When we learn new skills, we need time to assimilate the knowledge, to let it seep into and enhance our writing.
Workshops are an opportunity to focus on a subject over a longer period of time to transform your writing. During that time you will be able to learn more about a genre and develop your craft through in-class writing and submit work for feedback from the instructor and fellow participants.
focus intensely on a particular area within your genre
explore an aspect of craft in depth
Since our inception in 2016, WriteSpace Jerusalem has had the pleasure of hosting writers from Israel, the UK, and the US who excel in teaching: Ilana Blumberg, Rachel Creeger, Anna Levine, Judy Dick, Debbie Herman, Sherri Mandell, Joanna Chen, Amital Stern, Jane Medved, Ariella Eshed, Rachel Heimowitz, Annette Gendler, and Jessamyn Hope.
Genres taught have included: storytelling, playwriting, comedy, memoir, fiction, poetry, children's picture books, and educational writing.
Need help pushing your story through from beginning to end? Engage your senses, hone your skills and put words on the page in a series of tencreative writing workshops with fiction writer, Nadia Jacobson, and hybrid & creative non-fiction writer, Batnadiv HaKarmi.
This workshop aims to get participants writing regularly, sharing work, learning craft and practising elements learned using writing exercises, and reading like a writers
Discover the essence of your story 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 who are currently working on short stories or memoir and want to push their craft to the next level. Each session will open with an in-depth reading and critique of the participants' work, and together we will explore ways 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.
Have you just completed the first draft of a work of fiction or memoir and feel stuck or overwhelmed?
Join a 4-week intensive with experienced writer and editor Nadia Jacobson exploring how to re-"vision" your narrative and acquire advanced writing and revision skills.