Sabes Jewish Community Center – 2015 Annual Benefit Online Auction
Auction Ends: May 15, 2015 12:30 AM CDT

Unique Experiences

Writing Class in Your Home - Gail Milstein

Item Number
538
Estimated Value
150 USD
Opening Bid
50 USD

Item Description

You and five of your friends are in for a real treat! Gail Milstein will bring her brilliance, expertise and some wine to get you and your friends started on that writing project you have always wanted to begin!

Choose from one of three classes she offers at The Loft Literary Center, but in the privacy of your own home!

Creative Writing Sampler 

Not sure if you’re a poet, a novelist or a memoirist? Come and sample poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by exploring craft techniques common to all three and experimenting with each through creative writing exercises.

Writing Your Life

Whether you want to write down your memories for family members and friends or hope to publish book-length memoir, come try your hand at writing exercises to spark your memory and tell your story.

Senior Moments: Starting Your Writing Project at 55+

Have you retired and now have time to devote to your novel-in-progress? Or are you interested in writing a memoir so favorite family stories aren’t forgotten? With creative writing prompts and exercises, you’ll learn simple tips for starting – and staying with - your writing project, no matter what it is! 

 

Gail Milstein receives her MFA in the spring of 2014 from Hamline University, where she has studied all three genres of creative writing. She has also been a student at the Loft Literary Center and the U of M. Her work has been published in Bemidji State University’s Dust & Fire, and she served on the 2012 Editorial Board of Hamline’s nationally-renown literary journal, Water~Stone Review. She teaches creative writing to kids and adults at The Loft Literary Center, at various Hennepin County Libraries and worked for years with groups of senior citizens helping them write their life stories. 

www.theloft.org

 

 

Item Special Note

Date/time/location to be arranged between the winning bidder and the Artist. The class will last between 1-2 hours.  Gift certificate will be mailed within two weeks of the close of the auction.

Donated By:

Gail Milstein