Step Outside Yourself: Writing from Another Persona with Jane Medved

Name: Step Outside Yourself: Writing from Another Persona with Jane Medved
Start: 2024-05-16T10:00:00+03:00
End: 2024-05-16T13:00:00+03:00
Location: Israel Writers Studio

Schedule

Thu May 16 2024 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Israel Writers Studio | Tel Aviv, TA

Our default writing position is usually first person – experience processed through the deeply felt “I”. But what if we change the lens, expand our boundaries, travel in time or space or matter to a different perspective – and enter the mind of the “other?”
In readings of both flash prose and poetry, we'll examine how other writers have engaged with history, myth and legend through their writing. Readings will range from the traditional “persona” poem to the more daring lyric and experimental. Through a series of guided writing exercises, we will practice stretching our own voices. What experience can we access through our own family histories, culture, religion or universal myths? Along the way, we will discover that even inanimate objects have an opinion. This is a multi-genre workshop, combining poetry and lyric essay.
Hybrid event: in person and on zoom
DM for details. Registration open now. Space limited.