Guided Writing Group:
From Revision to Submission
Advanced Workshop
Tuesdays, 20:00-22:00
Discover the essence of your story
Sharpen the elements of your writing to make it stand out
Heighten the emotional impact of your work
Sharpen the elements of your writing to make it stand out
Heighten the emotional impact of your work
This workshop is aimed at advanced writers - Story Foundations course graduates or other intensive writing experiences - who are currently working on short stories or memoir and want to push their craft to the next level. Each session will open with critique, writing inspiration, and an exploration of methods to revise and develop work with a view towards publication. In-class writing exercises will be offered to aid participants in honing specific skills.
This course will include information on how to present and submit your work to magazines and competitions.
This course will include information on how to present and submit your work to magazines and competitions.
Instructor Bios
Batnadiv Hakarmi is a Jerusalem-based writer, editor and artist whose works have appeared in Poetry International, the Ilanot Review, and Partial Answers. She holds an MA in Comparative Literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she taught composition and Introduction to Fiction. A long time member of the Jerusalem Writing Circle, she founded and directs Night Writers, Jerusalem. She currently teaches creative writing at Emunah Ve’Omanut, a branch of Emunah College. Her work can be seen at www.batnadiv.com.
Nadia Jacobson is a Jerusalem-based writer and editor. She is a fiction editor at the Ilanot Review, an Israeli journal of creative writing in English, and served as co-Municipal Liaison for the Jerusalem region of National Novel Writing Month, 2016 (nanowrimo.org). She holds an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Bar-Ilan University, and her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Binnacle, Annalemma, Every Day Fiction, and a number of anthologies. A long-time member of the Jerusalem Writing Circle, she has taught creative writing at Emunah Ve’Omanut and privately, and has experience coaching writers from first draft to publication.
Details
We are revising the format of this session. If you'd like to be informed when this is finalized, please sign up.
|
Endorsements for Teaching'The Story Foundations course, taught by Nadia Jacobson and Batnadiv HaKarmi did exactly what you think it would: it gave me a strong foundation about the actual craft of writing, something I so needed to improve my understanding of how to build a story. Both of these women helped me start thinking like a writer and more importantly thinking of myself as a Writer. I'm so excited to think about where this writing journey will take me.' (B.B.)
'This course clearly explains the components of good writing, and then makes it entirely possible for you to implement them.' (L.S.) 'Thank you both for a lovely and insightful course.' (C.D.) ''The Story Foundations workshop was terrific...I want to take it again! I know I'll still learn more. Since taking the workshop, I've been writing every day.' (T.M.) 'Through Nadia & Batnadiv's nurture, I gained the courage to write, and the insight to understand what I was writing and how best to improve it.' (S.G.) 'Thanks for the worthwhile and useful course and for your careful feedback on my story.' (Y.S) 'Nadia and Batnadiv, thank you both for creating this space where I learn so much and grow as a writer and as a person. I look forward to continuing to learn with you in the future.' (G.P.) 'It was so lovely spending an evening after a hectic day discussing what I love most—writing...Thank you Nadia and Batnadiv for your dedication to the group and the craft of writing. It is wonderful to know that there is this place.' (J.S.) |