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.

Have you just completed the first draft of a work of fiction or creative nonfiction?
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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

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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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