Stories at The Mosh Pit

I have written before about my Small Writing Group.  It’s interesting  that we have continued to call it the small group despite quite a few attempts to come up with a more unique name.  We have kept our numbers  small and  our writers, while diverse in writing style, genre and age group, are on a similar writing level.  We have grown and developed in our writing and in our critiquing.   It’s no longer about just punctuation and grammar but  the overview of the story  and how we can improve. We have developed a trust in each other to both tell the truth and hear the truth in a respectful way.

Two of us – Jess and I were recently invited to be on the ABC Treasure Hunters”  program.  We were asked about our group and what it was like to share our writing with others. Was it difficult?  We have learned it is essential to be able to share, but initially nerve wracking. Writing is a solitary occupation but sharing and critiquing helps enormously with our progress and our confidence.  

This brings me to our latest project.  We have organized an event  - “Stories at The Mosh Pit” which will be a live read by six of our group members and two guest readers. This gives the writers a wonderful chance to share their stories through live reading.  It will be held at a the Mosh Pit which is a popular and funky Record Store and Coffee shop at Cardiff CBD.  It is to be held on the Saturday 31st May and will start at 2pm and go to 4pm or later. There will be coffee and food available and music in between the readings.  

Anthony Skully  from the ABC 500 Word Stories is one of the guest speakers and will give a short talk on writing getting  your story published online at ABC Open. 

Karen Whitelaw is the second guest speaker.  Karen is a published author and writing tutor who teaches creative writing through the WEA. Karen has organised and guided  a number of writers from the Writers Workshop she teaches, through publishing an e-book anthology of short stories called Mirrors.  Karen will give a short talk about Mirrors and will also read one of her stories.

So if you would like to hear stories read live by local writers, please join us at the Mosh Pit on Saturday 31^st May at 2pm.