by Ruth Witteried Welcome to your final Monday before the 2013 Willamette Writers Conference! Not only are we looking forward to the FiLMLaB Premier of INSPIRATION, our winning Script-to-Screen short script written by Barbara Thomas and produced by Willamette Writers; we are looking forward to the infectious excitement and enthusiasm inherent in the gathering of…
Groups and Programs
We Made a Hat!
When I got the call back in May that my script had won the FiLMLaB competition, I was ecstatic. FiLMLaB offers what I consider the most rewarding prize possible; the opportunity to put one’s work in front of an audience. The film that will be shown next month in Portland though, isn’t the film I…
New This Year At The Conference
by Ruth Witteried With no new FiLMLaB updates to report I’m going to take this opportunity to write about what’s new at the upcoming Willamette Writers Conference, August 1-4 at the Airport Sheraton Hotel. First off, notice I refer to four days of conference, not the traditional three. That is because things are happening on…
IT’S L.A. ALL OVER AGAIN – NOT!
by Randall Jahnson I felt like I was back in L.A. It was a hot Friday afternoon and here I was stuck on a freeway, inching along at 15 miles per with every other moron who was Living the Dream. The sun blazed down on my aging SUV with its inefficient air conditioner blasting away. …
Available Now: THE MARTINI OF DESTINY, by Anthony St. Clair
“Buoyant with a unique humor, twist and focus on international travel. It went down quick and I loved every moment” — From a ★★★★★ Amazon review One drink changed the world A special martini gives courage to a doubting man, a ghost doesn’t pay for his pints, a destiny-slinging bartender questions everything, and the world…
Meet the Talent
by Ruth Witteried It was with great excitement I received my Call Sheet from Ampersand Productions Assistant Director, Anthony Forsyth last week, sent to all cast and crew involved in the FiLMLaB shoot . As an Executive Producer, I would undoubtedly be one of the least useful people on the set, but I was going to try my…
In Case of Flood: Climb Platform(s)
by Ruth Witteried I met with Luke Ryan in February of this year at his Disruption Entertainment office on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles. A stalwart supporter of Willamette Writers since his days as an MGM executive, Luke has been a consistent presence at our conference teaching classes, guiding nervous writers through the…
Revelation, Story, and Plot in a Script for a Film Short
by Bill Johnson I teach that a story creates movement and the movement transports an audience. This dynamic holds whether the story is a novel, screenplay, play, short story, or short script. The language used to talk about stories often conveys movement: story arc, hero’s journey, plot points. Stories that fail to establish they are moving…
Janet Fisher Sells MARTHA: A PIONEER WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO A PLACE OF HER OWN to Globe Pequot Press
Author Janet Fisher announces the sale of her book, entitled Martha: A Pioneer Woman’s Journey to a Place of Her Own. The book is a history of Fisher’s great-great-grandmother who came out to the Oregon Territory, first to Lane County, then Douglas County, where she made the daring decision to buy a farm after the…
Free Literary Events at Eugene Public Library, July 2013
All events are free and open to the public. More information: 541-682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library Summer Reading for All Ages at Eugene Public Library Sign up and join in the fun at Eugene Public Library with this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Dig Into Reading.” Visit any Library location—Downtown, Sheldon, or Bethel—to sign up and get a…