Manuscript in Focus
Prose Workshop
October 2018 (6 sessions)
Mondays, 10:00-13:00
Keep your manuscript moving…
…up to the next level
Embark on a journey with your narrative.
Switch between the creator and editor side of your brain.
Learn how to shape your manuscript.
Switch between the creator and editor side of your brain.
Learn how to shape your manuscript.
Have you just completed the first draft of a work of fiction or creative nonfiction?
Are you feeling stuck completing your manuscript?
Join a 6-week intensive manuscript workshop to:
- Re-“vision” your narrative
- Learn to know and trust your creative process
- Discover and strengthen your central themes
- Give and receive in-depth constructive feedback on your writing
- Engage in experimental weekly writing exercises to fine-tune your style
Participants will acquire advanced writing skills through a study of a variety of literary models and in-class writing prompts. They will submit excerpts of their work in progress for critique.
Options for full chapter critiques for additional fee.
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Instructor Bios![]() 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, 2015 & 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 coaches writers from first draft to publication.
Minimum/Maximum No. Participants: 6/10
Cost: 1500 NIS for six workshops (and close edit of one chapter, conditions apply) Location: PICO Jerusalem, Talpiyot (eve)/Talbiya (day) Payment: 900 NIS via bank transfer to confirm your place. Email us regarding other payment options. |
Endorsements"I gained the courage to write, and the insight to understand what I was writing and how best to improve it." (T.M)
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