August Stories
Lazy summer days create the perfect opportunities to write cool, refreshing stories and share them with us.
By the third Tuesday of the month at 11:59 p.m. ET, post your story in the comments section below. You must include a message in the comments box for the upload to work.
Your story should:
- be no more than 1,250 words
- be formatted using a twelve-point font in Times New Roman, Cambria, Calisto, or other fonts with serifs.
- be double-spaced
- include page numbers
The following day, return to this page to learn who your feedback partners are, download your group’s stories, and begin reviewing their stories.
If you miss the deadline to upload a story and register for Feedback Group, you will not be assigned to a group. However, you can still attend and bring your story to the feedback session, read it aloud, and receive verbal feedback. You will be placed in a group with other “walk-in” attendees.
This is also a place where all Life Writers can come to enjoy fellow members’ stories. Then, if you care to, leave the authors a note of encouragement.
I’m #1. To post anyway. I got here before John. Yea! And it’s just a bit over 500 words, so it’s a quick read! When I started with memoir, I wondered what to do with all those memories- those childhood feelings I had where I either didn’t remember a specific incident or a chronological story just didn’t fit. THE ESSAY to the rescue. I guess I’m ready to write those now. Essays are hard to write because they require some introspection and a writer brave enough to say how something felt. Well, this small attempt isn’t anything earthshattering, no big… Read more »