At our Portland Young Willamette Writers March meeting, Lee Fodi will join us via Skype to talk about creating believable worlds in our fiction writing. Lee was a huge hit at last year’s conference, and the YWW’s couldn’t wait to bring him back for more. Lee Edward Födi is an author, illustrator, and educator—or, as…
Writing Scary with Debby Dodds On October 3, the Young Willamette Writers will welcome author Debby Dodds for a seasonally appropriate workshop on “Writing Scary.” About Debby Dodds Debby is the author of the novel Amish Guys Don’t Call (Blue Moon, June 2017.) She hasstories in many anthologies and magazines and won Portland’s Wizard World…
Let’s kick off the new school year! On September 5, the Young Willamette Writers will gather to kickoff a new school year. Fresh off the inspiring Willamette Writers Conference, we’ll debrief a little about our experience, then do some impromptu fantastical storytelling in groups and on paper. We’ll also have a chance to look ahead…
How do you write action and fight scenes that are gripping and realistic? How do you convey the pulse-pounding experience of combat if you’re not the sort of person with experience throwing punches or firing guns? Fonda Lee, author of Zeroboxer and Exo, and a black belt with over fifteen years of martial arts experience,…
