Writing Workshops

The Practice of Writing: Generative Prompts for Getting Unstuck and Developing a Regular Writing Habit with Omer Friedlander

$150

2 Sessions

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Saturday & Sunday 12:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT March 22 to March 23, 2025

Online via Zoom

What kind of little rituals do you do before you start writing? Light a candle? Take a walk? Make a cup of coffee or play music? Every writer has different habits and routines, but the most important thing is to keep doing it. To be a writer means simply to keep writing.

This generative writing class will combine in-class writing prompts and advice to help you develop a regular writing habit. We will read interviews with other writers and see what tricks, superstitions, routines, habits, and other quirks helped them keep a regular writing practice. Remember: the life of a writer is a marathon, not a sprint. This class will help you maintain a writing practice, one day at a time.

Course Outline:

Day 1: Generative Writing Prompts
Day 2: Class Discussion of Author Habits (Including Interviews and Craft Essays by Sigrid Nunez, Colm Tóibín, and Zadie Smith)

This course is held online via Zoom.

Led by

Omer Friedlander

Omer Friedlander

Omer Friedlander is the author of the short story collection The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land, winner of the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award and a finalist for the Wingate Prize. The book was shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize, chosen as an American Library Association Sophie Brody Medal Honor Book for outstanding achievement in Jewish Literature, and longlisted for the Story Prize. He currently lives in New York City and teaches creative writing at Columbia University.

About this series

Writing Workshops

We strive to make our classes the most inviting and rewarding available, offering an intimate environment to study with award-winning, world-class writers. Each class is specially designed by the instructor, so whether you’re a fledgling writer or an MFA graduate polishing your novel, you’ll find a perfect fit here.

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