Meetings will take place 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 15-minute limit is firm.
- We will use a microphone.
- Michael 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 15 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 new Short Story Reading Group!
The What
- This is not a critique group. A reader will be given feedback only if requested.
- On average six/seven readers will be allocated 15 mins max. to both read their short story and receive feedback.
- There will be no ‘walk in’ readers.
- But walk in listeners, YES.
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.
- Readers: Submit the title and genre of your piece 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 15-minute time limit. Let us know the genre.
- You may return to this form to submit other titles.
