MAC presents writers’ workshop
MIDDLETOWN >> Writers, creatives, artists, fellow pandemics are invited to join Lake County author Michelle Scully on a quest to uncover Hemingway’s famous quote exhorting writers to write the ‘truest sentence you know.’ Truth Serum is offered Saturday, March 6, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Zoom by Middletown Art Center (MAC).
“The workshop format will be free-flowing and begin with a discussion of what ‘the truest sentence’ means to each of us, then move into time to write, share, think, for sure laugh and maybe cry”, Scully explained. “The quote blows me away, and while I challenged myself to do just that as a new year’s intention, I’ve shied away from the ferocity of it These are such strange and challenging times, but filled with opportunity to winnow through what matters to us, to see more clearly the depths of our hearts, to stretch ourselves to find the good, bad, ugly, beautiful, redemptive within.”
Michelle Scully has written a memoir of her journey through a debilitating riding accident, recovery fueled by the wonderment of nature, horses, dogs, family, and faith. She’s recently completed a children’s empowerment book and is watching dust collect on a historical fiction novel that’s challenging and exciting her.
Participants will only need a willingness to unravel Hemingway’s challenge, computer, paper, pen or quill and papyrus whatever moves you to write.
Please register at middletownartcenter.org/ classes. Participation is by donation of $25 to $50. A Zoom link will be provided following payment. No one turned away for lack of funds.
The MAC continues to adjust and adapt its programming during this time of COVID-19. The Gallery is open Thursday-Monday. 10:30 to 4:30, or by appointment by phoning 707-8098118. Social distancing and mask-wearing are always observed at MAC. You can also visit the show virtually at middletownartcenter.org/current.
Find out more about events, programs, opportunities, and ways to support the MAC’s efforts to weave the arts and culture into the fabric of life in Lake County at www.middletownartcenter.org.