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Intro To Screenwriting Class

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

This class is an introduction class for screenwriting with an overview of all the different types of screenwriting for film (shorts and features), TV and webseries. There is an emphasis on writing for short length scripts (shorts and webseries) but it will give tips on what makes scripts strong and sellable no matter what the medium is. Students are encouraged to bring their ideas to class to get feedback and tips on them. What medium is your...

(252) Beginner 16 and older
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Online Writers In Seclusion

The Writers Studio @ Instructor-led Online Learning, New York, NY

In this 6-week online class we will study how writers in seclusion and exile have turned their fear and anxiety into creative inspiration. Each week, we will try writing exercises based on fiction writers and poets such as Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust. In the weekly chats, we will discuss the week’s exercise and explore the model’s basic technical issues. Chat transcripts are always available to students unable to attend.  ...

(7) All levels 18 and older
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$325

6 sessions

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Sip-N-Scribe

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Looking to get your creative brain moving? Need a refreshing way to mix-up your writing? Then push away from your keyboard, get ready to put pen to paper, and come mingle with other writers in person! Sip-N-Scribe is a fun evening of creative writing prompts, idea swapping, and drink-sipping. The goal is to experiment with something new on the page in an informal, relaxed way, all while enjoying an afternoon with your friends while making new ones....

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Fiction, Non-Fiction and Cool Writing

I Write NY @ 100 Washington Square E, New York, NY

Songwriters and rappers read and write every day. NFL, NBA and MLB teams create written game plans to win. Broadway actors use scripts to tell meaningful stories. Effective communication is your key to success. Writing Coaches will provide middle and high school students with the tools to write and speak well, to be heard and not misunderstood. Develop the true grit it takes to write the stories you wish to tell—in your voice! Note: Bring loose...

(1) All levels 12 and older
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I Fell In Love with One of Them: Community Zine-Making

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

How do difference and identity really impact the way we date and fall in love? We're creating a collaborative Zine that compiles our stories of dating experiences across borders, boundaries, and taboos. How do we understand difference in our personal and romantic lives, and how far can this understanding go? How do we navigate reactions from family, friends, even strangers?  In the end, can love really save us? Art supplies will be provided,...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Spiritual Memoir: The Art of Self-Inquiry

New York Open Center

This workshop is designed to introduce students of all levels—from non-writers to professional wordsmiths—to the art of spiritual memoir. When we learn to tell the whole truth about experience, to discern our own soul’s odyssey, we come to understand the mythic dimension of our personal struggles, triumphs, confusions, longings, digressions and so-called mistakes. Through writing exercises, storytelling and group interaction, we investigate...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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Storytelling 101

CLASS & CO @ 260 Ainslie St, Brooklyn, NY

Are you working on stand up, public speaking or have a solo show idea percolating in your brain? Do you want to inject more vulnerability into your comedy? Are you like me and have had a ton of truly ridiculous dating experiences!? In this writing/performance workshop, you’ll sharpen your skills with writing exercises designed to mine memories, improvisational exercises to define your voice, and personal notes to flesh out your material. By the...

(6) Beginner 17 and older
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$175

5 sessions

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Screenwriting Alchemy

Meditative Writing @ Virtual Classroom

4 Week workshop for Screenwriters, TV writers, & Web series creators First, middle, or final drafts. Learn how to turn any pages - into great ones.  Cliche transforms into familiar but different, expository morphs into extraordinary, confusing into profound, and average into extraordinary.  ​Discover how to shape-shift for the creation of a magnificent screenplay.  In this workshop, we focus on you. Your mind, Your story,...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$399

4 sessions

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Meditative Writing: Healing Your Inner Artist

Meditative Writing @ Virtual Classroom

You know you are meant to create but you haven't been creating. Or perhaps you sit down but the process feels empty. Perhaps you haven't picked up your pen, paintbrush, guitar, or ballet slippers in months, days, years.   You are suffering but don't know what to do or where to start.  Or maybe you just might want to do some preventative care, knowing that the road will be hard ahead, so you want to give yourself the...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$375

6 sessions

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Meditative Writing Level 1

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

Meditative Writing Level One: The Process of Creativity & Story Mining At the intersection of science, art, and meditation we build an approach to writing that draws from the most powerful part of your mind.  Cognitive and meditative exercises will be crafted specifically to help you get the most out of every writing session and discover the deepest truth of your unique voice. These tools can also be flipped upside-down to...

(5) Beginner 18 and older
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$375

4 sessions

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Migration: Short Memoir

Fledgling Writing Workshops @ 417 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY

Migration workshops combine traditional manuscript critique with Fledgling’s signature generative approach, meaning plenty of in class writing time and feedback. With a focus on short memoir, we’ll spend the first three sessions writing to prompts and learning how to choose what belongs in a piece about one’s self, what a three act structure is and how to make it work for any length piece, and what mixing “big and little voice” means, plus...

All levels 16 and older
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$425

5 sessions

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Copy Editing

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Copy editing in an ever-changing media landscape remains core to good journalism. The platform doesn’t lower the bar for editing standards. Copy editing enforces consistency, accuracy and fairness — something we need now more than ever. In this three-hour workshop, learn how to self-edit, catch grammar, spelling and style mistakes and produce clear, readable copy for publication.

(64) All levels 18 and older
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Writing a Killer Book Proposal

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Learn all the elements of a book proposal, supply you with a template for a proposal, and provide you with individual feedback on your book idea and the steps you should take next. If you have a great idea for a nonfiction book, the first step isn’t to create a complete manuscript. It’s to craft a book proposal that clearly describes your concept, why it’ll be compelling to a large number of readers, the ways in which you’d promote it to...

(67) All levels 18 and older
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Rage Structure And Tradition

Primary Stages ESPA

So you want to write a play. Is it going to be sweet? Pretty? Urbane? If so, take another class. During this 2-day workshop with Robert Askins, Tony Award-nominated author of Broadway’s deliciously devilish Hand to God, we’re going to explore our rage. This class might be for you if you: Are angry, disappointed, almost livid. Love works like Blasted, Look Back in Anger, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In this class you will: Talk about...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Write For Your Erotic Side: Creative Writing Workshop

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

During this creative writing workshop, we will develop your idea into a full-fledged erotic short story or vignette through group and solo writing and concept development exercises. Attendees will gain an understanding of what makes an erotic story "erotic", how sex scenes should be written, how important the characters are to erotic writing and ways to weave eroticism into what are considered non-erotic scenes. Writing can be PG-13, R or X-rated....

(252) All levels 18 and older
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My Date With Shakespeare - Twelfth Night

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Does Shakespeare scare you or has it just been a long time since you and Shakespeare have spent time together? Have no fear! Becca C. Kidwell will reintroduce you on a cozy Saturday afternoon. Together we will go over Shakespeare's background and language. Then we will read and discuss a selection from his romantic comedy Twelfth Night. BONUS: All participants will take home their own copy of Twelfth Night and receive a discount to Swiftly Tilting...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Seeing Between the Lines - God Said This

Primary Stages ESPA

The dramaturg's job is to read between the lines and enhance a script with specificity and accuracy. This 1-night workshop will teach you to watch and read a play from the perspective of a dramaturg and see what you've been missing. With your eyes opened, you'll be able to incorporate dramaturgical practice into your work as a writer, actor, or director. This workshop might be for you if: You would like the ability to translate what you see on...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Rage Is A Red Lesson: Turn Anger into Charged Prose

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

The era of Trump has become an age of wrath, one in which the impulse to make art is being shouted down by the desire to make war. In this politically charged workshop, we’ll examine how writers are able to harness their anger and use it as an engine for their creative work.  We’ll look at the work of masters such as Claire Messud and Herman Melville, and use an in-class exercise to examine the sorrows that lurk beneath the armor of our...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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"Anatomy of a One-Liner" Joke Writing Course

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

"Anatomy of a 1-Liner", is a two-hour joke writing course which describes the various types of 1-Liner jokes used in monologues and roasts, and teaches how to write them. Students will also be able to have a few of their own jokes "punched up" at the end of the course.

(252) All levels 16 and older
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Introduction to Nature Writing

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the basics of nature writing in this afternoon seminar. Through close examination of published work and in-class exercises, hone your descriptive powers, injecting vibrancy and lyricism into your prose. Learn how to create work that conveys the physical beauty of the natural world, while also telling a story or making an essayistic argument. Open to fiction and nonfiction authors of any level. Students will be provided a selection of short...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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