Free Inspiration for Writers
The Editing Company offers free writing workshops in area towns, including Westport.
About 30 people sat around long tables in the beautiful Dave Brubeck room of the Wilton Library on a chilly night this week listening to Patrick McCord of The Editing Company. The Westport resident presented his "Write Yourself Free" workshop, of which similar workshops will be held in February and March at McCord's Westport office. The "Write Yourself Free" method is advertised as a way for writers to connect to their natural strengths as communicators, so the act of writing feels free, natural, and playful. McCord, professorial in sweater vest and loosened tie, opened the evening talking about his own writing crisis, which occurred while he was having trouble finishing his Ph.D. dissertation. He said he was writing for a specific …
