Old Lyme Native’s Course Always Oversubscribed
LYME–Lyme Public Hall this fall will host the return of a popular seminar series led by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Prizzi’s Honor, directed by John Huston) as she guides new and accomplished writers in various genres through the process of crafting memorable characters and cohesive story lines.
Do you have something to say, but don’t know quite how to write it? That’s where celebrated writer Roach comes in.
Lyme Public Hall in its event description invites writers to “use their heads to explore matters of the heart, contemporary issues, historical events, family sagas and more.”
Roach, an Old Lyme native, brings writing experience spanning newspaper and magazine articles, poems, eulogies and obituaries, short stories and documentary and feature films.
Emphasis will be on participants’ work and will involve weekly writing assignments with personal feedback.
Roach was a producer and writer at 60 Minutes before going on to collaborate with Bill Moyers at CBS News and the Public Broadcasting Service. Subsequent – and award-winning – experience as a screenwriter led to her role as a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts for nearly 20 years. She now writes for Estuary Magazine and is working on a memoir and a new film project.
The Monday night writing series will be held from Oct. 6 to Nov. 10 at the Lyme Public Hall. Enrollment for each session, which lasts from 6 to 8 p.m., will be limited to 12 students. The fee is $100 for Lyme Public Hall members and $125 for non-members.
To enroll, contact info@lymepublichall.org.