I had the chance to hang out at the Willamette Writers House in West Linn Friday Night, where the doors were open, post-office-on-tax-day style. Snacks and beverages and short films, including last year’s Script-to-Screen winner, “Alis Volat Propriis,” were on hand. What did I learn? Well, the vast majority of writers out there have figured…
Groups and Programs
Hit Send Before Midnight!
by Haley Isleib Hey there! There’s still time to enter this year’s FiLMLaB Script-to-Film contest. Congrats to all who have already entered this year’s FiLMLaB contest. Reach around right now and pat yourself on the back. You rock! To all those who haven’t entered yet–there’s still time! I sent in my script (via email) last year at 11:50pm…
What Can You Learn From Oscar Shorts?
by Ruth Witteried It is not easy to find the Oscar Nominated Shorts on Comcast Pay Per View. I found them once, then they seemed to disappear from cable and the internet. In fact, they had been pulled from the internet prior to the Academy Awards and a recent search turned up only their trailers.…
Why Short Film?
by Ruth Witteried Twelve days and counting till the March 15th Script to Screen deadline. Have you submitted your short script yet? While there are lots of short film festivals, you may very well question the benefit of writing a short or producing a short film. After all, do you attend short film festivals? Do…
Script to Screen Tips and Trips
by Ruth Witteried As the Willamette Writers kick off their second Script to Screen short screenplay competition, several writers have requested tips for creating successful entries, or at the very least that we share the ‘trips’ of previous submissions; the avoidable errors that we ran into most often when judging. Tip #1 Use professional script…
2012 FiLMLaB Winner – Alis Volat Propriis
2012 Winning Script – “Alis Volat Propriis” by Haley Isleib Winner of Best Comedic Short in the Oregon Independent Film Festival 2013, Official Selection at the Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival 2013, and Official Selection at the Portland Film Festival 2014.
Summer Break
It’s been an amazing year of writer news, announcements and lively discussions. And thank you for a wonderful Writer Services Fair. Now it’s time for summer break. The chapter doesn’t meet in July or August, and we will resume our regular monthly meetings on Sept. 6. In the meantime, get ready for this year’s Willamette…
Welcome 2012 Judges
The judges for the final round of the 2012 Willamette Writers FiLMLaB script to screen competition are: Eric Williams Manager at Zero Gravity Management Bio: After years as an agent at Paradigm Talent Agency and Writer’s & Artists Agency, Eric founded the management division of Zero Gravity in 2004; a full-service management and production company…
Poet Roy K. Johnston at Eugene Public Library, June 9
Poetry: A Wandering Journey “Poetry is meant to be heard out loud,” says Roy K. Johnston. A philosopher, educator, musician, and poet, Johnston has read his work from China to Jamaica, Cambridge to Malibu. On Saturday, June 9, at 3 p.m., the Downtown Eugene Public Library hosts a reading and talk by Johnston titled “Poetry:…
Novelist John Colman Wood at Eugene Public Library, June 7
Novelist and anthropologist John Colman Wood, author of The Names of Things, gives a talk at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Thursday, June 7, 6:00 p.m. Admission is free. The Names of Things is a journey into the meaning of love and rituals of grief. The novel weaves together the threads of an anthropologist’s…