Writing Funny Short Stories
Taught by Jonathan Schwartz
Ages 9-10, 15 students
Thursday and Friday, July 15 & 16, 2010: 6-7:30pm (two sessions)
In this two-session workshop, we'll write funny stories. Some say it's difficult to be funny in writing, but we say it's
easy to be funny if you don't have to be funny for a long time. So, with that in mind, we'll keep our stories short. Before
you sign up for this workshop, the question you need to ask yourself is "Do I think I'm funny?" If so, come on in. If not,
come anyway. We'll spend our first session writing scenes and our second editing our stories. All genres welcome—realistic
fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, detective fiction, fantasy, tall tales, and so on.
Jonathan Schwartz received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, where he wrote a few
tall tales of his own. He just graduated from U of M with a master’s in Education. In the past, he taught third grade in New
York City, worked briefly as a line cook in a breakfast joint, on the assembly line of a candle factory, for a life insurance
company, and as a vacation club salesman.
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Writing Funny Short Stories
Space is limited, so we ask that each child only sign up for two workshops per schedule.
Please note that filling out this form does not guarantee you a spot in the workshop. We’ll contact you to confirm your registration either way. If you have any questions, call us at (734) 761-3463.
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