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Personal Essay Clinic

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

You wrote this great essay but aren’t sure if it’s done yet or where you should send it for publication. Good news: the personal essay doctor is in! Successful journalist Natasha Vargas-Cooper will help you push that essay to the finish line. In this intimate (eight student max) one-day intensive, we’ll workshop the hell out of your essay, help you polish it up and get it ready to send out the next day! We’ll even send you a checklist of...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Finding Writing Inspiration Through Visual Art

Los Angeles Writers Group @ 8033 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Writers often find inspiration through visual imagery: pictures spark ideas, stories, emotions, and passions. And those same pictures can often reignite the flame of inspiration even when it feels all burned out. During this workshop, writers will create a “mood board” to help fuel their writing even after that first burst of excitement has disappeared. By switching between writing prompts and creating a mood board (a collage of images...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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$135
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Query Letter Clinic: The Pitch that Sells Your Story

Writing Pad

You have a great idea for a spellbinding article, celebrity profile, or reported essay that you're dying to get published. How do you make your pitch stand out so it doesn’t disappear into the slush pile? How do you target the right editor at the right publication? In this one day class, successful journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner will pull back the curtain of secrecy to show you what editors look for in queries, the process for landing a writing...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Press the "Better" Button: Revision & Editing Workshop

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd #203, Los Angeles, CA

By the end of the class, you'll have an opening page that screams “read me” and a treasure trove of ninja revision skills to finish that ailing book with panache and gusto! You have a first draft and it's OK. Maybe better than OK. But something about just doesn't sit right on the page. The story drags, the characters are vague, or the settings are humdrum, and you don't know how to fix it. Don't worry. Craft master James Scott Bell will show...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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Travel Writing: How to Pivot in Times of Uncertainty

General Assembly

Are you a budding travel writing enthusiast? Then this class is for you. This workshop will cover the elements of travel writing, including pre-trip research, using on-location experience to find an angle, telling the story, and engaging an audience. It will also include tips on how to leverage the learnings of this class in the current global crisis - with everything that’s going on in the world right now, more than ever, we need to find ways...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Fiction Writing Workshop (Character Development)

Los Angeles Writers Group @ 1728 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Spend the evening learning about character development and learning ways to incorporate character development into your fiction.

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Self Publishing Revolution Summit 2017

L.A. Writers' Lab

A revolution has happened in the publishing world. It has been democratized through a variety of distribution channels including Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, barnesandnoble.com, and Smashwords. Thousands of authors are supplementing their income and/or leaving their day jobs from the revenue generated from self-publishing their work. We no longer have to wait for the big five traditional publishing houses to rubber stamp our work. In fact, the major houses...

(2) Intermediate 18 and older
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$195

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How To Write Funny

Los Angeles Harbor College Extension

In a hands-on workshop featuring lectures, in-class writing exercises, and supportive feedback, discover how to write a comedic piece that is part story, part essay, part dialogue, and entirely, uniquely “you.”  Learn all about the tools, techniques, and tricks that comedy writers use to get laughs in sitcoms, screenplays, blogs, story nights, and even business presentations.  You’ll also make an exciting discovery: There are no...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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It's Story Time: Storytelling for Kids

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

To be a successful children's author, you need to have good live storytelling skills. Whether you are an aspiring picture book author trying to promote your book, an actor launching a storytelling career, a parent trying to get your child to eat his vegetables, or a teacher struggling to get your class to pay attention, being able to tell a good story on the fly will give you superpowers with kids. In this class, award-winning storyteller Antonio...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Bullies, Heartbreak and Teenage Angst: A Ya Workshop

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

By the end of the class, you will walk away with everything you need to hit that first page with verve and conviction. Soon others will be absorbed in the world of your creation. Angry journal entries not included. What does it take to write the next “Hunger Games”? In this class, award-winning Young Adult author Cecil Castellucci will show you. She’ll share her tricks for using personal experiences to bring your characters, conflicts and...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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From Heartache to Literary Break: Memoir (1 DAY)

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Have you ever thought about turning your life’s trials and tribulations into a NY Times bestseller but didn’t know where to start? In this one day class, successful memoirist Sara Benincasa will share her secrets for painlessly excavating your tumultuous past to craft a gripping page turner! Her fun, in-class exercises will help you write a kick ass story about the moments that have (temporarily) kicked your ass. She’ll cover crucial topics...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Writing Accessible Poems

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

When most people hear the word poetry, their eyes glaze over. Not when veteran poet Ron Koertge is in the house. In the hands of a master, words become delicate instruments, allowing the fusion of sound, sensory experience, sybolism, and humor. In this one day class. Ron will help you find your inner Wordsworth, through fun in-class exercises and targeted workshopping. You’ll learn what you need for your poems to sing, and by the end of class...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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A Young Adult Novel Writing Workshop

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

What does it take to hook a reader on page one? Award-winning YA author Ron Koertge will answer this question and many more in this one-day young adult novel writing workshop. Ron will show you how to create relatable characters, electric dialogue and gripping pages.   Through fun in-class writing exercises you’ll mine your life’s trials and tribulations to create intriguing stories for teens. You’ll learn how writing YA stories are different...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Humorous Essay Workshop

Writing Pad

Have you always wanted to write a humorous 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? Then this humorous essay workshop is for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. Christopher Noxon (NY Times) will show you how to make your essay hilarious,...

(59) Beginner 18 and older
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Your Name in Print: A Publishing Workshop

Writing Pad

Have you fantasized about seeing a story of yours published in the New Yorker? Award-winning writer, Summer Kumar will give you the resources, structure, and inspiration to hustle your work effectively into a literary magazine, and she’ll take the pain out of the submission process. In this 1-day publishing workshop in Los Angeles, she will even share her secret recipe for getting your work published in the top literary magazines. Through her engaging...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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From Ordinary Life to Extraordinary Personal Essay

Writing Pad

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. Dreaming of publishing your essay in a top newspaper or magazine, but feel your experiences aren’t unique enough? You’re not alone. Most of us have never moonlighted as a pirate or worked for the CIA, but in this 1 Day Online Personal Essay class, 2x NY Times Modern Love Alum Sara Eckel...

(59) All levels 16 and older
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TV Comedy 101: TV Writing Fundamentals Seminar

Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA

Note: This is primarily a lecture class, so not everyone will get to share their writing for feedback due to the seminar format. Do you want to write for television, but don’t know where to start? Not to worry. Veteran TV writer Steven Peros will provide the foundation you need to begin your journey into the world of writing for the small screen. Steven has sold four pilots (to MTV and NBC-Universal, among others), and wrote for one of AMC’s...

(59) Beginner 16 and older
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Humorous Personal Essay 101

Writing Pad

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 humorous 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? Then this Online Humorous Personal Essay Class is for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform...

(59) All levels 16 and older
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Fiction Writing Workshop (Structure)

Los Angeles Writers Group @ 1728 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Spend the evening learning about writing effective setting and doing exercises that will ground your readers into your scene.

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Fiction Writing Workshop (Authentic Dialogue)

Los Angeles Writers Group

Spend the evening learning how to write more engaging dialogue and doing exercises that will help you hone your dialogue writing skills.

(43) All levels 18 and older
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