| Program Descriptions: |
For Students and Adults
“Never Stop Dreaming” is a presentation which varies for 4-12th grades up to adults that shows how the power of language, the power of words, and the art of the written word can literally change the world. . .Or in my case, how it changed my small world, my life. By showing the autobiographical nature of my work and using my novels as examples, I reveal how I was able to use some of my most difficult times as a child to make my dream of becoming a published author come true. Everyone wants to be heard and writing is one amazing way to make that happen at any level, at any time in a person’s life.
For Jewish Groups (children and adults)
How one lonely, neurotic, confused, young girl who didn’t even know she was Jewish for the longest time, grew up to become a still, slightly neurotic but successful writer, mother, wife, Hebrew school teacher , and author of the novel THE TRUTH ABOUT MY BAT MITZVAH. A very true story, because the truth is, I didn’t have one. . . and though I had a lot to learn, I made had to make this choice first. With or without the formal Hebrew education, it is a choice that every Jewish individual needs to make for him or her self. I tell the story of how I took that journey, and why.
Writing Workshops
I have taught creative writing to elementary, middle, high school and adults groups. I have one-day creative writing programs all the way up to ten-week sessions, delving into such exercises as “Reverse Room Raiders” to “Said is Not Dead” to “First Lines” and “Character Bios.”
For writers wanting to publish, my workshop “Turning Fact into Fiction” gives detailed strategies for taking memory and creating Story with a capital S. |
| Program Pricing: |
negotiable depending on distance |
| Audience Levels: |
Middle School; High School; Adult |
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