Meetings and Events for Saturday, February 24, 2024

Saturday Writers Welcomes
Speaker:  Meredith Tate
Topic: Plotting Pitfalls and How To Avoid Them
​11:00 - 1:00
Visitors: $5.00 temporary memberships
​available at the event.

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Description: This presentation will focus on common plotting pitfalls and how to avoid them, including a bit about — character motivation. Meredith has seen a lot of common mistakes while mentoring in numerous writing programs. She will share how to identify plotting problems and then how to avoid them. 

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Bio: Meredith is the author of four published young adult books, including FREEDOM TRIALS, THE RED LABYRINTH, THE LAST CONFESSION OF AUTUMN CASTERLY, and SHIPPED, as well as an adult book titled MISSING PIECES. She also wrote a children’s picture book for Kiwi Crate called BENNY BLUE. Meredith earned her master’s degree in social work from the University of New Hampshire before deciding to switch career paths and pursue her true dream of telling stories. She moves around a lot, and has lived in New York, Boston, London, St. Louis, Zurich, and Houston. Meredith recently relocated back to St. Louis, where she lives with her husband, Vincent, their son, Wesley, and their spoiled rescue dog, Finley. When Meredith’s not writing, she loves photography, playing the piano, trying new recipes, and chasing her goal of seeing every continent (five down, two to go!)

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Events Schedule:
10:00-11:00 -Members Only- Works in Progress Cafe Prose & Poetry
11:00-1:00 Regular Meeting - Business, then presentation. (Doors open at 10:45)
1:30 LUNCH (separate checks provided) - EVERYONE INVITED to continue networking

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Where we meet:

For 2024, our meetings are temporarily being held at the St. Charles City-County Library Kisker Road Branch. Our rooms will be on the first floor of the library. 

​Saint Charles City-County Library District Kisker Road Branch
1000 Kisker Road
Rooms A and B
St. Charles, MO 63304

Membership is $35.00 per year 
Our meetings are intended for an adult audience, please contact info@saturdaywriters.org if younger than 18

​Saint Charles City-County Library District Kisker Road Branch
1000 Kisker Road
St. Charles, MO 63304

Membership is $35.00 per year 
Our meetings are intended for an adult audience, please contact info@saturdaywriters.org if younger than 18

New SW member perk! You can now attend our in person meetings virtually via ZOOM! This is a members only perk. An annual membership comes with virtual and/or live admission to and recordings of all regular meetings, access to members-only discussion/critique groups and events, exclusive no-fee contests, listing of your bio and book titles on our website, and more. As has always been the case, anyone is welcome to attend the in-person meetings at the library with a guest fee or paid membership. ​

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                                                         NOTE WELL-NEW MEETING PROTOCOL
You may attend in-person or via Zoom. Zoom details will be emailed during the week leading up to the meeting. *Zoom is for members only.

For those attending in person, we will take the following precautions for the health and safety of all:

• Masks are optional for all attendees.
• Hand sanitizer will be available.
• Coffee, water and light refreshments to be shared. You are allowed to bring in food for yourself if you wish.
• Attendance records will be kept in case contact tracing becomes necessary

It is the intention of the Board of Saturday Writers to continue to offer in-person meetings as long as the library remains open and allows us to do so. If anything changes, we will pass on updates as quickly as we can. Please do not attend in person if you are ill or have had a known exposure to Covid. We will continue to incorporate Zoom so that all can participate.