| Into the Fire:The Alchemy of Personal Writing |
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A Conference
Is it possible to write about ourselves in a way that touches others and reminds them of our fundamental connectedness? Can we describe an intensely personal event without being narcissistic or luridly confessional? The answer is yes, if we're willing to leap--with all our passion and fear and longing--into the fire. And that fire is not just a metaphor. It's as real as our own mysterious existence; as real as a painful moment that has broken, and maybe opened, our hearts. For more than thirty years, The Sun has been publishing the kind of brave and revealing writing that lives up to the magazine's motto, a line from concentration- camp survivor Viktor Frankl: "What is to give light must endure burning." This weekend is an invitation to join Sy Safransky, editor and founder of The Sun, and four Sun authors. We'll discover the surprising alchemy that occurs when we write in a rigorous and intentional way; when we hide nothing, especially what we most want to hide; when we find the nerve to go back into the fire again and again and again. This workshop is appropriate for both beginning and experienced writers; our focus will be on the writing process itself, rather than on a critique of finished work. The weekend's activities include group discussions, author readings, and several writing sessions. Please bring a notebook or journal. For more information about this conference, visit www.thesunmagazine.org
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