Beaverton Writers' Group

Sunday, October 12, 2:00 PM?-?3:00 PM Please join us at the Beaverton City Library's writer's group. We envision this group as a forum where writers can present their work to a friendly, supportive community of fellow writers. For more info, please contact Jim Edgington at 503-350-3614 or jedgington@beavertonoregon.gov

New Writing Group at Beaverton Library

The Beaverton City Library is starting a writer's group. We envision this group as a forum where writers can present their work to a friendly, supportive community of fellow writers. We will hold an introductory meeting on Sunday, May 11th at 2PM in the Administrative Conference Room on the second floor of the library.

See the library website for more information.

update: For more info, please contact Jim Edgington at 503-350-3614 or jedgington@beavertonoregon.gov

Forest Grove Writing Group Forms

Westside Writers welcomes Washington County's newest writing group!

New Evening Writer’s Group Forming in Forest Grove

Forest Grove, OR. – C.J. Stuart will gather local writers at McMenamin’s Grand Lodge (3505 Pacific Ave.) at the main restaurant on May 29th at 6:45 p.m. We will continue to meet on the second and fourth Thursdays. There are no genre restrictions. At the first meeting we will introduce ourselves and discuss the main goals of the group.

Washington County Writer’s Mission is to provide an evening venue for adult writers that already have a novel or short story in progress. We want to share constructive critiques and motivational support for each other while building our skills and having fun. A good fit with one another is essential since decisions will be made by consensus.

Membership is limited therefore an application process of submitting an email of 500-1000 words is required. This is your chance to showcases your skills. Please also include your writing goals. Upon invitation attend the meeting. (Future meeting times and places are subject to change depending on the needs of the group.) 

We reserve the right to ask any member to leave if the group determines they are not a good fit. Writing can be a lonely road and we want to ensure everyone in the group gets to share and give feedback in a supportive environment.

C.J. Stuart has published poems and several articles and has been a member of various writers’ groups in the Northwest for many years. Her background is in art and anthropology.

For more information, email C.J. Stuart at washingtoncountywriters@yahoo.com

All About Verb Tenses

Okay, at the last meeting there was a desire to see some 'quick and dirty' explanations of the various verb tenses (in English) and how they are used/what differentiates them. A very quick poke at Google has yielded the following:

TYPES OF VERBS
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/types.html
The menu on the left of the page lists the various tenses. Clicking provides information about how a tense is used and examples. Thorough, but not the handiest cheat sheet type tool.

THE 12 VERB TENSES - USAGE
http://www.easypacelearning.com/images/12tensesandtheirusages.jpg
Quick and dirty graphic

THE BASIC FORMS OF THE ENGLISH VERB TENSES
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/all_tenses_form_cheatsheet.pdf
Quick chart with constructions and examples.

ENGLISH VERB TENSES
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/verb-tenses.html
Page with links. More detail, more clicking/navigating back and forth.

Hope this helps. If not, there is a tanker truck load more to be had by searching Google for "all about verb tenses".

Trying to find the right word for a sound?

Then give the Onomatopoeia Dictionary a shot at www.writtensound.com.