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Online: Write Crime with Kim Fielding
Online Portland, OR, United StatesThe Right Way to Write Crime with Kim Fielding Sooner or later, many of our characters are going to come in contact with the criminal justice system. Get a crash course on the U.S. criminal justice system with special emphasis on subjects authors often get wrong — or need to take special care with. Leave…
Melissa Hart – Write & Publish Your Memoir
Online Portland, OR, United StatesWhat a Long Strange Trip It's Been: How to Write & Publish Your Memoir Are you ready to honor your life stories by putting them on the page? In this lively and supportive workshop, you'll learn how to choose a theme and/or era around which to shape a personal essay or book-length memoir. You'll explore…
Join Jan Bono with Chicken Soup for Everyone!
Online Portland, OR, United StatesJoin Jan Bono with Chicken Soup for Everyone! Writing for a popular anthology like Chicken Soup for the Soul is a great way to gather some publishing credits. Chicken Soup stories are a “known brand.” Being one of their authors carries some clout with agents, publishers, and readers. Jan will happily share her “tips and…
Hybrid Vancouver: Find your Muse
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWillamette Writers Vancouver - Finding Your Muse WRITERS! Has your Muse ghosted you? Is a blank page your current nemesis? Do you have a WIP novel or story that’s petered out? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year and finding yourself desperate for that elusive 1,667? Are you already prolific but looking for an excuse…
Online Vancouver: Open Mic
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWriters 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…
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…
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 Vancouver: Diversity and Difficulty with Sonja Thomas
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWriting for All Kids: Including Diversity and Difficult Subjects in Our Books Do you want to write for kids, but don’t know where to begin? Spoiler alert: It doesn’t matter where you are on your writing journey, and an MFA is not required! Details: April 17, online and in-person, doors open at 6PM, meeting starts…
Vancouver Chapter Presents Poetry with Armin Tolentino
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesThe Vancouver Meeting has been MOVED ONLINE due to excessive heat. Willamette Writers Vancouver Presents Poetry with Armin Tolentino Poetry is fraught with all the baggage one might expect after a solid 3000-year run. During times of great crisis, people have depended on and expected solace from poetry. Yet, just as often you hear poetry…
Online Vancouver: Pitch Practice
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesWillamette Writers Vancouver Presents Pitch Practice A successful screenplay discussion. This meeting is online-only. We’re wrapping up another sizzling season at the Vancouver Chapter with a “Pitch Practice” themed meeting! Whether your novel’s ready to pitch (like at the upcoming WW annual conference ), whether you're deep in multi-draft edits, or whether your project's still the…