The ABCs of Scene: From Dialogue to Revision Workshop

with Jennifer Lang and Megan Vered

3 Sundays: February 6th, 13th, 20th from 9-11 a.m. PST, 12-2p.m. EST, 19:00-21:00 Israel

The ABCs of Scene: From Dialogue to Revision Workshop

In this workshop, Megan Vered and Jennifer Lang will guide you into and down the rabbit hole of writing, dialogue, crafting scene, and self-editing. In each class, you will read published work by a number of writers including Kiese Laymon, Carolyn Forche, and Harrison Candaleria Fletcher and respond to prompts. By the end of the three sessions you will have: 1) a clear grasp of how to craft and when to use dialogue and inner dialogue; 2) a full understanding of the elements needed to build a strong scene; 3) techniques and tips for self editing; and 4) 1-2 polished scenes.

Details:
1 session = $150 or 450nis
2 sessions = $250 or 750nis
3 sessions = $300 or 950nis
Please note this is non-refundable if you cancel within one week of the workshop and your place cannot be filled.

Location: zoom

Megan Vered is a published essayist and literary hostess. Her essays and interviews have appeared in Brevity, Entropy, The Rumpus, The Maine Review and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Megan holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her husband and West Highland White Terrier in Marin County, where she leads local and international writing workshops and serves on the board of Heyday Books and the UC Berkeley Library. Her memoir, A Dance to Remember: Confessions of a Medical Maid of Honor is currently being shopped for publication. For more info contact: www.meganvered.com 

Jennifer Lang’s essays have appeared in Baltimore Review, Under the Sun, Ascent, the Brevity blog, and forthcoming in Consequence, among other venues. A Pushcart Prize and Best American Essays nominee, she holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and serves as an Assistant Editor for Brevity. Findable at  https://www.facebook.com/israelwriterstudio/and @JenLangWrites.