Exploring Ludonarrative with Arianna Goodman Register For the Meeting Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuyspzIiHdKoZ-MVjgShhvSkQdCqrPLs Much has been said about how the medium is the message. So how do video games, as a medium, tell stories? Join the Hillsboro Chapter of Willamette Writers with the support of Oregon Film as they explore this question with Arianna Goodman on June…
Willamette Writers Screenwriter’s Happy Hour: Meet Sara Cooper Please join us at the FilmLab Screenwriter’s Happy Hour on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, PST. The Zoom Room opens at 5PM. The registration link is below. About Sara Cooper SARA COOPER is an A-List television writer/producer, who’s been working in television and…
Read Your Work Like A Professional with Erik Grove Join Eugene Willamette Writers online or in-person at the Eugene Public Library on May 21st from 6:15 – 7:30 PM (doors open 6:00 PM) for a primer on reading your work with Erik Grove. Grove has worked with Chuck Palanhuik, Chelsea Cain, and others as he…
Southern Oregon Willamette Writers Presents Writing for Hire vs Writing for Heart with Teresa Stover Hybrid: In-person and online Place: Josephine Community Library, 200 NW C St, Grants Pass, OR 97526, or Register for the meeting here. On the day of the meeting, a Zoom link will be sent to your email. Zoom Link:…
To author Kelly McWilliams, writing is about asserting valuable truths. With her 2020 novel, AGNES AT THE END OF THE WORLD, she “felt [she] needed to send a message into this world: a message about feminism and patriarchy and how we can survive oppression.” That sense of survival and hope is key to both of…
by Mari Hotchkiss An unusual career path. As a young child in Ecuador, Zoraida Córdova grew up listening to her grandmother’s stories that were filled with magic and wonder. At six years old, she immigrated to the United States with her mom and grandma, causing her to abandon her love of stories. “I stopped reading.…
Happy Fall! Have you got your sweater? Your scarf? Your pumpkin-spiced whatever?Then sit down and talk with us about character. Hemingway said, “When writing a novel, a writer should create living people; people, not characters. A character is a caricature.” But how do we do that? That’s the challenge, isn’t it? We loved our classes…
Experts Weigh In: 10 Crucial Screenwriting Mistakes Lee Jessup, a member of our screenwriting faculty at the upcoming Willamette Writer’s Conference and the author of Breaking In: Tales from the Screenwriting Trenches and Getting It Write: An Insider’s Guide To A Screenwriting Career shares how to avoid ten screenwriting mistakes. You can find this post and others…
Written by SONIA SIMONE Reprinted with permission from Copyblogger. If you’re a writer, you might have heard this most of your life: People don’t make a living writing. You should find something practical to do with your life. Smart, capable writers grimly pass around war stories on Facebook. Penny-a-word assignments, clients who don’t pay, disdain for our…
Eric Witchey is presenting two talks at Willamette Writers in November, so we invited him to share some thoughts about writing with us. Check out Eric’s thoughts about genre, markets, literary fiction, and more.
What’s the Difference between One Genre and Another? The editor.
Lame joke? Not really.
