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Write Around Portland: Weekly Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writing is often thought of as something done in isolation; we know there is immense power when writing is done in community. Join us for 90 minutes of creativity and community-building, with generative writing exercises, sharing and strengths-based feedback. Our workshop model, refined over 21 years, is proven for people of all writing levels: from the budding writer to the published author. Workshops are held via Zoom. Weekly registration opens Mondays at noon and closes one hour before the workshop. Click here for more info. Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 pm Sliding Scale Registration $5-$30. Register here. $0 registration available for past Write Around Portland participants at a social service agency and people experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus. Register here. Thursdays from 11 am to…

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$5 – $30

Pitch Practice

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

"Pitching is part writing, part strategy, part performance … but above all, it’s storytelling." Curious what goes into a great pitch? Want to know how to grab the attention of agents and publishers? Struggling to convey a novel's worth of information into one pithy sentence? Join David Poulshock as he shares the essentials of effective pitching. David will draw from his experience running the Conference Pitch Practice Room and from his "A TALE IN TWO MINUTES” workshop he co-developed with Nancy Froeschle, presented at the 2019 Conference and at the NW Film Center. There will be a chance for some people to receive feedback, so be sure to bring along your current pitch. This will be a perfect warm up to the Willamette Writer's Conference…

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Free

Summer 2020 Online: Starting the Memoir

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Begin generating the first draft of a memoir or collection of personal essays. John D’Agata describes memoir as “an agitation of memory,” which suggests memory-based writing as not just the expression of memory but volatile, vital consideration of memory. Participants will look at elements of craft, including point of view and detail, and examine various writing processes. They’ll also look at examples of prose memoir in which the writer uses the poet’s tools of meditation, dream, and lyricism, and then do their own memory-based writing. At the end of the class, students will set deadlines and be offered resources to help them continue drafting. June 6-7 and 13-14, 2020 Saturday and Sundays, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (4 class meetings) online via Zoom Jay Ponteri…

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$185

Creating Better Characters

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For writers at all levels This workshop will focus on the skills involved in creating and sustaining vibrant and complex characters for both short-and long-form works of fiction. Through a series of in-workshop prompt-based generative exercises and take-home assignments, you will create and flesh out a series of vivid characters. We will focus on physical description, the inner life of characters, and how scene and setting, action and dialogue can round out and bring our creations to life. Close attention will be paid to literary and poetic devices. Supportive in-workshop sharing and feedback will be an important part of the process. CLASS LIAISONS: All classes have one liaison position. Liaisons receive free tuition in exchange for light duties before and after each class meeting. SCHOLARSHIPS…

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$175

The Work Poetry Workshop Monday Night Zoom Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by 11:59 pm on Sunday, June 7 or 21 if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation of $20 to Christopher Luna's PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. Join us on Monday, June 8 & 22 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop led by Christopher Luna. “Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To…

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Free – $20

VIRTUAL IPRC: Toxic Productivity and the Creative Cycle

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In this workshop hosted by Marina Martinez-Bateman, we will be deconstructing the toxic habit many of us have of associating our worth with our ability to produce. Especially in this uncertain and stressful time, we feel external pressure to make work that will help others contextualize a situation we ourselves may not yet have a handle on. Add to that isolation combined with a constant social media feed of friends and colleagues to unfairly compare ourselves to, and this is a recipe for despair. We will talk about where toxic productivity comes from, how to identify it, and we will practice some exercises that will help us develop other coping strategies. Participants should come with pen and notebook and/or anything else that helps them think…

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Free – $15

The Work Poetry Workshop Saturday Afternoon Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by 11:59 pm on Friday, June 12 if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation of $20 to Christopher Luna's PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. Join us on Saturday, June 13 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop led by Christopher Luna. “Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of…

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Free – $20

VIRTUAL Risograph Basics with Outlet!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Welcome to our Risograph Basics course: a printing, collage, experimentation, and mark making extravaganza! Get to know Outlet and our RISO sisters (Barbara, Janet, Corita, and Tina) and learn the basics of this fun and unique print method with Kate Bingaman-Burt! IMPORTANT: Due to social distancing this class will be taught virtually via Zoom—more info on that below! About the Workshop: Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Join us to learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this…

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$15 – $100

Summer 2020 Online: June Writer of Color Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For writers of color at all levels Searching for a space to create new work with fellow writers of color? This two-hour workshop meets on Zoom.  Writers can register for one or more sessions. A variety of prompts will be presented as avenues for generating and sharing new work in an informal setting. Open to writers of color at all levels writing in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. You can also bring your own prompts and questions about the writing process, and explore them with the group. Scholarships are available. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org for more information. Jacqueline Fitzgerald is an educator, coach, and writer who strives to lead through a love ethic and believes in the power of stories to change hearts and minds.…

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$15

The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Zoom Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by 11:59 pm on Sunday, June 21 if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation of $20 to Christopher Luna's PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. Join us on Monday, June 8 & 22 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop led by Christopher Luna. “Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the…

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Free – $20
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