Story Circle Network

How the Story Circle Network Can Help You Tell Your Story

If you want to dig deeper, look farther, write more often and more expressively, or discover other ways to tell and share your experiences, we're here to help. But SCN is like anything else—the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. Here are some ways you can get more out of what we offer.
  1. Journal every day. You'll find journaling tips and guides in each issue of our Story Circle Journal: www.storycircle.org/journal. If you're a member of the Internet Chapter, you'll also receive weekly writing prompts by email—perfect for keeping your journal on-track.

  2. Join a Story Circle in your community. Here are the community-based Story Circles that we know of: www.storycircle.org/circles.shtml. Can't find a Circle in your community? Then start one. Our Facilitator's Guide will show you how easy it is to do this: www.storycircle.org/facguide.shtml.

  3. Join a Story Circle on-line. See www.storycircle.org/ecircles.shtml.

  4. Contribute your writing to our Story Circle Journal. See www.storycircle.org/journal. And read the Journal from cover to cover—it's full of great ideas for writing your life story.

  5. Take an on-line writing class. For information, go here: www.storycircleonlineclasses.org.

  6. Read, read, read! Women's memoirs are "hot" in today's publishing world, and we try to keep abreast of the best. Here's a list of the books our Austin TX reading circle has read this year: www.storycircle.org/Reading_Circle/rc_sched.shtml. We've also reviewed a great many other books about women's lives—visit our book review site: www.storycirclebookreviews.org for a look. Want to write reviews of women's memoirs and related books? Read our Reviewers' Guidelines: http://www.storycirclebookreviews.org/becomeareviewer.shtml.

  7. Join our on-line Internet Chapter Reading Circle, or our Austin TX Reading Circle, or start a Reading Circle of your own. You can choose books from the SCN reading list and print out our on-line reading guides.

  8. Attend our events. We offer Writing From Life weekends in Austin (see www.storycircle.org/Workshops) twice a year, a LifeLines writing retreat (see www.storycircle.org/LifeLines) every two years, and a national conference (see www.storycircle.org/Conference) every two years. We offer several Be Our Guest programs in the Austin area each year. Want to attend events but can't join us in Austin? Start a Story Circle Chapter in your own community and create your own calendar of women's events! Here's how to get started: www.storycircle.org/ChapterGuidelines.html.

  9. If you're sixty-plus, you may be interested in our Older Women's Legacy (OWL) Circle project. To see what's going on, go here: www.owlcircle.com. And be sure to subscribe to our OWL-Circle eletter, while you're visiting that site.

  10. If you offer writing-related classes, workshops, or programs, you are eligible to post information about yourself and your work on our Speakers Bureau pages. Posting on our site does not obligate you to any payment to Story Circle. You will have your own individual URL and will be able to put it on your brochures, handouts, and business cards. For an example, go to the Speakers Bureau (www.storycircle.org/SpeakersBureau), then choose a name from our list of speakers.

  11. If you're ready to tell your story to a wider audience, check out our Market Watch (www.storycircle.org/MarketWatch.php) page, where we list current current publishing opportunities, contests, conferences, and so on.

  12. Share the story of your writing achievements with us. To see what other lifewriters have been doing, take a look at our Members in Print and in the News page: www.storycircle.org/MembersInPrint.shtml.

  13. Give a gift membership to a friend or favorite relative. See www.storycircle.org/frmgiftscn.shtml. Let them know that you value their stories and hope that they'll write them down!

  14. Stay informed. We're continually offering new programs and services. To stay up-to-date on what we're doing, subscribe to our monthly National and Austin eletters: www.storycircle.org/eletters.shtml.

Contact us via email: storycircle at storycircle dot org or phone: 512-454-9833 or write to:
Story Circle Network
P.O. Box 500127
Austin, TX 78750-0127

Last updated: 08/26/08