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Poetry Workshop - Free Verse Poetry
Spend an evening studying free verse poetry and learning what makes a good free verse poem, then practice writing your own through writing prompts.
Memoir Writing Workshop
Spend an evening learning how to write good memoir and how it differs from writing fiction and practice through creative writing exercises.
So You Want to be a Freelancer Seminar
You have so many stories inside of you, and you are burning to tell them. But how do you get from inspiration to publication? In this class, veteran journalist Marc Cooper (Atlantic Monthly, NY Times, Playboy, Rolling Stone) will take you through the paces of the freelance life. You’ll learn how to pitch to editors, keep your pile of ideas fresh, and work with your sources. Marc will cover the mechanics of being a professional freelancer: how much...
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Creative Writing with Vintage Books
In this creative writing workshop by L. Sharp, students will use vintage books to create their own original poems and stories. By erasing existing words on the page, new meaning will emerge. The process, both inspirational and meditative, awakens creativity in active and occasional writers. Students will also use vintage photographs and collage to rewrite their one-of-a-kind books. Q&A Q: Are materials provided? A: Yes, materials...
Write a $1,000-$10,000 Grant in One Day
West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA
Educators, community- and faith-based organizations, non-profits, healthcare professionals, and starving artists can use grants. Many corporations and foundations offer mini-grants of $1,000 to $10,000 to meet immediate needs—and the applications can be completed in just a few hours. Because it’s so easy, you can apply for multiple grants to total the amount you need. Get links to appropriate available opportunities along with sample grant proposals,...
$54
Grammar Power in Three Hours (Ages 15 & Up)
West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA
Is it ‘who or whom’, ‘She and I’ or ‘her and me’? Bad grammar makes a bad impression. If you want to succeed, you must communicate properly. Find out about the most common mistakes people make and learn to avoid them in this intensive grammar workshop. Rediscover the basics of good sentence structure and discuss principles like making subjects agree with verbs. Tricky verbs such as “lay,” “lie,” “affect” and “effect” will...
$59
Write ‘Straight up’ with a Grammar ‘Twist’
West Los Angeles College @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA
Gain the confidence to write emails, website bios, and reports right! Just one or two of the tips from this class will help you become a noticeably better writer. Learn to organize your ideas more effectively, integrate better sentence and vocabulary variety, and incorporate self-editing strategies to produce error-free writing. No more questioning word choice or punctuation; you’ll know what to do! Age 15 and up welcome to take this class. ...
$59
Riffing and Writing (Plus Persona!)
Students will learn to comfort handling hecklers and dead crowds and will learn to MC. They will also learn how to come up with new lines while performing. A "bullet proof" ten minutes refers to taking your best six minutes of material and punch it up so that it always knocks out an audience, get big laugh one after the other and will be also strong enough so that you can pass auditions at the top comedy clubs in town. We get your set by going...
Intermediate
18 and older
Summer Creative Writing Workshop Series
Los Angeles Writers Group @ 1728 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Spend one or several evening learning and practicing different elements of the creative writing craft. Pick and choose which evenings you'd like to attend this summer to work on fiction, poetry, or memoir. Each night we meet, we'll focus on a different creative writing topic as listed below. During the evening, we will discuss that particular element and we will give you creative writing exercises to complete in class to practice the element we...
$45
Short Story Workshop
Los Angeles Writers Group @ Location will be, Los Angeles, CA
Study the Genre, Generate New Ideas Learn techniques like mining your own life experience, using your powers of observation and your rich memory storehouse to examine your own culture to generate short story ideas. Whether you want to write a single short story, or a series of interconnected stories, a short-story collection, or even a novella, this workshop will help you generate new ideas while you examine the classic short story. Every meeting,...
$45
Writing Workshop - Advanced
Mt. Washington Writers' Workshop
The Mt. Washington Writers’ Workshop offers serious, craft-focused workshops for writers of fiction and creative nonfiction, in an atmosphere of generosity and respect. Our Advanced Class focuses on workshopping and feedback that encourages the writer's unique voice and material, paired with an in-depth study of technique. Activities include workshopping, exercises, analysis of published works, discussion, and completing works for submission....
Advanced
18 and older
Explore 50 Different Self Publishing Options
Mt. San Antonio College @ 1100 N Grand Ave, Walnut, CA
Self Publishing is all the rage, but is it the best option for YOU? (participants must attend “Beginner’s Guide to Getting Published”) And, can you do both? You will discover the pros and cons of all the self publishing options, including print-on-demand and e-book publishing, as well as the Amazon option of Create Space. You will leave with a rated description of 50 self publishing companies.Students will receive a .pdf handout emailed to...
$25
Photo Book Discussion Series (Online)
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
LACP is excited to announce we are starting a monthly Photo Book Discussion Series where photographers, publishers and photo editors will address how they create photo books, as well as the current photo book market. In each session, guest(s) will discuss the process of developing a photo book from conception to distribution and will cover their approach to editing, sequencing, publishing, and marketing. The Photo Book Discussion will take place...
$20
Unlock the Story Within
L.A. Writers' Lab @ 1408 3rd St Promenade, Los Angeles, CA
Unlock The Story Within is not a formulaic approach to story structure. Through this workshop you will discover how you are uniquely qualified to tell your story. The very fears that kept you stuck are, in fact, your way into the story. Unlock The Story Within will help you to articulate what you didn’t know you were trying to say. The conscious mind is good at doing one thing: it answers the questions we ask it. When a writer gets blocked, he...
$45
Get Out of Your Head
L.A. Writers' Lab @ Virtual Classroom
A portion of all proceeds goes to benefit Young Storytellers (a writing mentorship program for low-income students). It’s important to get out of our heads and allow our characters to surprise us. This 60-minute workshop consists of a series of writing prompts that will take you to the heart of your characters. Al will work one-on-one with writers and help you understand what you didn’t know you that you knew. Please note: We’ll send...
$5
Podcasting 1: Start Your Podcast
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Is it your dream to create the next Serial, This American Life, or Startup? If so, this is the class for you! In this five-week Online Podcasting Class, Podcasting expert John Fecile (99% Invisible, Snap Judgment) will teach you the fundamentals of this engaging new storytelling form. Through informative craft lectures, in-class writing exercises, deconstructing successful podcasts and hands-on technical training you will learn how top tier shows...
TV Drama III
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
In this class, you’ll learn how to focus your story, trim the fat, tighten your dialogue and sharpen your action. You’ll refine the language of your script word by word, line by line, scene by scene and act by act. You’ll also learn how applying theme to your pilot will elevate your work and get you closer to the impeccable pilot script, which will advance your career. Ryan will also show you how to introduce your characters, write that...
NY Times Worthy Article
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Getting an article in the New York Times is the crown jewel of features in terms of bragging rights and future book deals. In this seven-week Online NY Times-Worthy Article class, New York Times Contributor Sophia Kercher shares her insight into securing this prestigious but elusive prize. Through fun, in class exercises, informative craft talks, and in-class feedback, you’ll learn Sophia’s secret techniques for approaching the feature article,...
TV II: TV Draft Writing
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
You have a killer beat sheet for your TV Pilot, but when sit down to write, everything turns to mush: vague characters, huge data dumps, clunky dialogue, and scenes that go nowhere. In this ten-week Online TV Draft Writing Workshop, you’ll get the instructor's help crafting an amazing outline and writing scenes that have a complete beginning, middle and end and pack a serious punch. You’ll learn to how to open your pilot, capture the...
Creative Writing (Ages 11-13)
Writing Pad @ Online Classroom via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
Do you have a middle grader who’s interested in creative writing? What if they could sample poetry, short story, personal essay or middle grade writing? In this four-session live online creative writing class, your 11-13-year-old will get the chance to try each of these forms in two-hour sessions tailored just for them taught by an award-winning writer with expertise in working kids from this age group. Each class includes fun craft talks,...
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