Welcome, St. Louis Writers!

Welcome to the oldest, largest, most well-established Meetup of writers in the St. Louis metropolitan area!

Our core value is this: writers are people who write, period. Everything else is purely extra.

Do you have a story in your heart you're dying to tell but need some guidance about the art and craft of writing to start it?

Are you in the ponderous middles, losing steam halfway through your first draft and fighting for the motivation to finish?

Have you completed that glorious first draft of the Great American Novel and would like to workshop it to get some positive, helpful feedback?

Do you want to hone your writing skills and participate in a writing workshop that has been critiquing monthly drafts for over five years?

Then you've come to the best group! All of our members are dedicated to the art and craft of story-telling, and we take our core value seriously: we are writers, people who write.

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Meetup Agenda:
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1) Introductions (and collect dues)
2) Monthly Draft Critiques (completely voluntary)
3) Roundtable Discussion on a new topic each month

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Guidelines for Monthly Drafts:
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1) We ask that you only submit AFTER you've attended at least 1 Meetup.
2) 250-500 words in any genre, on any topic
3) Need a prompt? Check out the monthly prompt on the Meetup page.
4) Include name and page numbers somewhere in the margins
5) Upload to the site (see below)
6) Bring 20 printed copies with you to the Meetup

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Uploading Instructions:
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1) Login
2) Click the "Files" link on the left
3) Click the "Add a File" link at the top
4) Follow the instructions to upload your file
5) For the "Who can see & download this file?" option, make sure to select "Only members of this Meetup Group"