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THE PROCESS OF REVISION The 90-Day Rewrite is a guide through the second pass of your manuscript. The workshop will take you through an analysis of your material beginning with a new outline, and then dive into an examination of the story, character, dialogue, and prose. My goal as a teacher is to help you stay connected to your original impulse by asking the right questions. In the rewrite, it is often tempting to sterilize the complexity or...
Have you always wanted to write a 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 six week live online personal essay writing class 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. NY Times Modern Love alum Kalle Mattila (NY Times,...
Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. We will help you dig deep into your treasure trove of personal experience to find the literary diamond in the rough that you can polish into a hilarious, relatable and tantalizing gem. You’ll even get a private meeting to get final notes on your piece and figure out where to send it. By the end of...
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Learn the secret techniques to craft a compelling and award-winning essay in this five-week class taught by NY Times and Rolling Stone alum Nicole Pajer at Writing Pad. Discover the unspoken expectations of this elusive format, create a captivating hook, and develop a clear theme that will leave readers wanting more. Don't miss your chance to perfect your essay and secure publication opportunities in just a few weeks!
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 6 week intro novel writing workshop, successful novelist Lauren Strasnick will teach you the fundamentals of long form fiction! 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 1200 words of your...
Working on a gripping memoir, nonfiction book, or novel but have no clue how to land an agent or contract? Editor at Hachette Book Group, Trish Daly can help make your dream of publishing your book a reality! She’ll help you present and shape your book so it’s the project that everyone wants to buy. Through interesting craft lectures and targeted feedback, Trish will help you create a pitch perfect overview and an annotated outline that serves...
SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom
Send your book out without self-doubt. Instead, work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape. In this month-long one-on-one intensive, an experienced published author will closely read your entire book and mentor you, giving focused editorial feedback on the first 25 pages and an editorial letter to guide revision of the rest. There will be significant opportunity for extended correspondence with your mentor, who will provide...
Screenwriting is a specialized craft with its own set of dramatic writing principles. In this 7-week class with screenwriter and playwright Daniel Talbott, you will learn the ways that film allows writers to tell stories in an infinite range of styles, from special effects-charged blockbusters to the intimate indie projects. This class might be for you if you: Are a playwright who wants the tools to transition from stage to screen. Need a stronger...
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Explore William Carlos Williams, the literary doctor who illuminated the essence of American modernism. Discover his blend of observation, vernaculars, and the haunting history of the nation, as well as his impact on the postwar avant-garde. Uncover his influence of Williams on writers and artists such as Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, and Steve Reich in this captivating course.
You have a brilliant new novel, memoir, or collection of short stories that you want to put out there (or an idea for one), but you’re not sure how to land an agent and get it published. Have no fear, Elise Capron, literary agent extraordinaire, is here! Through an informative craft talk, she’ll give you the inside scoop on how to present your work in the best possible light and how to craft a book that will sell. She will teach you what...
Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...
Los Angeles Center of Photography @ Distance Learning Class via Zoom, Los Angeles, CA
This practical webinar will help photographers learn how to develop and complete a long-term project and then build an audience for the work. Guggenheim Fellow, McNair Evans will use his personal project which ultimately became a sold out monograph, Confessions for A Son, as a case study, following the project from the completion of shooting through publication. This workshop includes helpful resources like portfolio reviews, applying for grants,...
In this comprehensive course, Gunnar will walk you through the steps of creating a series that highlights your comedic voice. He will also ensure your pilot is suitably structured for network and streaming broadcast. Multi-camera shows are not written the same as single-camera shows. Gunnar is one of the few writing coaches in Hollywood who can explain the difference and help guide you in both formats. New writers and experienced writers will benefit...
This four-week workshop will lead you through the construction of a short story, from conception to revision, with the goal of having a potentially publishable piece to submit to literary journals or genre fiction magazines by the end of the class. Students will read two short stories per week, develop a story of their own through exercises and drafting, critique one another’s first draft, and then submit a revised piece at the beginning of the...
This 4-week workshop offers a brief history and introduction to the intersection of new media and poetry. We will read and write poetry that crosses boundaries and engages modern technology and media tools to make poetry more accessible and appeal to a broader audience. Students will study the work of a new generation of tech-savvy young writers, who are transforming poetry by combining graphics, video, podcasting and other social media with traditional...
The Writers Studio has been helping writers online for 20 years using our custom, easy to use online classrooms. Our online students publish, win awards, and achieve full creative expression. Students get personal feedback from the teacher every week. Are you a dedicated prose writer, but sometimes just want to write a poem? (As Vladimir Nabokov wrote, “You have to saturate yourself with English poetry in order to compose English prose.”) Have...
Writing prose poetry is exciting, fun, and challenging. Prose poems vary a great deal. They display an abundance of different narrators and approaches: the one common element is that sentences, rather than free or metrical verse, drive the writing. In this six-week class, you will sample diverse exercises based on accessible, yet artistically challenging and satisfying, models. In the optional weekly, unrecorded live discussions, we will discuss...
Discover the art of crafting compelling essays as you explore the works of renowned essayists. Dive into the techniques of persona narration and other elements of craft that bring the material to life and engage the reader. Join us for an immersive six-week class conducted via video chat using Zoom.
Unleash your storytelling skills and embark on a transformative journey with our online workshop that guides aspiring memoir writers aged 50 and above. Dive into the art of memoir writing, exploring different narrative techniques and learning from established authors in the genre. Join us to unravel the truths of your life and craft a compelling memoir that will resonate with readers.
Are you curious about this very short story form? Do you have a story you want to tell in about 1,000 words? Flash fiction is a fun challenge for any writer, and it’s a great way to explore different narrative styles and techniques. In this six-week class, we’ll look at several examples of very short fiction. Each week, you will write a short, complete prose piece modeled on a writer’s example. The teacher chooses these exercises from a variety...
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