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Tokyo Writers Workshop Monthly Meetup

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Karen M. and John G.

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WORKSHOP: Our regular monthly meeting, on the third Sunday of (almost) every month. Come join us to workshop your writing (English only) and to discuss the work other members have posted.
Each work is discussed for a maximum of twenty minutes while the writer has the opportunity to listen with an open mind and hopefully learn something of value. Fiction, poetry and other genres all welcome.
Please do not share any of these manuscripts outside our group without permission from the writer.

BOOK SWAP: We are trying something new: a book swap. If you wish to participate, bring at least one book that you can recommend to the group but no longer want to give space for on your own shelves. Be prepared to take home a book from another member.

DEADLINES: To submit your work for critiquing during the monthly meeting, please post a file in the month's Google Drive folder by the Wednesday before the meeting, midnight (if under 4,000 words) or by the second Saturday of the month, midnight (up to 7500 words of prose or 60 lines of poetry). Be sure to include your name and email on the manuscript and use standard manuscript format. Number the pages. We discuss the first twelve manuscripts posted in order of submission. Once there are 10 manuscripts, latecomers will be removed from the folder.
Please don't post your file before the first of the month, nor change your file after posting, unless there is something seriously wrong with it. You can tell us about minor changes at the meeting.

TO POST A FILE, use the following link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZYRhDd1GX9NAjdCHZho2vIhP-KRpsOlQ?usp=drive_link

Once you see the TWW Members Only folder on the Google Drive, open the folder and drag your document to the folder or click on NEW and then choose the document to add to the folder. Options to Download and Print the files appear in the upper right corner of the folder. You do not have to Download to Print.
Note that this folder is not strictly private, but it would be difficult to find it without the above link, and the contents will be deleted after the meeting.
Read all files posted in this folder before the meeting. Then take part in the discussions, or make comments via email to the authors.

DIRECTIONS to the venue:
From the Oedo line:
Toyomi Kuminkan, 6 Chome-7 Kachidoki, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0055
It’s a 10 min walk from Kachidoki Station on the Oedo line. Directions from the Kachidoki Station are, go out exit A3a, and continue in the same direction (just keep walking out from the exit). Walk about 8 minutes (after crossing a couple of intersections). Turn left just after the Toyomi Kuminkan Bus Stop. Down that side street you can see there's a big fence around a soccer field. If you go to the soccer field then you should be able to see the Kuminkan on the right. Our room will be posted in the lobby.
Let's meet as a group at 12:45 just outside the A3a exit.
https://goo.gl/maps/uP197a6NqKFjLMTj8

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS ON WRITING: Please feel free to add to this document if you find anything you think might be helpful to other members.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fZJ0sKWO8ayi4WSr_2A0hDwZpv3KnaUteNs4YSgUSTY/edit?usp=drive_link

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Every 3rd Sunday of the month until March 30, 2025

中央区立豊海区民館
Chuo City, Toyomichō, 6-chōme−7−8 中央区立豊海区民館 · Tokyo
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