Submitting to Literary Journals with Maren Bradley Anderson and Rachel Barton WWotR-Corvallis and Coastal Chapters of Willamette Writers invite you to join them on Zoom on Monday, November 23 at 6:30 PM for this opportunity to find out more about submitting work to literary journals. Does submitting to a literary journal seem scary? It isn’t.…
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Vancouver Online: Using Poetry to Heighten Your Prose
Using Poetry to Heighten Your Prose with Armin Tolentino Is this a muffin or a cupcake? Poetry and fiction are both subject to the same conundrum of taxonomy. But if you’re writing short stories or novels, are you considering what techniques and ingredients in the recipes of poetry can help make your work shine? Poet…
YWW Southern/Portland: Punk Rock Writing: How to Become a DIY Author
Punk Rock Writing: How to Become a DIY Author with Brian Tashima Back with another incredible author in a virtual meeting! See you online at our next YWW Zoom meeting on 11/7 at 10am to hear from the author of the award-winning Joel Suzuki series, Brian Tashima! With a background in business and finance, Brian…
Portland/Salem Online: Creating, Pitching and Producing
Creating, Pitching and Producing with Lars Kenseth Lars Kenseth will be joining Willamette Writers for the first time live from Los Angeles to discuss his varied career as a cartoonist for the New Yorker, writer for TV and show creator for a new series recently acquired by Amazon. He’s also looking forward to giving practical…
Writing Personal Essays During a Pandemic with Melissa Hart
Writing Personal Essays During a Pandemic Everyone seems to be writing their COVID experience these days, but how do you write something that stands out from the crowd? Eugene author Melissa Hart will help answer that question as the guest speaker at a joint online meeting of the Coast and Corvallis chapters of Willamette Writers…
Online: Eugene and Southern Chapters – Miriam Gershow on A Good Ending
The Exquisite Burden Of A Good Ending ONLINE. Monday, September 14, 2020. Miriam will explore the work of writing an ending that satisfies both yourself and your readers. An ending is a delicate act of patience, mindfulness and attention to the work and the world of the work. Too heavy a hand, and an ending…
YWW Online: Ruth A. Musgrave On Nonfiction Writing: How to Bring Your Facts to Life
Nonfiction Writing: How to Bring Your Facts to Life The Young Willamette Writers return for the 2020-2021 year on Saturday, September 12, from 10-11:30 am. We’re excited about the great authors lined up for our Zoom meetings (which will last through the end of 2020). We hope to resume our in-person meeting in 2021. Please…
Eugene Online: Bill Cameron on World-building
May 7, 2020 @ 6:30-8:30pm World-building in the Real World: Strategies for Fictionalizing the World We Live In World-building isn’t just for science-fiction and fantasy. It’s just as important for fiction set in our everyday world. I’ll discuss strategies and potential pitfalls when using the settings we know (or want to know) in our fiction.…
Member News: Philip Kenney featured as AWP’S Member in the Spotlight
Willamette Writers member, Philip Kenney, author of The Writer’s Crucible will be featured as AWP’s Member in the Spotlight for the month of March. In the Spotlight features members who exemplify the AWP mission. His selection coincides with the arrival in Portland of the 2019 AWP Conference scheduled for March 27-30 at the Oregon Convention…