Events

Events

Event Schedule

26-28

June, 2025

Chuckanut Writer's Conference

Fear of Writing the Erotic

Why do we fear writing the erotic? Internalized taboos? Childhood shame? Great Aunt Marnie? There seem to be more ways to go wrong than ever. And yet, writing towards resistance is what brings a little heat to the page. We’ll look at why the language of sex has become so commercialized it’s all but used up, and why sometimes, the most erotic thing you can write involves no touching at all.

26-28

June, 2025

Chuckanut Writer's Conference

Time Travel

Flashback and flashforward are the fastest ways to time travel, swifter than anything devised for stage or film because they only require the reader’s mind. Yet making the shuttle move smoothly across the loom of time does require some narrative know-how. We’ll spend some time on craft, learning how to depart from an anchor scene and return.

27

June, 2025

Chuckanut Writer's Conference

Author Reading

Open to the public.