PM) as we welcome award-winning journalist, storyteller, and emerging playwright, Leslie Slape.  This will be a hybrid meeting so you can join us in person, or on…

YWW Hybrid: Comics with James Art Ville

Grants Pass Library

YWW 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…

Newport: First Drafts with Sue Fagalde Lick

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

From Messy First Draft to Masterpiece with South Beach author Sue Fagalde Lick You’ve turned out a bunch of pages in a burst of inspiration or the marathon of Nanowrimo. Congratulations. You’re off to a good  start. But is it ready to publish? Not even close. What you have is a raw lump of clay…

Corvallis: NaNoWriMo Prep with Maren Anderson

Corvallis Community Center 2601 NW Tyler Ave

Willamette Writers on the River Presents: Outlines and Structure for NaNoWriMo with Maren Anderson NaNoWriMo is a month of organized wildness when writers try to write 50K in 30 days. Maren Anderson has “won” NaNo many times, and has designed and come by a variety of tools to help you succeed. She presents one of…

Online: Coffee at your kitchen table

Join us this morning for coffee and conversation.  Register and the link to join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfuqgpjsrHNB4E75NxWMbKzgbK1p26lyz See you soon!