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Unlock your creativity and hone your writing skills with a wide variety of creative writing classes in Los Angeles. From fiction to poetry, learn from industry experts and gain the tools and inspiration to bring your stories to life.

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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....

(60) Intermediate 18 and older
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$425

5 sessions

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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.

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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$208

6 sessions

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A Novel Approach: Intermediate Novel Writing Workshop

Writing Pad

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...

(60) Intermediate 18 and older
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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...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$100
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Writing the Mini-Feature for Magazines and Newspapers

Writing Pad

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...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$225

2 sessions

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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...

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$79

4 sessions

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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...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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$195
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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...

(60) 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...

(60) 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...

(60) 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...

(60) All levels 18 and older
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Science Fiction Short-Story Writing Workshop

El Camino College @ 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance, CA

In the 50 years since the historic Apollo 11 mission, we've never stopped wondering: what - and who - is out there? We'll explore this question in a workshop that consists of reading and discussing short excerpts of space travel and moon colonization literature, writing our own stories based on various guided prompts (including space-related images and songs), and sharing our work with the group to get feedback and ideas for next steps. Attendees...

(174) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Group Coaching for Creative Writers

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

This coaching session is for creative writers who are experiencing blocks, time management issues, or who need a little encouragement. This group coaching for creative writers meeting is recommended for: Writers working on a project and would like some accountability, guidance, or help with blocks. Writers who want to discuss their writing practice in general, get tips to overcome blocks, learn to manufacture new inspiration, get help with goals,...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Creative Writing Workshop

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

In a hands-on writer’s workshop, learn how to revise and polish your stories to develop their full potential. Bring to class your fiction or creative nonfiction work-in-progress, and—in a positive and supportive environment—you’ll receive meaningful feedback and helpful critiques from your instructor and fellow writers.

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$139

6 sessions

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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,...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Weekly Creative Writing Workshop

Los Angeles Writers Group @ Location will be, Los Angeles, CA

Tap into your creative side, write work that will surprise you, and learn a few things along the way. Generate new writing from original prompts every Sunday Get writing tips and learn what’s working in your writing and why Get excited again about writing Write for two hours and come away with new material Try your hand at different kinds of writing. These workshops are not lecture-based. We get right down to writing. We choose prompts based...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Literary Novel 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. Is it your dream to write the great American novel? In this 1 day Online lecture format Intro Novel Intensive, successful novelist Katherine Taylor will teach you the fundamentals of long form fiction! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue,...

(60) Beginner 18 and older
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