Watch the Short Story Reading:
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your short story about?
During a yearly event with my friends, I almost drowned and found peace in the understanding I would eventually die.
2. What genres would you say this story is in?
Coming of Age,
3. How would you describe this story in two words?
Peaceful death
4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?
Crazy Rich Asians.
5. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?
Amazing Grace
6. Do you have an all-time favorite novel?
“Good Housekeeping, Coyote, computers and dust bunnies”
7. What motivated you to write this story?
I participated in a 100-word writing challenge, and this was one of my works.
8. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
My Father
9. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Films I work on films and teach film at university.
10. What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?
Good past experiences with the company.
11. Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
It never happens until you sit down and write it.
Matthew Toffolo's Summary 