Creative Writing

Writers express their vision of the Jewish experience and their understanding of Jewish texts and traditions in a variety of written forms, including stories, poems, essays, and song (See Guitar and Songwriting).

The Creative Writing Workshop

“It's itching at my fingers, and poking out my ears

Tickling my tongue-tip, like a taste that isn't there.

It's eating at my pencil, and gnawing on my brain

If I don't write this story now, I may just go insane!”

During the two weeks at Tizmoret, the Creative Writing Workshop will be focusing on helping you to get your story from your head to your pen. We'll be learning about plots, developing characters, editing dialogue, and participating in flash-writing exercises that will get your creative fluids moving.

[Caution: some of these activities might make you collapse in uncontrollable fits of laughter which may take several minutes to recover from.]

Other aspects of writing that will be covered by Creative Writing Majors and Minors:

• Poetry — Have some fun with verses you are already familiar with, and experiment with some new ones. Learn some formulas that you can use anytime, anyplace to create a magical mixture of sounds, words and meaning.
  
  
• Short Story — Funny, scary, silly, autobiographical...300 words, 200 words...


• Words — What makes a word effective? What makes a word fun? Compose lists and lists of handy words to keep in your pocket in case of an emergency.


• YOU! — Discover your writing style, and learn how make your mark on your work!