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Hybrid Hillsboro: Writing a Novel or Memoir with Abigail Raeke
Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Hillsboro Presents Five Essential Phases of Writing a Novel or Memoir with Abigail Raeke On February 14, 2023, at 6:30 PM, please join book coach Abigail Raeke for a discussion on five essential phases of writing a novel or memoir. Writing a book can be an overwhelming endeavor, but breaking down the process…
Coast: First Drafts with Sonja Thomas
Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Coast Chapter How to Move Through Writer’s Block and Finish that First Draft Dump! with Sonja Thomas Does the blank page terrify you? Does starting a writing project give you nightmares? Do you get lost from point A to point B in your manuscript? Writer’s Block—what is it really and what causes it? No…
Hybrid Vancouver: Mystery Plot Development with PJ Peterson
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWillamette Writers Vancouver Mystery Plot Development with PJ Peterson Do you ever wonder how mystery authors skillfully toss in red herrings, false leads, and intertwining plotlines, leading readers on a twisty ride as they try to solve the whodunit? Join mystery author PJ Peterson and Vancouver Willamette Writers Tuesday, February 21, at 6 PM at…
Online Corvallis: Reviewing Books with Karen Eisenbrey
Willamette Writers on the River present Why Review Other Authors’ Books? This meeting is online only. Author Karen Eisenbrey aims to review every book she reads, though she is not a professional reviewer. She will share what goes into a review and the benefits of this practice, not only for the authors reviewed but for…
Hybrid YWW South: Place as Character with LeeAnn McLennan
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers - Southern Chapter Urban Fantasy: Place as Character with LeeAnn McLennan Would Batman be the same if it wasn’t set in Gotham? We’ll explore place as character through the lens of The Supernormal Legacy trilogy set in Portland, Oregon. How does the setting inform the narrative? And how would the story be…
Hybrid Hillsboro: Memoir with Valerie Ihsan
Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Hillsboro Presents Finding the Core Message of Your Memoir with Valerie Ihsan Theme is arguably more important in memoir than in any other genre. You need a compelling takeaway for the reader because you aren’t a celebrity coasting on your platform. You are an ordinary person who lived an extraordinary segment of your…
Coast: Book Banning and Censorship with Laura Kimberly
Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, ORWillamette 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…
Hybrid Vancouver: Memoir – A Different Approach with Alan Rose
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWillamette Writers Vancouver presents Memoir: A Different Approach with Alan Rose People often find writing a memoir to be daunting—Where to begin? How to tell my story? What is my story? This one-hour interactive workshop offers an alternative to the memoir as a chronological narrative, presenting an approach that identifies and distills significant moments that helped define…
Hybrid Eugene: Writing and Rewriting with Dante Zúñiga-West
Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, ORWillamette Writers Eugene Presents Writing and Rewriting with Dante Zúñiga-West Good writing is rewriting. While it’s romantic to think the first draft of a writer’s work can be a perfect rendition, purely sourced from a fresh imaginative state, this simply isn’t the case. Good writing is rewriting because effective storytelling requires acute attention to detail.…
Salem: Write What You Know- Or Don’t with Deni Starr
Salem Public Library 585 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Salem Presents Write What You Know - Or Don't - with Deni Starr This meeting is in-person only. Join us on Saturday, April 1st, from 10-12, in Anderson Room A at the Salem Public Library. Award-winning author Deni Starr shares her theories on making your fiction credible and interesting while also having fun…