Facing Middletown Book Project: Storyteller & Writer Sign Up

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The Facing Project Gives, Inc. (d/b/a The Facing Project) and the Center for Middletown Studies will produce a forthcoming book, Facing Middletown (the “Project”), that will be published by The Facing Project Press and composed of stories by Muncie residents using The Facing Project's empathy-building storytelling model. The model pairs storytellers and writers together (1-to-1) to write a first-person narrative told from the storyteller's perspective. All storytellers and writers must be signed up to participate by no later than November 1, 2025.

All writers and storytellers will be trained by The Facing Project on the Project's writing method, best practices for interview techniques, and how to tell (aka write) a good story. Training dates will be set after all writers and storytellers are recruited.

After attending one of the two trainings, storytellers and writers will be paired by the Project (unless a storyteller or writer has a partner in mind; in which case, these individuals will also need to be trained by attending one of the two trainings).

Please contact us at facingmiddletown@facingproject.com with any questions.

Thank you for your participation!

Very truly yours,

The Facing Project and the Center for Middletown Studies

First and Last Name (Participant): *

Participant Email: *

Participant Phone Number: *

What role are you volunteering for in the Project? *

Storyteller (I want to share my story in collaboration with a writer)

Writer (I want to write a story in collaboration with a storyteller)

Both (I want to share a story with a writer, and I want to tell someone else's story as a writer)

Do you need to be matched with a storytelling/writing partner? *

Yes

If you answered "no" above, what is the first and last name of your storyteller/writer? *

In addition, what is the storyteller/writer's email address?

What is the storyteller/writer's phone number?

We are looking at two training date options; however, other dates will be explored if these options don't work for the majority. Given the dates below, which training will you attend? (Location details will be sent later via email.) *

Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 6 - 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 22, 2025, 2 - 4 p.m.

Neither

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