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A Novel Approach: Mastering the Long Format Project
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Is it your dream to write the great American novel? Finishing a book is a tough thing to do even for the seasoned professional. In this class, successful novelist Amber Benson will help you nudge your book to the finish line! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating compelling characters, exciting plot lines, and vivid worlds. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your novel for targeted feedback every other session! With...
A Novel Approach: Tackling The Long Format Writing
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd #203, Los Angeles, CA
Is it your dream to write the great American novel? Finishing a book is a tough thing to do even for the seasoned professional. In this class, successful novelist Lauren Strasnick will help you nudge your book to the finish line! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict. With the aid of fun, hands-on exercises and balanced workshopping sessions, you will have completed...
So You Want To Be A Novelist?: A Novel Writing Workshop
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Is it your dream to write the great American novel? In this 5-week intro novel writing workshop, successful novelist Steph Cha will help you take your great book idea and turn it into a page turner. Through fascinating craft lectures, she will teach you the fundamentals of long form fiction and cover techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict. Her fun, in-class exercises will help you apply...
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Novel II: Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Writing
Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Have you always dreamed of writing whimsical tales that take place in a futuristic world of your own creation? In this five week Los Angeles intermediate science fiction horror fantasy novel class, successful science fiction writer and horror movie writer Jennifer Brody (3 books published) will help you nudge your book to the finish line! Through fun, in-class writing exercises and engaging craft talks, she’ll help you create compelling...
Novel II: Intermediate Novel Writing Workshop
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
Are you working on a novel and looking for guidance? In this intermediate novel writing class, successful novelist Gretchen McNeil (9 Novels Published) will help you nudge your book to the finish line! This is a workshop-only class for experienced novelists. Gretchen will also give students custom homework exercises to address the specific difficulties that they’re having as well provide a technical understanding of how to solve these problems....
Short Fiction Workshop
Santa Monica College @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Do you have short stories sitting in a drawer, or have you always wanted to write one? Learn the fundamentals of what makes a short story effective. In this friendly, supportive workshop with a focus on themes, character, dialogue, point of view, story action, and writing compelling descriptions, you will also find out about the world of literary journals and how to submit your work to the short story marketplace.
A Novel Approach: Intermediate Novel Writing Workshop
Is it your dream to write the great American novel? Finishing a book is a tough thing to do even for the seasoned professional. In this 5 week novel writing workshop, successful novelist Lauren Strasnick will help you nudge your book to the finish line! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1000 words of your novel for...
So You Want to be a Writer? - Creative Writing
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You’ve always dreamed of finding the time to write on a regular basis or to finish a screenplay, a novel, a collection ofpoems, or a story. You can do it, and this class will help you! Writer of a thousand talents, this class will help you explore a smorgasbord of literary genres and discover what floats your boat. Through all new fun in-class exercises, you’ll work on writing scenes with authentic dialogue, finding stories from real life, and...
How to Hook a Literary Agent
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
You have a brilliant new novel, memoir, or collection of short stories that you want to put out there (or an idea for one), but you’re not sure how to land an agent and get it published. Have no fear, Elise Capron, literary agent extraordinaire, is here! Through an informative craft talk, she’ll give you the inside scoop on how to present your work in the best possible light and how to craft a book that will sell. She will teach you what...
NY Times Worthy Personal Essay 101
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Note: This is primarily a lecture class with some in-class exercises but not everyone will get to share their writing for feedback due to the seminar format. Have you always wanted to write a personal essay but you don’t know where to start? Or have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Salon? In this 1 Day personal essay class, NY Times Modern Love Alum and 2 time Moth GrandSLAM winner and Moth Host,...
$95
Get Your Webisode On
Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Got a cell phone, a laptop, and the desire to create the next Broad City? Or maybe you are looking for a way to show off your acting chops? Then this Webisode Workshop in Los Angeles is for you! Successful actor and writer, Lou Perez will show you how to develop the next breakout web series. Through fun, in-class writing prompts, you’ll tease out a killer idea and brainstorm the perfect first episode for your pilot and develop compelling characters...
$100
ATypical Self-Publishing with Blurb
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ 1515 Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles, CA
The past few years have seen profound change in the publishing industry. Economic realities, new technologies and the changing face of digital media have all rocked the long established traditional print avenues. Photographers are being asked to do more and more, and often times are asked to foot not only the bulk of the publishing bill but most of the marketing and advertising as well. With these challenging realities emerged the first real face...
$275
Writing the Mini-Feature for Magazines and Newspapers
If you have a story to tell, you can get it published in a newspaper or magazine with a little know-how and discipline. You have to know how to find a great story, how to make sure you're the right person to tell it, how to pursue it, and who to talk to. Plus, you need to know who to pitch it to! In this class, successful journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner, who has written for just about every newspaper or magazine worth reading, will share her...
Online Essays and the Persona Narrator
The Writers Studio @ Virtual Classroom via Zoom
Do you live with realities that shock, delight, or implore you? Do you have expertise, confusion, curiosities, appreciations, or denunciations that you want to share in a way that others can hear? In this 6-week class, we will look at essays by James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Brian Doyle, Maya Angelou, and Rebecca Solnit to see how their use of a persona narrator and other elements of craft help them to welcome the reader. This class will be conducted...
TV Drama Pitching: Sell It In the Room
Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You’ve worked hard to hone that super-fly Drama or Dramedy pilot premise with great characters, a compelling world, and an amazing pilot episode. So what’s next, a pitch meeting with a network exec, perhaps? How about a huge opportunity to learn pitching, branding techniques and pitch your show in front of an executive who develops shows for ABC? Enter Nathan Varni Director of Current Programming, Disney-ABC Television Group. In this two-day...
Mindfulness and Fiction Writing
Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Meditation and writing bring awareness and help us remember who we are and where we come from. Explore how to connect meditation to writing and how to approach your writing with awareness of the senses, memory, and the imagination. Develop your ability to “pay attention” to the worlds you are creating in your writing, and discover how meditation and writing complement and help each other. Bring your work to class and discuss the...
Revision Workshop
Revision can be tricky, especially if you have been working on your story or memoir for a long time, reading it over and over. Chances are you are no longer seeing your story objectively. But we’re here to help! In this one-day workshop, aspiring writers will learn how to critique themselves by discovering the basics of revision. In this safe environment, you will have the chance to practice these techniques. We will read the first five pages...
$175
From Cheng Du to Timbuktu: A Travel Writing Workshop
Do you love to travel? Want to make it your day job? Dive into the fast-paced and lucrative world of travel writing where you can sample local, exotic cultures and everything from five-star hotels to jungle treks. In this two day intensive, veteran travel writer Eric Hiss will show you what it takes to succeed in this competitive arena, from generating and pitching ideas that sell to structuring articles for diverse markets. Through an informative...
Personal Essay Punch Up
You wrote this great essay but aren't sure if it's done yet. Everything seems to be there: beautiful language, compelling conflict, and an interesting revelation. But something is missing, and you don’t know what it is. Good news: the personal essay doctor is in! Successful essayist Annabelle Gurwitch will help you push that essay to the finish line. She’ll help you play up the strengths and find the weaknesses in your piece, uncover opportunities...
Addictive Fiction: Writing the Knock Out Novel
Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd #203, Los Angeles, CA
Have you always dreamed of writing the Great American novel? Let writing craft master and author James Scott Bell teach you structure and plot techniques that will make your story write itself. In this one-day class, he'll show you how to craft unforgettable leads, raise the stakes of your story and build up to a knock out ending. James will teach you his patented LOCK system that’s guaranteed to create a novel so gripping, it’ll leave your...
$195
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