Writing Workshops

Generative Novel-Writing Intensive: Write the First 50 Pages of Your Novel with Omer Friedlander

$645

10 sessions

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Once a week Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT October 6 to December 15, 2025

Online via Zoom

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This class will combine a rigorous and intimate workshop experience, generative writing prompts tailored to your individual project, close reading of short stories and novel excerpts by masters of the craft, as well as advice about the best writing habits and routines to support a long-term project. Students can expect to come away with a deeper understanding of novel writing and the craft of fiction, and the tools to revise their novels-in-progress.

Course Outline:

Each participant will have the opportunity to receive robust and detailed feedback on at least 25 pages of their novel-in-progress over the course of the semester. This includes extensive line edits as well as a two-page feedback letter.
Each participant will also have the opportunity for a 20-minute live-edit; a close-reading, and revision of a passage of their work on the sentence level, a 30-minute one-on-one meeting with the instructor, and a personalized revision plan from the instructor, including reading suggestions, tips, and ideas for revising your work.
Craft classes will include extensive handouts prepared by the instructor about the weekly topic, including plot, structure, character, narrative time, setting, objects in fiction, and more.
Tailored writing prompts that will help you get unstuck and fuel your writing and playful creation.
Experimental writing prompts that tap into what we can learn from other art forms, including paintings and sculptures, music, dance, and film.
A special class on revision comparing different versions of work by writers such as Carver, Nabokov, and Joyce.

Level: Intermediate

This course will be held online via Zoom. Please note that this course will not meet on October 13th.

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. His collection has been translated into several languages, including Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Slovak, Czech, and Romanian. He 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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