Teaching

Jonathan currently teaches multi-genre creative writing in New York City. For more information, please contact Jonathan at Jonathan.Kravetz[AT]Gmail.

Once Upon a Time: How To Write a Story

You have a hundred good ideas, but you never get to the end, or you have a great ending, but you don't know how to build the story to achieve your vision. In this class, we will explore the process, techniques, and importance of storytelling with an eye toward combining structure with intuition - that happy marriage of form and inspiration master storytellers make seamless. Using exercises and in-class constructive critiques, we will begin answering important questions about our writing: Why do I write? How do you get started? How do l know when I'm finished? We will establish a solid foundation for future writing by developing a method to our madness. Students will be expected to bring in works-in-progress and to contribute to in-class discussions.

Theatre

§ 2013-present, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, New York, NY

  • Adjunct position teaching theater arts, dramatic literature, comedy, and composition.

  • I’ve learned students do best when they are able to interact physically with the material.  Thus, I take a kinesthetic approach to teaching and my students write plays, practice improv exercises, act, and actively read material.

"Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good."

- William Faulkner

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

- Toni Morrison

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."

- Isaac Asimov

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions."

- Albert Einstein