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Blogging for Fun & Profit
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Find out what a blog is and where blogs are found, then learn how to create your own blog. Explore how to use blogs to share information, ideas, pictures, and videos with family, friends, organizations, and customers. Discover how to use your blog to make money through affiliate programs and other methods, and how to use your blog effectively on social media sites. This class has a $30 materials fee that will be collected at the beginning of class....
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$49
Story Time Plus: A Performed Essay Workshop
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Performance essays are all the rage, and in this five-week class, master storyteller Brian Finkelstein will teach you how to be a yarn-spinning pro. You'll do fun, improvised storytelling drills, learn about the structure of performance essays, and explore ways to use your pieces to boost your writing career. Brian will show you how to transform relationships gone bad, family feuds, and life’s minutia into two riveting five-minute pieces. He’ll...
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The Rewrite
On the Page See all classes by this school @ 12412 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA
You know your script has to be rewritten. You know it has to be original, active, polished and poignant before it goes into industry hands. But, where do you start? In this class, lectures, film examples and in-class writing tools show you what your script needs and helps you to fix it on the spot! You'll "script doctor" in class, hone pages, deepen your characters and breathe new life into dialogue. At the end of the 6 weeks, you'll leave with...
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Screenwriting 101
DBA Flappers University See all classes by this school @ 102 E Magnolia Blvd, Burbank, CA
Students will gain an understanding of the basic process of feature film screenwriting. Filmmaking begins with story development and script writing. This is a course for developing ideas for the screen and practicing the techniques to evolve the ideas into a finished screenplay. Course work will involve progressive exercises in the development of a script and finally an outline and several scenes for a screenplay for your film. Prerequisite: No...
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Screenwriting Bootcamp Level 2
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA
You’ve finished that killer outline. What next? In this five-week Los Angeles Screenwriting Bootcamp Level 2, Wayne Powers helps you leap into the deep end by showing you how to take those sparse beats and turn them into powerful scenes that will seduce A-List Actors, Directors, Agents, and Execs alike. Through a mix of detailed lectures illustrated with film clips and in-class workshopping, Wayne covers advanced topics such as trailer moments,...
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TV Comedy II: TV Comedy Draft
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You have all the elements of a great TV Comedy: a great premise, clear characters, an engaging world, and a solid beat sheet. Unfortunately, the thought of actually writing the pilot fills you with dread every time you stare down at the blank screen. No problem! Jack Kukoda (Superstore, Mr. Pickles) will take you through the paces in this 8-week Online TV Comedy Pilot Draft Writing Workshop. He will help you hone your beat sheets, turn them...
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Creative Writing Workshop
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ 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.
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Mindfulness and Fiction Writing
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ 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...
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So You Wanna be a Blogger?
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You don’t just want to write a post, you want to kick your blog into overdrive and garner legions of followers. Let award-winning blogger Jessie Rosen show you how. In this four-week Blogging Workshop in Los Angeles, she’ll take you through the ABC’s of blogging. Through fun writing exercises and targeted feedback, Jessie will help you write stellar personal essays, interviews, reviews, and listicles to make your blog stand out in the blogosphere....
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Blogging for Fun and Profit: Your Best Bet
West Los Angeles College See all classes by this school @ Fine Arts Bldg, Los Angeles, CA
If you can write an email, you can write a blog! Learn what a blog is, where blogs are found, how to pick a blog topic that makes money, and over a dozen ways to get content. Find out why blogs are your best website for today’s internet, and get valuable tips and techniques for promoting your blog via social media sites to increase your blog traffic. *$30 materials fee for valuable workbook and CD with additional take-home...
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$79
Revision Workshop
Los Angeles Writers Group See all classes by this school
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...
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$175
From Game of Thrones to Mad Men: Writing the TV Drama
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Do you have a great idea for HBO’s next hit series? Let successful TV writer Sam Ernst (“Crisis”, “Haven”) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! You’ll sample the different genres of TV dramas, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writer’s room. Sam will show you how to dramatize your life’s details, create realistic dialogue, and sprinkle...
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Precision Revision: A TV Comedy Revision Workshop
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Finally the phone is ringing. It’s some fast-talking agent from ICM who wants to rep you because of that killer half-hour comedy pilot or spec script you wrote. How did you get there? You took a rewrite class with TV writer Todd Waldman (Showrunner, Single By 30, Awkward, Happy Endings), that’s how. In this seven-week Los Angeles TV Comedy Revision Workshop, Todd will help you whip your script into shape. Through analyzing professional script...
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So You Want to be a Screenwriter?
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You dream of writing a killer screenplay that launches you to the top of “The Black List” and gets you a seven figure deal. Or maybe you want to see your life play out on an Emmy award-winning HBO series. The problem is, you’ve never written a “duck scene,” heard of a logline, or opened Final Draft. If so, this is the class for you. Enter veteran Screen and TV writer Chris Reed. He’s written for all the big boys, Disney, Fox, Sony, and...
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So You Wanna be a Screenwriter? Beginning Screenwriting
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You dream of writing a killer script that launches you to the wtop of “The Black List” and gets you a seven figure deal. Or maybe you want to turn your life story into an Emmy award-winning HBO series. If so, veteran screenwriter and TV writer Chris Reed can help. He’s written for all the big boys, Disney, Fox, Sony, and Nickelodeon and even created the a screenplay “Jaguar” that would eventually become “The Lion King” while working...
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Grammar Refresher
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Good grammar opens so many doors! Come ask all your English grammar questions and learn to correct common mistakes in a fun, highly interactive grammar refresher course that uses original materials and the world’s most popular grammar workbook. If you have intermediate to advanced language skills, get clear, easy-to-understand explanations that will boost your English fluency and self-confidence. Required workbook: Please purchase before...
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Writing a Pilot that Can Fly
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Do you have a brilliant idea for next season’s hit TV show? Then this five-week Los Angeles Pilot Class is for you. Let successful TV writer David Iserson (Mr Robot, New Girl, Mad Men, Saturday Night Live), share his secrets for developing the DNA of your show, developing characters that bring us back, season after season. Through lively craft lectures and David’s help on your script idea, you’ll have developed the formula for your series...
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Writers Bootcamp
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Are you a writer who desires to complete a project? Whether you've just sketched out an idea or already completed a first draft, come revitalize your writing in a two-day, hands-on workshop. Choose one of your projects to focus on, and bring it to class, where you’ll explore how to unlock your creative juices to write with freedom and help maintain momentum when the class is over. Tap into memory and sensory perception through in-class writing...
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TV II: A TV Drama Draft Writing Workshop
Writing Pad See all classes by this school @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA
You have a killer beat sheet for your TV Pilot, but when you sit down to write, everything turns to mush: vague characters, huge data dumps, clunky dialogue, and scenes that go nowhere. If this sounds familiar, successful writing partners John Herrera and Nina Fiore (The Handmaid’s Tale) can help. In this ten-week Online TV Draft Writing Workshop, you’ll get John and Nina’s help crafting an amazing outline and writing scenes that have...
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Blog Writing for Beginners
Santa Monica College See all classes by this school @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
Explore the world of blogging, and how you can determine your own blog-writing path. Through blog examples and short writing prompts, learn the different factors to consider when starting a blog. Find out how to use tone, structure, and voice to write for a specific audience. Friendly in-class critiques will help you explore personal writing topics and produce a few sample posts, and you will leave class with a project outline for a blog and helpful...
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