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What’s Your Story Reading Group
October 16 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT
This meeting is at a different location: Capital One Cafe, 1139 South Main St., Walnut Creek
To accommodate the interests of those who write stories longer than 2,500 words, we will alternate the format of the monthly meetings. Every other month, the meeting will be devoted to stories of 5,000 words in length. These longer-story meetings will last three hours instead of the usual two. In October, we will hold the first meeting for longer stories.
That next meeting will be on Friday, October 16, at noon, at the Capital One Café (1139 South Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596), in Community Room 2, on the second floor. Parking is free for the first 3 hours in nearby lots, including the multi-story structure at the corner of Main and Botelho.
Meetings are on the 3rd Friday of each month.
If you are reading:
- Time yourself beforehand. Practice! A 2,500 word story will typically take 10/12 mins to read. The short story 15-minute limit is firm.
- Stories up to 5,000 words have a time limit of 30 minutes.
- We will use a microphone.
- Robert or Raquel will introduce each reader. He/she will read the title and the genre.
- Feedback, if requested, will be given. Note: feedback is part of your allotted minutes. Therefore, your reading time should be shortened.
- The next reader will be introduced etc.
- If time permits, we’ll have final questions.
Come, read, and enjoy listening at CWC Mt. Diablo’s Short Story Reading Group!
To accommodate the interests of those who write stories longer than 2,500 words, we will alternate the format of the monthly meetings. Every other month, the meeting will be devoted to stories of 5,000 words in length. These longer-story meetings will last three hours instead of the usual two.
The How
- We will maintain a list of authors who want to read, along with the title/genre of their stories.
- A small committee will select the readers for each month. You will know well in advance when it is your turn to read.
- Stories up to 2,500 words: Submit the title and genre of your piece using the form below.
- Stories up to 5,000 words: Submit the title and genre of your piece AND upload the story itself in pdf, using the form below.
- New stories or a story already published are welcome.
- You can read a chapter from a book if it is a free-standing story and meets the time limit.
- You may return to this form to submit other titles.
