Tish Fried, Neighbor

<strong>Tish Fried: Director<br></strong>Is the founder and President of The Editing Company and has lived in Westport for 19 years. Her collaborations have ranged from memoir to self-help to dramaturgy. As Director, Tish is dedicated to supporting writers with new and unique services like The Writers’ Room. “It has been a blast watching the writers get better and better. Whether our writers are working on novels or non-fiction, listening to them tell stories and read at our Writers’ Read events is always exciting. The best stories are rooted in a personal sense of truth, and discovering that unique truth—whether it’s a based on a real experience or lives only in the imagination—shouldn’t be labor, but play.” She is now working on launching the publishing arm of The Editing Company and continues to build the writers’ collective.

<strong>Patrick McCord, PhD: The Professor<br></strong>Patrick is the Write Yourself Free workshop leader. Patrick is a fugitive from Hollywood where he learned that his talents were more analytical than presentational. Putting his talents to work more constructively, he earned a PhD in Narratology (English) at the University of Georgia. As a college professor, he has specialized in story- and identity-cognition in film and literature Patrick was honored to win the prestigious Mitchell Marcus Award in 1991. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of The Editing Company and creator of the Write Yourself Free™ method.

<b>Write Yourself Free </b>is located at 252 Post Road East in Westport. (203) 557-4614.

Website: www.​writeyourselffree.​com