Join the Shelton McMurphy Johnson House and Wordcrafters of Eugene for an event series funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, “The Big Read” Lane County edition! From November to March, we will be reading, talking about, and creating art around Roz Chast’s memoir in comics, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant. How to […]
November 16–Look beyond the plot to discover the true meaning of your memoir in this writing class with Valerie Ihsan.
Oct. 19. Learn the ins and outs of Sports-Inspired Writing with Sandra Marchetti in this virtual workshop for writers of all genres.
2nd Thursdays, October through May | Share your words at our monthly open mic emceed by spoken word poet Jorah LaFleur
Starts Jan 9 | Break down writing strategies into bite-sized elemental pieces in this 4 week class with Leah Velez.
Are setting and character separate elements of storytelling? Or are they more connected than we think?
“…centering our own emotions can actually get in the way of our readers experiencing empathy, and as a result, instead of evoking emotions in our readers, we can end up stifling them, and our writing goes flat.”
Is your story a hundred-unit apartment building? A cottage in the woods? A skyscraper? A hut? What building best serves the story you’re telling?
Republished and abridged from John Reed’s website. Visit https://www.johnreedbooks.com/help-for-writers for more. Four words should be posted above your desk as you write your thriller: TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Here are some of the conventions of the genre: 1. In a thriller, people confront problems unsolvable by institutions or agencies. No 911, no psychiatrist. 2. The […]