Since June 2025, The Write Club, a group for established and aspiring writers, teens through adult, has met monthly for a mix of discussion, sharing writing samples, camaraderie and a lecture on a particular writing topic.

Made possible through funding from the Artist Innovation Grant awarded by the Arts & Culture Alliance, the group is led and organized by journalist/author Sara Jordan-Heintz. Free and open to the public, it will meet next from 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 18 at the Marshalltown Public Library, in a new location, the Brucklacher Conference Room.

The topic for this month’s meeting is pantser vs plotter. We will explore the pluses and minuses of both writing techniques. A plotter is a writer who outlines a story before writing while a pantser is more spontaneous “flying by the seat of their pants.”

Previous sessions have focused on: writing tips/how to improve writing, motivation/overcoming writer’s block, how to get published, dealing with rejection, using life experiences to inform your writing, how to make a living as a writer, and more.

Future dates are as follows: August 15, September 12, October 17 and November 14, all in the Brucklacher Conference Room.

We will then move to monthly Zoom meetings during the winter months.

For more information, reach out to Jordan-Heintz at: sara.jordan909@gmail.com and join the Facebook group: The Write Club. The monthly lectures are recorded (audio only) and posted to the Facebook group.