Join us for Screenwriters Happy Hour! November 16 from 5-6PM Online. All are welcome! Join us to network with your colleagues and touch base with old friends. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkd-ivqDosEtGP5bMXh8BUDkrOkpGMsFN- See you there!
How to be a Storyteller with Charlie Jane Anders When you hear the word “storyteller,” you probably imagine a man with a luxurious white beard, or a woman with elaborate robes and some kind of talking stick. Either way, they sit around a campfire and weave a spell with their words. But we all have…
As writers of fiction, we make things up. But how do we craft our story so it is realistic enough to be believable? Using Sleeping in my Jeans as a springboard, we will look at what it must be like to be sixteen and homeless. How does Mattie get her homework done? Where does she…
CONTRACTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TAXES, OH MY! – What writers need to know about business You pitched the book proposal–now the agent or publisher wants the manuscript. But what’s all this about contracts, copyright, invoices, and quarterlies? If it’s on the Internet, I can use it, right? Am I a business or a hobby? Should I…
How do you write about the worst thing that ever happened to you when it hurts to think about it? How can you write about it in a way that doesn’t also traumatize your readers? Deborah A. Lott, author of Don’t Go Crazy Without Me: A Tragicomic Memoir, will address these questions and more at…
Author Elsa Wolf is pleased to announce that several book clubs have read her paperback novel, Buried Truths: A Daughter’s Tale, and asked her to appear as a guest speaker. She hopes to be invited to more events. This tale is about the deception surrounding Heidi’s adoption in 1958, and the evolution of her life.…
Online: Fearless Marketing, with William Kenower Presented by Vancouver Willamette Writers. All are welcome. Most writers’ love of storytelling does not easily translate to marketing those stories once they are published. Unfortunately, authors are increasingly responsible for their own marketing, a task most writers find boring, irritating, depressing, and often fruitless. In this presentation, William…
Online: First Lines Critique Group: Query Letter or Proposal Presented by Salem and Portland WW Chapters. All are welcome! Making a good first impression and showing the agent or editor what they can expect as they read on is important. If you’re struggling to polish the first few lines of your query letter or proposal,…
Online: Fall Open Mic Might Presented by the Corvallis and Coast Chapters. All are welcome! Join Willamette Writers on the River-Corvallis and the Coastal Chapters online at 6:30 PM on Monday, September 27 for our Fall Open Mic. You do not have to be a member to participate. Does the audience sigh? Do they gasp?…
The timing is perfect for small business owners to take advantage of the practical ideas and low-cost ways to grow and thrive with the new book, Small Business Experience Marketing. Written by community event consultant Bridget Bayer, this innovative manual of best practices shows how to create memorable experiences by tickling all the senses and…
