Pull writing detail this Saturday

How do writers achieve a good balance of sensory details in a scene? How do we hone our attention to the world so that we can make the settings in our scenes vivid?

During the Saturday, Jan. 18, Willamette Writers Coast Chapter event at Newport Public Library, author Mark Pomeroy will present a generative writing workshop aimed at helping writers use details to capture setting.

Through writing exercises sparked by music and images, as well as readings of mentor texts, writers will zero in on bringing places to life.

In 2014, Oregon State University Press published Pomeroy’s first novel, "The Brightwood Stillness.” He has received an Oregon Literary Fellowship for fiction and his short stories, poems and essays have appeared in publications including Open Spaces, Portland Magazine, NW Book Lovers and “What Teaching Means: Stories from America’s Classrooms.”

In the spring of 2024, University of Iowa Press published his second novel “The Tigers of Lents,” from which he will read. For the past 29 years Pomeroy has led creative writing workshops in Portland schools.  

The Willamette Writers Coast Chapter hosts a mix of in-person and virtual events from September through June. Willamette Writers, the parent organization, is the largest writers association in Oregon and one of the largest in the nation.

Saturday’s program begins at 2 pm at Newport Public Library, located at 35 NW Nye Street. For more information, go to willamettewriters.org.