Tish Fried & Patrick McCord, PhD, Neighbor

Patrick and Tish are co-founders of The Write Yourself Free workshops and The Editing Company.

<strong>Patrick McCord, PhD is the Write Yourself Free Workshop Leader and Editor-in-Chief </strong>

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.

<strong>Tish Fried: Director, Co-Founder</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 at Write Yourself Free “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 at our monthly Storytelling Fridays or reading 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.