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Young Willlamette Writers presents Angela Yuriko Smith
Online Portland, OR, United StatesYoung Willamette Writers presents Angela Yuriko Smith Angela Yuriko Smith joins YWW and Beaverton City Library for our May 7th virtual meeting. 10:00-11:00am PT About Angela Yuriko Smith: Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Uchinanchu-American and an award-winning poet, author, and publisher with over 20 years of experience in newspaper journalism. Publisher of Space &…
YWW Southern OR- Reflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing
Grants Pass LibraryReflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing with Benjamin Gorman It seems like this would be a heavy topic. Why do we write? Who do we write for? We'll discuss some options and models from famous authors, and then contemplate how purpose and audience can add an extra jolt to your writing! Join…
Young Willamette Writers and Matthew Bogart
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Young Willamette Writers and Matthew Bogart Matthew Bogart joins YWW at Beaverton City Library to talk about graphic novels and the release of Incredible Doom 2. The meeting will take place both in-person and over Zoom. September 3, 2022 from 11:00am-12:00pm. Sign up for the Zoom link or come in-person at Beaverton City Library 12375…
YWW Southern Oregon: 2022 School Year Launch
Grants Pass LibraryExploring Southern Oregon Young Willamette Writers Join us to talk about our plans for the upcoming year, including authors, topics, and ideas. A special, short sci-fi presentation will also be given to kickstart our workshops for 2022-2023! This meeting will be held on Sept. 17th at 10AM, in-person at the Josephine Community Library, Grants Pass branch, located at 200…
Hybrid: Young Willamette Writers
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Young Willamette Writers and Katherine Quevedo Katherine Quevedo on the art of speculative poetry. About Katherine Quevedo Katherine Quevedo was born and raised near Portland, Oregon, where she works as an analyst and lives with her husband and two sons. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Rhysling Award, received an honorable…
YWW Hybrid: Comics with James Art Ville
Grants Pass LibraryYWW presents James Art Ville How to Tell a Story with Sequential Art: Comics Before the written language, humans crafted a system of record-keeping and storytelling using nothing but illustrations. While the written word has since become the dominant method of non-verbal communication, the integration of both methodologies has the profound and unique ability to…
YWW Southern Oregon Presents “WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger
Grants Pass Library“WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger Tips and tricks for the young writer in an interactive HYBRID workshop designed to help you produce your best work and have a great time doing it. Think - Choose Your Own Adventure meets Escape Room meets Writers' Workshop. There will be prizes. This will be an…
Hybrid YWW North: Worldbuilding with Brian W. Parker
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Worldbuilding and Characters with Brian W. Parker Join us on December 3, 2022, at 11:00 AM on Zoom and in person at Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005. Brian grew up in Alaska, then Mississippi, and has always been in love with storytelling in every medium. Literature, movies,…
Hybrid YWW South – Sharing Our Writing
Young Willamette Writers Southern Chapter - Sharing Our Writing This month we are encouraging each YWW participant to bring a piece of their own writing to share with the group. We will also talk more about the YWW anthology and how to make sure your piece will be included in this upcoming publication. We will…
Hybrid YWW: Plotting with Jared Agard
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Young 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…