Come join us at our August meeting when multi-award winning author Rene
Gutteridge, with over two decades of writing experience, will engage us with a wonderful
teaching session on Creating a Character that Drives a Story Forward. Rene says, “Many writers
develop their plot and characters separately, but creating a character that drives the plot weaves a
tighter story as well as presents more choices from which a writer can choose…a bigger
playground, so to speak. Learn how to create characters which demand the plot follow them,
rather than the character following around the plot. This, in turn, creates the page turner all
writers strive for!” Tips for weaving a page turning, tight story will benefit us all as we shift our
focus to the characters.
Rene Gutteridge has been writing professionally for over twenty years, with expertise in fiction,
non-fiction, comedy sketches, novelizations and screenwriting. She is the multi-genre author of
24 novels plus several non-fiction titles. Her indie film SKID won deadCenter’s Best Oklahoma
Feature, and her novel My Life as a Doormat was adapted into the Hallmark movie Love’s
Complicated. She is co-writer on the feature film Family Camp, a Movieguide award winner and
a Dove Award nominee for 2023. She is also a Screencraft finalist in true crime. Rene is co-
director of WriterCon in Oklahoma City, senior contributor at Writing Momentum and is the
head writer at Skit Guys Studios. Find out more at ReneGutteridge.com.
Location: Kirk of the Hills | 4102 E 61st St, Tulsa, OK 74136
