Upcoming Meetings

Our regular Monday meetings start at 6pm and go to 8pm and are held at Bread Company (Panera Bread) at 6607 Chippewa (by Ted Drewes), St. Louis 63109.

Monday 3/25  Regular Meeting – Scene and Structure

Monday 4/1  Regular Meeting – Discussion To Be Announced

Monday 4/8  Regular Meeting – Discussion To Be Announced

Monday 4/15  Regular Meeting – Discussion To Be Announced

BOOKS WE’VE COVERED IN DISCUSSIONS SO FAR

The Monarch Writers

are a St. Louis based writing group, founded in September 2017, for writers who take their writing seriously and want to move their projects forward from conception to completion. We try to provide a space for those working on fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, in any style. Short story crafters, novelists, flash fiction devotees, and essayists are all welcome

New folks welcome! FIND US ON MEETUP

The structure of the meet includes spending some time catching up with each other at the beginning, and introducing ourselves to new people. Then we have an activity, a reading of a chapter from a writing instructional book shared through email or text to read on devices, phones or tablets or laptops. If you prefer a print version I try to bring a couple of those each time. We read through this together and then discuss, talking about what we got out of it and how we can apply it to our own work. Sometimes I’ll bring a prompt and we’ll have 15 or so minutes of free writing. Members have input and can request topics for readings and new activities.

Normally this takes us to the 7:00 mark and we take a quick break. And the next half of the meeting we have a couple people read some portion of their work, and the group gives constructive feedback. Time allows for two people most nights. If you want to share something please do! Bring around five pages or so, and have it available to share on devices in a pdf or similar, or google drive. People can comment on a google drive version, or if you prefer written notes, print out a number of copies and people will mark those up with comments and will give you constructive feedback.

The group is aimed to be encouraging so please do not come with an attitude of tearing others down.

We strive for an inclusive and diverse community and seek equanimity so people can come and have a space they feel good sharing the solitary art of writing with a supporting community

About us →: 3/11 – 3/25 – Scene and Structure