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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 8AM on Tuesday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Hybrid Portland: Publishing Primer with Laura Stanfill
Hybrid Portland: Publishing Primer with Laura Stanfill
Willamette Writers Portland A Publishing Primer for Anxious Authors by Laura Stanfill Laura Stanfill has always worried about her authors’ worries, as the publisher of Forest Avenue Press. But in 2022, when her debut novel came out with Lanternfish Press, she had to navigate those fears and bumps in the road as the creator of…
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Online Salem: Characters with Eric Witchey
Online Salem: Characters with Eric Witchey
Willamette Writers Salem presents Eric Witchey Character Psychology, Arcs, Suspense, and Tension When I asked the Willamette Writers Salem Chapter what topic their membership might like me to present, they responded, “Character development and arcs are important. Suspense and tension are always good.” My first thought was, “Those are all related. Why not show how…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 10AM on Saturday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Hybrid YWW: Plotting with Jared Agard
Hybrid YWW: Plotting with Jared Agard
Young Willamette Writers presents Plotting and Planning with Jared Agard Jared Agard is an author/illustrator from Beaverton, OR. His first novel, Dread Watch, was released on September 1st, 2021. Dread Watch is a middle-grade novel about a boy who gets stuck in an old pocket watch with a ghost who feeds on his fear. Jared…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 8AM on Tuesday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Hybrid Hillsboro: Open Mic
Hybrid Hillsboro: Open Mic
Willamette Writers Hillsboro Presents Open Mic Night! 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. Or join us to listen and enjoy.…
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Hybrid Southern YWW: Blackout Poetry with Jennifer Rood
Hybrid Southern YWW: Blackout Poetry with Jennifer Rood
Southern YWW: A Generative Blackout Poetry Workshop with Jennifer Rood Come ready to have fun and learn about how to create blackout poetry in this hands-on workshop! Not only will you come away with a finished piece of found poetry, but you will also add a valuable tool to your writing toolbox for getting past…
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 10AM on Saturday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
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Online Vancouver: Open Mic
Online Vancouver: Open Mic
Writers near and far, join us Monday, January 16 at 6:30 for our first Vancouver Willamette Writers ONLINE Open Mic! Please note -- this meeting is ONLINE only, as the library will be closed for MLK Day. Bring your partially-finished work, your favorite poem, or a short story to share in a five-minute timeframe. Bring…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 8AM on Tuesday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
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Portland: In-Person Write-In
Portland: In-Person Write-In
Join us for an in-person write-in in Portland! Working on a draft of a story or article? Editing your novel? Join us for an in-person write-in! We will meet at the Willamette Writers space at 1336 NW Flanders in Portland from 12-2PM. BEWARE: There is no internet at the space, so be ready to focus…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 10AM on Saturday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Online Coast: Brian W. Parker on Diverse Characters
Online Coast: Brian W. Parker on Diverse Characters
Willamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents: Brian W. Parker on Diverse Characters The worlds of fantasy and sci-fi have suffered from a lack of diversity for many decades, despite the wonderful contributions of authors like Gene Roddenberry, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin and Ursula K. LeGuin. This problem has seen some major strides in recent years, and…
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Online Corvallis: Open Mic
Online Corvallis: Open Mic
Willamette Writers on the River in Corvallis: Winter 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. Or join us to…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 8AM on Tuesday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Hybrid Eugene: First Page Critiques
Hybrid Eugene: First Page Critiques
Willamette Writers Eugene Presents First Page Critiques The first page of your story is vital. It must capture your reader’s attention–whether that’s a prospective agent, editor, or book buyer. Those first few lines, sentences and paragraphs do some heavy lifting. Not only do they have to be engaging, but they also need to set the…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 10AM on Saturday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
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Online Southern: Publishing Primer with Laura Stanfill
Online Southern: Publishing Primer with Laura Stanfill
Willamette Writers Southern Oregon A Publishing Primer for Anxious Authors by Laura Stanfill Laura Stanfill is back! If you missed our Portland Chapter meeting this month, hop online and find out more about Publishing with Laura Stanfill. Laura Stanfill has always worried about her authors’ worries, as the publisher of Forest Avenue Press. But in…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 8AM on Tuesday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table
Good day, writer! Join us online for coffee and conversation at 10AM on Saturday mornings. All writers, 18 and up, are welcome to join us to talk about writing, including successes, rejections, and a million other topics. This group is warm, welcoming, and here for you! Click the link to register and join us online:…
Salem: Open Mic
Salem: Open Mic
Willamette Writers Salem presents Open Mic In-Person! Open Mics are a chance to share your work with fellow writers. We will be meeting in-person (not online) on Saturday, February 4th, at the Salem Public Library in the Plaza Room, from 10 am to 12 pm. This is the first time we've done this in the…
Hybrid YWW Portland: Writing Games with Jennifer Perrine
Hybrid YWW Portland: Writing Games with Jennifer Perrine
Young Willamette Writers Presents - Serious Play: Writing Games Jennifer (JP) Perrine is the author of four books of poetry: Again, The Body Is No Machine, In the Human Zoo, and No Confession, No Mass. Perrine’s recent poems, stories, and essays appear in The Missouri Review, Cutbank, Plant-Human Quarterly, Buckman Journal, Harpur Palate, and Cascadia: A…
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