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140 Journalism 146 Writing Picture Books Reg# 354909 Journalism Fee: $415 146 Writing for Kids and mm WRITERS’ PROGRAM For more information about Journalism Certificates Online Middle Grade Readers email [email protected] or call July 10-August 21 (310) 825-7093. Enrollment limited to 25 students. No refund after CREATIVE WRITING 146 Writing for Young Adults July 14. c & JOURN X 432 Darragh Worland, MA, New York University, vice presi- 141 Basics of Writing POETRY Reporting and Writing I dent, Digital Media, The News Literacy Project 3.0 units 142 Special Topics for All 147 Poetry Both experienced journalists and novices gain skills in JOURN X 490 this course, which focuses on the foundation of writing Master Class in Narrative Journalism: Writers SCREENWRITING a good publishable news story, feature, or profile. Turning Facts into Stories Exercises center on clear and tight writing; interviewing 3.0 units FICTION 147 Special Topics for Film & techniques; diverse leads; ethical issues; and other Call it what you like—narrative journalism, literary critical skills for careers or freelancers in public rela- journalism, New Journalism—it all means the same 142 Beginning Fiction Television Writers tions or broadcast, print, and online journalism. Stu- thing: riveting, character-driven articles about the dents dissect stories in all different formats and learn issues, pitfalls, and victories that affect individuals, 143 Intermediate Fiction FEATURE FILM how to find solid sources, get compelling quotes, and groups, and sometimes the world. That can mean structure complex stories. Recommended to take as entering the mind of a serial killer or finding out what 144 Advanced Fiction 148 Beginning Feature Film one of the initial Journalism courses. happens when you cast Lindsay Lohan in a movie—and Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in college-level writing. you can write about any of these once you acquire the CREATIVE NONFICTION 149 Intermediate Feature Film Reg# 354908 right tools and understanding of the form. Because Fee: $573 powerful narrative journalism requires multiple revi- 145 Beginning Creative 149 Advanced Feature Film mmOnline sions, you spend nine weeks reporting, writing, and July 3-September 11 revising just two articles, with the goal of making at Nonfiction TELEVISION Enrollment limited to 25 students. No refund after least one of them ready for publication in a newspaper, July 7. & magazine, journal, or website. Along the way, you 146 Intermediate Creative c deconstruct great works of narrative journalism, learn 149 Beginning Television Richard Hendrickson, PhD, Communication Studies, how to identify and develop story-worthy characters; Nonfiction Bowling Green State University; associate professor of optimize reporter-subject relationships; develop char- 150 Intermediate Television communications and online journalism instructor for acters; recognize and humanize complicated topics and 146 Advanced Creative John Carroll University in Cleveland with 40 years of themes; employ structure and pacing; and write clearly, 151 Advanced Television journalism experience Nonfiction using one’s own voice. Prerequisite(s): Proficiency in college-level writing. JOURN X 411 X 432 Reporting and Writing I or equivalent experience Web Mastery for Journalists and consent of the instructor is strongly recommended. 2.0 units In the age of entrepreneurial and citizen journalism, Reg# 354910 Fee: $573 blogs and personal websites are a great way for jour- mm nalists at all levels to independently publish their own Online work, increase their visibility, and establish their exper- June 26-September 3 tise in a particular subject area or beat. Designed for This course is suitable for advanced Journalism Cer- those who have little or no prior experience in online tificate students, as well as those with prior profes- WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY production, this course takes you through the process sional writing experience. of creating, managing, and styling a professional and Enrollment limited to 25 students. No refund after interactive hyperlocal news site, blog, or portfolio. You June 30. c & learn how to optimize basic content management Michael Fleeman, MS, Columbia University, School of “ Through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, I learned the most systems and blogging platforms to create and publish Journalism, book author, freelance editor-writer important tool of writing is discipline. That, combined with valuable compelling multidimensional content. Topics include registering a domain; building a website; installing a insight from my instructor and the support of my classmates, I also blog; formatting and publishing visually appealing audio-visual content, including text, photos, audio and realized that sometimes the only thing holding me back is myself. video; website analytics; and building the visibility of your news site, blog, or portfolio. Deciding to enroll in a Writers’ Program course was one of the best Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Microsoft Office decisions I’ve made in my career.” and how to use Internet browsers to navigate the web. kkk — Rayna McClendon, former Writers’ Program student and winner of NBCUniversal’s Writers on the Verge Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 141

ENGL X 401A Writers’ Program The Essential Beginnings of Fiction Writing: An Introductory Workshop Writers’ Program 2.0 units Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where to start? This supportive workshop provides you with Creative Writing many techniques to motivate and guide you. You learn For help in choosing a course or determining if a how to transform observation and personal experience Publication Party course fulfills certificate requirements, contact into imaginative prose, create dynamic characters and Phoebe Lim at (310) 825-9416 or Ani Cooney at dialogue, and write from different points of view. By the (310) 825-0107. end of the course, you will have in hand a series of A Free Event! short sketches or a draft of a short story and key tools you need to write creatively. Wed, Jun 7, 7-9:30pm Basics of Writing Reg# 354405 Fee: $468 Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:30pm These basic creative writing courses are for mmOnline students with no prior writing experience. July 5-August 16 Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard Instruction is exercise-driven; the process of Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after workshopping—in which students are asked The featured readers are Writers’ July 11. c to share and offer feedback on each other’s liz gonzález, MFA, poet and author of Beneath Bone. Program instructors who have work with guidance from the instructor— Ms. González’s work has appeared in Wide Awake: The published work within the past year. is introduced. Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, and the San Fran- cisco Chronicle, among others. She was recently NEW awarded an Irvine Fellowship at the Lucas Artists Resi- Featured Readers ENGL X 400.1 dency Program. Barbara Abercrombie Introduction to Creative Writing Reg# 354732 2.0 units Fee: $396 Michael Buckley This six-week course is perfect for anyone just getting ❖❖ Classroom Rick Bursky started on their path to being a writer. Students work in 6 mtgs small breakout sessions with experienced writers and Wednesday, 7-10pm, August 9-September 13 Stephen Cooper teachers, then attend a lecture by various guest speak- UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. ers with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Antonia Crane screenwriting. Short assignments are workshopped in August 11. c Ron Darian the weekly breakouts. The goal of the course is to Harry Youtt, for credits see page 141. expose new writers to a variety of types of writing while Judith Prager, for credits see page 141. liz gonzaléz getting their creative juices flowing. At the end of the quarter, students will feel more confident about their Rachel Kann skills and will be prepared for further study of writing. ENGL X 401.9 The Essential Beginnings of Rachel Kann, a featured reader at this year’s Publication Party. Shawna Kenney Reg# 354701 Nonfiction Writing: Fee: $396 UCLA Extension Writers’ Program stu- Ben Loory ❖❖ Classroom An Introductory Workshop 12 mtgs 2.0 units dents and friends are cordially invited to Suzanne Lummis Breakout session Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn attend our 24th annual Publication Party. Bonnie MacBird Saturday, 1-3pm, July 15-August 19 your personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. life, and family stories into compelling narratives, this Join us for spirited readings, book sign- Lou Mathews Guest lecture workshop teaches beginning writers the basic elements ings, refreshments, and the opportunity Saturday, 3-4pm, July 15-August 19 of good storytelling. You learn how to excavate memo- to meet fellow writers. Lilliam Rivera UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. ries and discover fresh or unexpected facets of your life Nancy Spiller Enrollment limited to 12 students. No refund after stories. Through weekly exercises, you generate new Parking at the Skirball Cultural Center July 18. material and learn an array of fictional techniques to is free. Liz Stephens c tell your nonfiction story, including how to play with Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prize-nomi- voice, focus on a small unit of time, and describe Brooks Wachtel nated poet whose recent collections include, I’ll Always landscape and character. By the course’s completion, Be from Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt you will have in hand a series of short sketches or a is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding draft of a nonfiction piece. Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension Please R.S.V.P. Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Reg# 354414 [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whose Fee: $468 mm works include The Newman Factor and Black Water. Dr. Online Prager’s nonfiction includes Verbal First Aid and The July 26-September 6 ENGL X 402.7 ENGL X 406.25 Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every Moment Counts. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after The Joy of Writing: A Six-Week Emotion into Art: Infusing Your She is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Distin- August 1. c & Workshop in Creativity Writing with Feeling guished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension Marianne Villanueva, MA, author of Jenalyn,Ginseng 2.0 units 2.0 units Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. and Other Tales from Manila, The Mayor of the Roses: Too often writers value the completion of a new work How do writers make you laugh and cry? This course is Stories, and The Lost Language. Her stories have Reg# 354703 over the process itself. In this intensive workshop, you designed for beginners and those who want to juice up appeared in Juked, Witness, Bluestem, Your Impossible Fee: $396 study and celebrate the creative process of writing their writing and gain mastery to do both. You begin by Voice, Café Irreal, Crab Orchard Review, and Belling- ❖❖ Classroom through a series of weekly and in-class writing exer- exploring emotion-packed fiction, short prose, and poems ham Review. 12 mtgs cises. From the development of three-dimensional to discover tips, tricks, and strategies to make readers Breakout session characters to the importance of conflict and objective, ache, cheer characters on, or hold their sides with laughter. Saturday, 1-3pm, July 15-August 19 you draw from both personal life experience and pure You also learn about gesture, pacing, tone, juxtaposition, UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. imagination to find the stories that mean the most to hyperbole, personification, double entendres, and more. Guest lecture you. The final goal of the workshop is a greater under- Through stimulating writing exercises, you are encouraged Saturday, 3-4pm, July 15-August 19 standing of the craft of writing and the essential tools to find your own voice and create short writing (prose or UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. necessary to take your work to the next level. poems) about yourself and/or fictional characters that can Enrollment limited to 12 students. No refund after Reg# 354804 attract the attention of readers and editors. July 18. Fee: $396 Reg# 354421 Francesca Lia Block, author of Love in the Time of ❖❖ Classroom Fee: $468 mm Global Warming; The Elementals; Dangerous Angels: m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. 6 mtgs Online The Weetzie Bat Books; Necklace of Kisses; The Thursday, 11am-2pm, June 29-August 3 July 26-September 6 Hanged Man; Pretty Dead; The Frenzy; and Wood g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. UCLA Extension Westwood Center: Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Nymph Seeks Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide. 1010 Westwood Blvd. August 1. c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Rochelle J. Shapiro, author of Miriam the Medium and c July 3. Kaylee’s Ghost. Ms. Shapiro’s essays have been pub- v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. Steven Wolfson, MFA, award-winning playwright, and lished in The New York Times and Newsweek. Her short founding member of The Mark Taper Forum’s Mentor story collection, What I Wish You’d Told Me, was pub- & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Playwrights Project. A WGA member, Mr. Wolfson is the lished by Shebooks, and her poetry was published in recipient of UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor The Iowa Review, Sedge, and Moment. She won the C UC CREDIT, page 5. Awards in Creative Writing and Screenwriting. Branden Memorial Literary Award. 142 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

ENGL X 422.27B Writing Life Stories Inspired by Travel Fiction The Phyllis Gebauer 3.0 units ”American travel writing is about trying to find the light,” says the global journalist and author Pico Iyer. Of course, he’s not just talking about the light we see Beginning Fiction when we gaze at a Greek island sunset or a Mt. Fuji Courses in this section are recommended for Scholarship in Writing sunrise, or a full moon over the Aztecan pyramids. He’s students with some prior writing experience. talking about revelation. When we travel, we often feel Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. fully alive—engaged in a three-dimensional exploration With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- in which we find a sense of freedom, humanity, and our dents share and offer feedback in a supportive This need-based scholarship program is funded by the late Phyllis Gebauer, a beloved true selves again. Such experiences can make for environment focused on assessing the strengths Writers’ Program instructor who was passionate about providing learning opportunities insightful, compelling narratives, set as they often are and weaknesses of their work. Those new to for those who lack access. against dazzling and surprising landscapes. Indeed, the writing should consider courses in the Basics of best travel writing examines the trip to find the journey. Writing section. Up to 6 scholars receive complimentary Applications are now available at To that end, this course helps you explore and capture on paper some of the moments when you have been ENGL XL 137 enrollment in 3 full-length Writers’ writers.uclaextension.edu/scholarship. profoundly moved—even transformed—by an adventure Creative Writing: Short Story Program courses during a 1-year period. Deadline to submit materials is June 26. you’ve had in a far-flung locale. Each week, you read 5.0 units and critique excerpts of the best travel writing, write This UC-transferable workshop covers the key from prompts, and discuss the craft and how to place elements of fiction writing, including plot, character- your stories in online and print publications. By the end ization, setting, point-of-view, and various story of the course, you will have written as much as a development techniques, as well as publication 2,000-word travel story and a query letter that you can markets. Your goal is to complete or rewrite three then send out to publications of your choice. stories of average length. c Prerequisite(s): At least one previous creative writing Reg# 354474 For More Information course in any genre. Fee: $1,710 (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu Reg# 354758 mmOnline Fee: $570 June 28-September 20 ❖❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Special Topics for All Writers nonfiction, and a substantial revision of one of 10 mtgs those pieces. July 4. c & Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm, July 5 Adam Prince, MFA, PhD, fiction writer whose short story Reg# 353960 Courses in this section are open to students UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. collection, The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, was pub- Fee: $690 who want a deeper understanding of a spe- Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm, lished by Black Lawrence Press. Mr. Prince’s work has mmOnline cific craft issue or area of study. These July 19-September 13 appeared in The Southern Review and Missouri Review, July 5-September 13 courses fulfill the elective requirement for UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. among others. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Enrollment limited 15 students. No refund after screenwriting certificates. Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Tickner Fellow at the Gilman School in Baltimore. July 11. c July 14. c NEW Trebor Healey, author of three novels and a poetry and Alison Singh Gee, MA, memoirist and nonfiction writer ENGL X 403A short story collection. Mr. Healey co-edited Queer & who has written for Marie Claire, InStyle, International ENGL 791 Catholic and Beyond Definition: New Writing from Gay Introduction to Short Fiction Writing Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Ms. Gee 3.0 units Writing Retreat at Lake Arrowhead and Lesbian San Francisco. His poetry has appeared in was a staff writer and correspondent for People maga- Give yourself the gift of time to write away from the It is said that all of us have locked inside at least one anthologies including Corpus and Queer Dharma: zine and her memoir, Where the Peacocks Sing (St. demands of your daily life. Join a small group of commit- good story to tell. Through lectures on craft, short writ- Voices of Gay Buddhists. He is a recipient of the Martin’s Press), was named a National Geographic ted writers for four full days of uninterrupted writing time ing exercises, assignments, and discussion, you learn Lambda Literary Award. Traveler Book of the Month. at UCLA’s beautiful conference center on Lake Arrowhead. how to tell yours. Topics include plot, point-of-view, setting, description, conflict, characterization, dialogue, Participants will enjoy private bedrooms, private baths, NEW NEW and three gourmet meals each day, along with compli- tension, rewriting, and submission strategies. The mentary beverages all day long. The Writers’ Program will ENGL 761.1E ENGL 721.1E course goal is to draft and revise at least one short coordinate some structured activities, including pre-dinner The Art of Travel Writing Writing the Political Memoir or Essay story. This course is a prerequisite for students who are social hours and nightly open mic events, but your time When we travel, we develop new perceptions of the world; Politics are historical, cultural, and personal. In this continuing in the short-fiction sequence. will ultimately be yours to plan and enjoy. when we return home, it can be satisfying to explore those course, we’ll read excerpts from writers who engage Reg# 354479 experiences through writing. In this class, through reading their politics in their work, and then jump into writing Fee: $690 Reg# 353709 and writing exercises, you explore how to go beyond the Fee: $25 UCLA Extension; $1599 an essay or memoir chapter. Students explore the mmOnline What I Did Last Summer model of travel narratives to evolution of the self before, during, and after a politiciz- July 5-September 13 6 mtgs explore place as a character. You will read a travel essay, Sunday, September 10; Friday, September 15 ing experience as a way to deepen their story. The goal Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after discuss craft methods, and then begin your own travel is to transmit these experiences in ways that engage, July 11. UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead narrative essay. This workshop is perfect for anyone c surprise, and transform our readers. Wendy Oleson, MFA, PhD, fiction writer, poet, and Enrollment limited to 15 students. interested in travel writing but unsure of where to begin. To register, click ”Add to Cart” to pay the $25 nonre- Reg# 354874 essayist whose work has appeared in numerous jour- fundable application fee through UCLA Extension. Reg# 354877 Fee: $75 nals and anthologies including Copper Nickel, Baltimore Upon receipt of your fee, we will email you the itiner- Enroll in this course and ENGL 761.1E, ❖❖ Classroom Review, PANK, and The Journal. Ms. Oleson was a Van ary and link to submit your $1,599 fee directly to the Reg# 354874, by July 7 and get a $25 discount off 1 mtg Sickle Fellow and a recipient of a Washington Square UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead. your total purchase. Saturday, 10am-1pm, September 9 Review Fiction Award, the Elizabeth Bruss Prize, and the July 1: Last day to cancel registration for a No refund after July 7. UCLA: Dodd Hall storySouth Million Writers Award. Fee: $75 50% refund. Enroll in this course and ENGL 761.1E, Reg# 354760 ❖❖ Classroom For more information, call (310) 825-9415 or email Reg# 354877, by July 7, 2017 and get a Fee: $570 1 mtg [email protected]. $25 discount off your total purchase. ❖❖ Classroom Saturday, 10am-1pm, July 8 No refund after September 8. 10 mtgs UCLA: Dodd Hall NEW Wendy C. Ortiz, MFA and MA, author of Excavation: Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 ENGL X 461.3E Michele Bigley, MFA, Lowell-Thomas winning travel A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the dreamoir UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Gay Men’s Writing Workshop: writer and author of over 30 guidebooks, including Bruja. Ms. Ortiz’s work has been profiled or featured Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Fodor’s California, Fodor’s Hawaii, and Rand McNally’s in the Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, and the Los July 13. A Literary Approach to Writing Best of the Road Atlas. Ms. Bigley has contributed to Angeles Review of Books. Ms. Ortiz was a recipient of Merrill Feitell, MFA and author of Here Beneath Low- About Gay Life Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco The Lulu Fund Award supporting racial, gender, and Flying Planes (Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner), served 3.0 units Chronicle, and more. She is a featured travel expert for class justice. on the faculty in the MFA program at University of This course is designed for students who want to CNN’s On the Go series. examine gay men’s lives in fiction and nonfiction. Maryland and has taught fiction writing at Columbia Discussions will include basic milestones that have University and the Pratt Institute. Ms. Feitell’s fiction has defined much of gay life, such as coming out, sex, appeared in many publications, including Best New partnership, and the AIDS crisis. We will explore American Voices. what messages writing about gay men’s lives brings to those outside our experience, as well as ways we can communicate across this divide. Students will read and discuss the best examples of gay fiction/nonfiction in order to integrate their qualities into our own work, striving to say something new and fresh in a very crowded and well-established field. By the end of the course, students will have written three works of fiction and Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 143

ENGL X 462.71 ENGL X 495.5 Novel Writing I: Committing the Perfect Crime: Introduction to Novel Writing Writing Your First Mystery Success! 3.0 units 3.0 units That novel is inside you waiting to emerge, but knowing Do you long to commit the perfect crime—and see it how and where to start can be daunting. This course bound between covers and on the bestseller lists? provides you with weekly assignments, group interac- Designed for beginners as well as those with a work- “ My writing would be nowhere without the tion, and instructor feedback to help you explore various in-progress who need direction, this course is a sup- UCLA Extension Writers’ Program! I’m methods of writing your first novel while learning the portive, results-oriented workshop that guides you in key craft points of plot, structure, characterization, planning your mystery or suspense novel, or revising grateful for the guidance of instructors like point-of-view, sense of place, and voice. The goal is to some of the choices made in your work-in-progress. Eve La Salle Caram, Jessica Barksdale Inclan, complete the first chapter of your novel by establishing You learn the fundamentals of crime writing, including Lisa Medway, and the late Les Plesko, all of an intimacy with your characters as you artfully shape structure and pacing, point-of-view, setting, character their journey, and to develop an overall concept to guide development, dialogue and voice, and clues and red whom helped me dig deep into different you through your story. Required for students consider- herrings, as well as self-editing techniques. Also cov- aspects of craft with their thoughtful ing the long-fiction sequence. ered are the practical aspects of attracting the right teaching, encouragement, and motivation.” Reg# 354454 agent and/or editor. The goal is to draft the first chapter Fee: $690 of your planned mystery or suspense novel. ——Mae Respicio, former Writers’ Program mmOnline Reg# 354493 student and staff member, whose debut July 5-September 13 Fee: $690 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after mmOnline middle grade novel, The House That Lou Built, July 11. c July 5-September 13 will be published by Wendy Lamb Books at Mae Respicio Paul Witcover, MA, author of six novels, including The Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Penguin Random House in 2018. Watchman of Eternity, and a collection of short stories, July 11. c Everland and Other Stories. Mr. Witcover’s critical Kris Neri, Derringer Award winner and Pushcart Prize essays and book reviews have appeared in Locus, nominee whose novels include High Crimes on the For More Information Realms of Fantasy, and The New York Review of Sci- Magical Plane, Magical Alienation, and the Agatha, ence Fiction. With writer Elizabeth Hand, he co-created Anthony, and Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu and co-wrote the DC Comics series Anima. mystery novels Revenge of the Gypsy Queen, Dem Reg# 354791 Bones’ Revenge, and Revenge for Old Times’ Sake. Reg# 354785 Reg# 354433 Fee: $660 Fee: $660 Fee: $690 ❖❖ Classroom ENGL X 482 ❖❖ Classroom mmOnline 10 mtgs Writing the Horror Novel 10 mtgs July 5-September 13 Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 3.0 units Thursday, 7-10pm, June 29-August 31 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after UCLA: Rolfe Hall The horror novel is on one of its upswings, and America UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. July 11. c & Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after has a huge interest in vampires, zombies, paranormal Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Jessica Barksdale, MFA, MA, fiction writer and poet is July 13. activity, and Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Horror is both July 3. c the author of 14 published novels, including The Burning Francesca Lia Block, author of Love in the Time of highbrow (Penguin Classic is re-issuing Thomas Ligot- Ron Darian, author and writer/producer whose fiction Hour, Her Daughter’s Eyes and When You Believe. Her Global Warming; The Elementals; Dangerous Angels: ti’s collections) and low-brow (Tales from the Crypt) has has appeared in Fiction International, Inkwell, and The short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in The Weetzie Bat Books; Necklace of Kisses; The returned). This course provides aspiring horror writers MacGuffin, among many others. Mr. Darian is also a Compose, Salt Hill Journal, The Coachella Review, Carve Hanged Man; Pretty Dead; The Frenzy; and Wood with a broad understanding of the modern horror scene WGA member whose television credits include Frasier, Magazine, Mason’s Road, and So to Speak. Nymph Seeks Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide. and its roots, and helps you figure out how your vision Mad About You, and 7th Heaven. He was recently and style fit into it. You discover what you’re good at, Reg# 354792 nominated for a Pushcart Prize. ENGL X 446.7B learn the pitfalls and obstacles you must avoid to create Fee: $660 Reg# 354510 Novel Writing III: ❖❖ Classroom the well-paced novel that will sell, and acquire the skills and techniques you need to scare the pants off your Fee: $690 Works-in-Progress Workshop 10 mtgs mm readers. The course goal is to create an outline for your Online 3.0 units Wednesday, 1-4pm, July 12-September 13 July 5-September 13 For those with a minimum of 50 pages of a novel-in- UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: entire project, craft the perfect beginning for your horror novel and receive expert advice about selling it. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after progress, this workshop guides you to generate at least 21650 Oxnard St. July 11. & 50 new pages, as well as learn essential self-editing Reg# 354456 c Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Charles Wyatt, MFA, MM, author, whose short fiction techniques, with the instructor and peers reviewing Fee: $690 July 14. has appeared in American Literary Review and New each participant’s project in detail. Refinements of mmOnline Linzi Glass, author of the award-winning novel The American Writing, among others. Mr. Wyatt is the author character, structure, emotional content, and the devel- July 5-September 13 Year the Gypsies Came, which was voted one of the of Listening to Mozart (winner of the John Simmons opment of the writer’s voice also are explored. The goal Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after best books by the American Library Association. Ms. Award), and the novella, The Spirit Autobiography of is to produce a substantial portion of your novel. July 11. Glass’s second novel, Ruby Red, was shortlisted for the c S. N. Jones. His collection of short fiction, Swan of Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction Carnegie Medal in Literature. Finding Danny was pub- Don Webb, author of 24 books including a St. Martin’s Tuonela, was published by Hanging Loose Press to Novel Writing and X 446.7A Novel Writing II or lished by Harper Collins/Walden Pond Press and Press mystery series, five nonfiction books on the occult, departmental approval. a volume of poetry, and collections of horror, western, Scholastic Books. ENGL X 446.7A Reg# 354435 and science fiction stories. Mr. Webb is the winner of Novel Writing II Fee: $690 both the Fiction Collective and Death Equinox Awards. ENGL X 468.24 3.0 units mmOnline Write a Novel in 10 Weeks Armed with your overall concept and first chapter, you July 5-September 13 3.0 units continue to develop your knowledge of craft by writing Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after In this fast-paced, fun, and exhilarating novel writing Intermediate Fiction scenes using characters and situations from the pro- July 11. c course, you do the unthinkable: write a novel in 10 weeks These courses are designed for students who jected novel and workshopping your in-progress work. Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally best- from start to finish. Tapping into the rich material inside have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each Mini-lectures on the art of the novel, intuitive creative selling novelist with 14 books in print. Ms. Hightower’s your subconscious, you do mini exercises in class that description. Instruction includes lectures as process, and conventional vs. non-conventional books have appeared on The New York Times ”Notable” form the plot, characters, setting, genre, and structure of appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. approaches to novel structure also are covered. The list, The London Times best seller list, and have been your very own work of fiction. At home you write three Students continue to share and offer feedback in goal is to complete 50 pages of your novel. selections of The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. pages a day to complete your manuscript. This is a class a supportive environment. Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction She also is a recipient of the Shamus Award. for beginners and seasoned writers alike. All that is to Novel Writing, or departmental approval. Reg# 354781 required is discipline, determination, and commitment. ENGL X 461 Reg# 354778 Fee: $660 Reg# 354803 Writing the Short Story: Fee: $660 ❖❖ Classroom Fee: $660 Intermediate Workshop ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs ❖❖ Classroom 3.0 units 10 mtgs Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 10 mtgs Focusing on close textual analysis and intensive writing Monday, 7-10pm, June 26-August 28 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Thursday, 7-10pm, July 13-September 14 practice, you create two short stories and revise one in UCLA: Rolfe Hall Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. this 10-week workshop. Weekly lectures on technique, Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July 13. Enrollment limited to 15 students. 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ENGL X 488.4A mainstream, and genre fiction, is a wonderful tool for Advanced Fiction ENGL X 487.56 Story Structure for the Novel clarifying the novel process and eventually marketing Advanced Novel Revision Techniques 3.0 units the work to agents and publishers. A manuscript submission is required for entry 3.0 units Many aspiring novelists write with the hope that inspira- Prerequisite(s): At least 1 previous fiction writing course. into these advanced-level workshops. Courses Before an agent ever gets hold of your novel, you must tion will come. The result is time wasted on a flabby Reg# 354717 are primarily workshop-driven. It is recom- go through numerous revisions to present your best novel with no clear shape and a sagging pace. On the Fee: $690 mended that students take intermediate-level possible effort. As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, other hand, story structure gives your novel a skeleton; mmOnline courses prior to submitting their work to an writing is rewriting, and the story of how he transformed it forms the bones of your story. And just as adding flesh July 5-September 13 advanced-level course. his draft manuscript, Trimalchio, into the enduring and clothing to a body makes that body more unique, Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after For instructions on applying to advanced level courses, masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, is not only a testament so does any creative addition the writer makes to his or July 11. c contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. The to the value of assiduous revision, but will form the her basic structure. This course teaches you how to Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally best- submission deadline for summer is June 5 at midnight narrative backbone of this workshop. By combining build that skeleton, from a solid premise line to building selling novelist with 14 books in print. Ms. Hightower’s (Pacific Time). All applicants will be notified regarding in-class exercises, close readings, workshopping, and the moral argument of your novel. You ensure that your books have appeared on The New York Times ”Notable” their enrollment at least two weeks prior to the first day a careful study of the Gatsby revisions, you learn how novel has what story structure guru John Truby calls the list, The London Times best seller list, and have been of class. If you are accepted, you will be required to to attack problems in your novel-in-progress, whether ”seven key steps,” and you learn how reversals and selections of The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. enroll at that time; full payment of course fees are due in structure, character, voice, or language. Whether it’s reveals, as well as character wants and needs, can drive She also is a recipient of the Shamus Award. upon acceptance. The Writers’ Program is not respon- finding the right word or the right point of view, the your story to a satisfying conclusion. Exercises focus on sible for submissions lost due to Internet or mechanical sometimes intimidating—and rewarding—job of the structural elements such as character ghosts, story ENGL X 456.1 failure. No comments or critiques are provided on stu- novelist is demystified. You leave the course having world, and more, and by the end of the course, you have Writing the Fantastic dent submissions. Occasionally submission deadlines thoroughly revised at least one problem section of your in-hand a six-page synopsis that works. In addition, for 3.0 units are extended; contact the Writers’ Program office at novel, with a clear plan for attacking the remainder most weeks, you submit six pages of writing that relate This course expands the study of science fiction and (310) 825-9415 for the most up-to-date information. ahead of you, and a strong, supportive cohort behind to a particular structural element. fantasy writing to include both short and novel-length you. Reg# 354437 fiction. Infusing a narrative with originality and fantastic ENGL X 446.7C Prerequisite(s): X462.71 Novel Writing I, X446.7A Novel Fee: $690 literature’s much-discussed ”Sense of Wonder”—while Novel Writing IV: Advanced Workshop Writing II, and X446.7C Novel Writing III; or equivalent. mmOnline at the same time preserving its clarity and heart—is a 3.0 units Reg# 354766 July 5-September 13 juggling act that can test a writer’s skills to the utmost. For students with at least 100 pages of a novel, this Fee: $750 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Writing the Fantastic places emphasis on meeting this advanced workshop focuses on elements of technique ❖❖ Classroom July 11. c & challenge by merging the otherworldly content of and vision necessary for a work to be considered 10 mtgs Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author speculative fiction with humane, emotionally powerful complete. You receive intensive instructor and peer Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 of 11 novels, including her latest, Cruel Beautiful storytelling. Through exercises and readings, students critiques of manuscript chapters and their relation to UCLA: Rolfe Hall World. A critic for The San Francisco Chronicle and deepen their understanding of the speculative sub- the overall work, including a review as needed of the Enrollment limited to 12 students.Visitors not permitted. People, Ms. Leavitt is a recipient of the UCLA Extension genres: alternate history, time-travel, horror, dark fan- effective use of voice, tone, mood, imagery, and meta- $100 nonrefundable; no refund after July 3. c Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. tasy, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, sociological phor. A major goal of this course is to give you the Mark Sarvas, author of the novel, Harry, Revised science fiction, and hard science fiction. The course self-editing skills to polish and revise your entire novel (Bloomsbury), Memento Park (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). ENGL X 450.76 goal is to submit a short story or novel fragment to the within and beyond the course itself. Please prepare a Mr. Sarvas’s literary blog, The Elegant Variation, was a Novel Planning: class for review, and then to utilize this workshop one-page, double-spaced synopsis and your novel’s Forbes magazine Best of the Web pick, and a Los Bringing Order Out of Chaos feedback to form and execute a revision plan. first five pages for the first week of class. Angeles Magazine Top L.A. Blog. 3.0 units Prerequisite(s): X 455 Creating Universes, Building Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction Are there snippets of scenes playing in your head? Is Worlds, or a previous speculative fiction workshop, or to Novel Writing, X 446.7A Novel Writing II, and X your mind filled with intriguing ideas, possible plot lines, some experience in submitting and selling in the field. 446.7B Novel Writing III: Works-in-Progress Workshop and characters waiting to be born? Or have you already Reg# 354459 or equivalent. been writing scenes and find yourself bogged down in Fee: $690 Reg# 354487 the quagmire of decisions you have to make? The dif- mmOnline Fee: $780 ference between a published and an unpublished novel July 5-September 13 mmOnline usually comes down to structure. This course takes you Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July 5-September 13 through the process of putting all these feelings, July 11. c Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not thoughts, and plans into concrete storytelling terms, all Alyx Dellamonica, author of The Town on Blighted Sea, permitted. $100 nonrefundable; no refund after in the context of a framework that delivers a riveting a Year’s Best Science Fiction pick, and Indigo Springs, June 28. c tale with texture and depth. We examine how the ele- a Sunburst Award winner. Ms. Dellamonica’s A Daugh- Robert Eversz, MFA, author of the novels Zero to the ments of theme, high concept, character planning, and ter of No Nation, won the 2016 Prix Aurora award for Bone, Digging James Dean, Burning Garbo, Killing character goals influence your novel’s plot and subplot, Best Novel. She has published short fiction in Isaac Paparazzi, Gypsy Hearts, and Shooting Elvis. Mr. Ever- as well as how to balance research and backstory by Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, SciFi.Com, and sz’s novels have been translated into 15 languages. He graphing its framework to create a visual representation Realms of Fantasy. has been the finalist judge for the AWP Award Series in of pace and suspense. The course goal is to have in the Novel. hand a novel proposal, which includes a synopsis of the plot, a cast of characters, notes on high concept and theme, a query letter for marketing the work, and your opening scene. 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ENGL X 465.33 Creative Nonfiction Introduction to Writing the Memoir 3.0 units 2017-2018 Master Class A memoir is a book-length narrative that is told from the writer’s point of view and captures a meaningful Beginning Creative Nonfiction slice of the writer’s life. If you have a story to tell and Courses in this section are recommended for would like to figure out how best to tell it, this course students with some prior writing experience. helps you get started. In-class writing exercises help Workshops Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. you identify significant moments from your life, decide With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- on a workable structure for telling your story, and dents share and offer feedback in a supportive determine what, exactly, your story is about. You also environment focused on assessing the strengths focus on the habits and tools you need to establish and If you have the talent, passion, and determination necessary to produce and weaknesses of their work. Those new to maintain a writing practice and read excerpts from a professional-quality work, apply for 1 of 3 master classes offered this fall for writing should consider courses in the Basics of range of memoirs for inspiration and guidance. By the Writing section. end of the course, you have an outline and a draft of 6-9 months. Each of these advanced workshops is limited­ to 8 ­writers and 1-2 chapters. requires submission of a complete novel, feature-length screenplay, or ENGL X 401.39 Reg# 354795 television script. The Art of Creative Nonfiction Fee: $570 3.0 units ❖❖ Classroom In addition to instruction, each master class participant receives written feed‑ This course explores the unlimited possibilities of creative 10 mtgs nonfiction, which embraces forms of creative writing such Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 28-August 30 back from a reputable agent, discounted certificate enrollment fees, and more. as personal essay, memoir, profiles, and more. Working UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. with the same techniques as fiction, including artful Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after The deadline to apply is at 4pm on August 25. language choices, dialogue, character development, June 30. c structure, and plot, you are guided to transform factual Antonia Crane, MFA, author of the memoir Spent and events and experiences into a complete, imaginative senior editor of The Citron Review and Word Riot. Ms. narrative. This course includes several readings from a Crane’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Master Class in Novel Writing variety of nonfiction authors. The course goal is to pro- Playboy, and Salon, among others. She is a two-time (Online/Low Residency) duce one complete and revised narrative essay, as well winner of The Moth Slam, and has appeared on This Is A 9-month course. as additional material to develop further. Life with Lisa Ling and WTF with Marc Maron. Reg# 354425 Reg# 354426 Instructor: Robert Eversz Fee: $690 Fee: $690 mmOnline mmOnline Designed for novelists committed to July 5-September 13 July 5-September 13 revising their projects to a publishable level Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after and includes a 4-day residency at UCLA. July 11. c July 11. c Mieke Eerkens, MFA, nonfiction writer whose work has Jayanti Tamm, MFA, Pushcart Prize-nominated mem- appeared in Creative Nonfiction, The Atlantic Best Travel oirist and fiction writer whose first book, Cartwheels in Writing, Best Travel Writing, and the Norton Anthology a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult, was published by Fakes, among others. Random House. Ms. Tamm’s work has also appeared in the anthology Forgotten Borough, the Huffington Post, ENGL X 401.30 and The Washington Post, among others. Robert Eversz Writing the Personal Essay Reg# 354799 3.0 units Fee: $570 ”Personal Essay” is a broad term that encompasses humor- ❖❖ Classroom Master Class in Feature Film Writing ous essays, opinion pieces, and mini-memoirs, but which 10 mtgs (Online/Low Residency) always details the writer’s journey through a specific experi- Thursday, 7-10pm, July 6-September 7 ence. This workshop teaches aspiring personal essayists UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: A 9-month course. how to be a compelling first-person narrator and employ 21650 Oxnard St. craft elements such as theme, character development, Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Instructor: Jon Bernstein voice, pacing, scene-setting, and exposition to tell their July 10. c stories. The goal is to complete at least one personal essay Liz Stephens, PhD, author of the memoir, The Days Are Designed for screenwriters committed to (600-2,500 words) and develop material for future essays. Gods. Ms. Stephens’ essays appear in Brief Encounters: beginning a new screenplay and seeing it Reg# 354423 An Anthology of Short Nonfiction and Dirt: An Anthology. through to the final polish. Fee: $690 She has served as managing editor and contributor to mmOnline Brevity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction. July 5-September 13 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July11. c Yelizaveta Renfro, MFA, PhD, short story writer whose collection, A Catalogue of Everything in the World, won Jon Bernstein the St. Lawrence Book Award. Ms. Renfro’s essay col- lection, Xylotheque, was published in the University of New Mexico Press. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is Master Class in Television Pilot Writing the editor of Keeping Track: Fiction of Lists. (Onsite) Reg# 354772 Fee: $570 A 6-month course. ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs Instructor: Phil Kellard Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Designed for those interested in taking their Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after idea for a 1-hour or half-hour television pilot July 13. c from beginning to rewrite. Erika Schickel, writer and performer whose memoir, You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom, was a People pick. Ms. Schickel is the author of the award-winning radio drama Wild Amerika and her m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Salon, and The Rattling Wall. g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. Phil Kellard c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED For More Information C UC CREDIT, page 5. (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu/courses/master-classes 146 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 354737 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Fee: $690 mmOnline A manuscript submission is required for entry July 5-September 13 into these workshops. Courses are primarily Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after workshop-driven. It is recommended that stu- July 11. dents take intermediate level courses prior to c submitting their work to an advanced-level Sherry Shahan, MFA, and author of more than 30 course. children’s books, including the young adult novel Purple Daze; the middle-grade novel Death Mountain; picture ENGL X 401.7B books Spice Hot Colors/Colores Picantes, and Dashing through the Snow: The Story of the Iditarod, an Ameri- Advanced Creative Nonfiction can Booksellers “Pick of the List.” 3.0 units Designed for writers who have completed a minimum of 50 pages of a longer nonfiction project, this intensive workshop helps you shape your memoir, collection of Writing for Kids and Four Days of Fresh Air personal essays, or other types of nonfiction prose into a Middle Grade Readers publishable manuscript. Developing mastery in the unique elements of your chosen genre, you focus on issues of ENGL X 470.2B voice, dramatic scene, reflection, and narrative tension. Intermediate Workshop in Writing for You submit work weekly for class and instructor feedback, Children and Young Adults and Free Writing Time! which encourages insight and supports your continuing 3.0 units progress. By course’s end, you should have a minimum Designed for students with a solid grounding in the of 50 pages of new or significantly revised material. fundamentals of children’s writing, this workshop allows September 10–15 Find your perfect spot in nature, hunker Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 2 previous courses in you to develop a book-length project in a particular age down, and get those pages written. Come creative nonfiction, memoir, or personal essay. A 1,200 category in whatever specific genre and category you Join us in beautiful Lake Arrowhead word writing sample and a short paragraph describing choose—picture books, nonfiction books, or young adult together for meals with like-minded peers your work-in-progress is required. and join in optional guided activities novels. Writing techniques, such as dramatic arc, ten- for the writing retreat of a lifetime. Reg# 354449 sion, character definition and development, point-of- You’ll spend four full days focused on designed to bolster your writing and keep Fee: $780 view, conflict, and humor, are discussed and explored in the project of your choice, writing at it moving forward. mmOnline detail. Assistance in editing, revision, and content for July 5-September 13 your work-in-progress is given through writing exercises your own pace among a community Enjoy private bedrooms and baths, three Visitors not permitted. Enrollment limited to 12 stu- and constructive criticism. The course goal is to have of writers in a peaceful and cozy meals a day, and all the beverages you dents. $100 nonrefundable. No refund after developed a substantial amount of work suitable to June 28. mountain setting. can drink for one affordable all-inclusive c submit as a professional presentation to a publisher. price, plus a $25 non-refundable Gordon Grice, MFA, nonfiction writer of four books Prerequisite(s): One previous children’s literature writing including The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators and course. registration fee. Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals. Mr. Reg# 354807 Grice’s shorter pieces have appeared in The New Fee: $660 Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, and others. ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs For More Information Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 28-August 30 go to writers.uclaextension.edu or call Phoebe Lim at (310) 825-9416. UCLA: Rolfe Hall Writing for Young Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after June 30. Intermediate Creative ENGL X 441.22 Readers Laurel van der Linde, author of several nonfiction Intermediate Memoir Writing Courses in this section offer opportunities for books for children including So, You Want to be a Nonfiction 3.0 units Dancer?, and The Pony Express, as well as articles Designed for the serious writer committed to participat- writers to specialize in the full array of books for These courses are designed for students who children, including picture books, easy readers, published in Equus and Horse Illustrated. Ms. van der have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each ing in a structured writing regimen as well as engaging Linde has produced and/or directed many audiobooks in ongoing critiques and craft discussions, this course chapter books, middle grade novels, and young description. Instruction includes lectures as adult novels. for Hachette and others. appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. guides you to examine key issues in your work, create Students continue to share and offer feedback in an involving storyline out of your life experience, and a supportive environment. cast yourself as a compelling character readers want Writing for Young Adults to follow. You also develop the self-editing skills you Writing Picture Books need to polish and revise your material at a level ENGL X 401.31A ENGL X 470.51 ENGL X 462.80 Intermediate Personal Essay appropriate to submit to publishers. Includes discussion Writing the Young Adult Novel of current marketplace. The course goal is to complete Writing Picture Books for Children: 3.0 units 3.0 units 50 well-crafted pages of your project. A Beginning Workshop The young adult novel is one of the fastest-growing and Unlike fiction, personal essay offers an opportunity to 3.0 units Prerequisite(s): Previous creative nonfiction or memoir exciting genres in publishing today. With complex young explore the choices you’ve made, whether life-changing Created for the beginning writer, this course explores the writing course, or by departmental approval. characters, realistic dialogue, and gripping prose, read- moments or those little decisions that set us on a new various genres within the category of children’s picture Reg# 354774 ers young and old can’t get enough of these novels. In course. Through this exploration, you come to a better books, including nonfiction, writing in rhyme, classics, Fee: $660 a supportive and inspiring environment, you explore the understanding of family dynamics, and how events from and concept books for young children. Writing exercises ❖❖ Classroom elements of a YA novel’s plot, character, language, the past have affected the choices you make today. In focus on improving fundamental craft skills, such as 10 mtgs setting, and voice-all enhanced by in-depth lectures, this course, you expand your knowledge of what makes characterization, story structure, setting, voice, and Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm, June 29-August 31 discussions, manuscript workshopping, and generative an essay stronger, more compelling, more honest. This point-of-view. You are encouraged to expand your cre- UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. writing exercises. Also covered is the current market- course guides you to write and revise one or more ative thinking in order to develop your own unique writing Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after place for young adult fiction and how to query agents. personal essays to be submitted for publication and to style (your voice), and a peer feedback group provides a April 10. & You leave the class with a completed first chapter and pinpoint the best markets and outlets for your work. c nurturing atmosphere for discussion of each writer’s Shawna Kenney, MFA, author of the memoir, I Was a a rough outline of your entire book, as well as the tools Prerequisite(s): At least one personal essay or creative work. The goal is to complete a draft of a picture book Teenage Dominatrix, co-author of Imposters, and editor to continue writing on your own. nonfiction course, or by departmental or instructor manuscript and a market list of potential publishers. consent. of the anthology, Book Lovers. Ms. Kenney’s work has Reg# 354810 Reg# 354445 been published in The New York Times, Playboy, Ms., kkk Fee: $570 Fee: $690 Narratively, and The Florida Review, among others. ❖❖ Classroom mmOnline Reg# 354447 10 mtgs July 5-September 13 Fee: $690 Monday, 7-10pm, June 26-July 10; Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after mmOnline July 24-August 28 July 5-September 13 Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 18 July 11. c Victoria Zackheim, MA, editor of the anthologies, The Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. Other Woman, For Keeps, The Face in the Mirror, He July 11. c Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Said What?, Exit Laughing, and Faith; and author of The Liz Stephens, PhD, author of the memoir, The Days Are June 28. Bone Weaver, a novel. Her documentary, Where Birds Gods. Ms. Stephens’ essays appear in Brief Encounters: Lilliam Rivera, Pushcart Prize-winning author whose Never Sang: The Ravensbruck and Sachsenhausen An Anthology of Short Nonfiction and Dirt: An Anthology. first novel, The Education of Margot Sanchez, was Concentration Camps aired nationwide on PBS. She has served as managing editor and contributor to acquired by Simon & Schuster in a two-book deal. Ms. Brevity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction. Rivera’s work has appeared in Latina, Los Angeles Times, Tin House, Bellevue Literary Review, The Rumpus, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 147 Poetry Screenwriting New Screenwriting These workshops are tailored to students with For help in choosing a course or determining if a specific levels of experience in poetry writing. course fulfills certificate requirements, contact Please review course descriptions carefully or Jeff Bonnett at (310) 206-1542 or Chae Ko at call an advisor to determine which course will (310) 206-2612. best help you reach your writing goals. Courses for Summer ENGL X 422.3 Special Topics for Introduction to Poetry Writing 3.0 units Film & Television Writers What is a poem and how does it differ from prose? Writing Sci-fi, Fantasy, and How to Create and Sustain a What sources can you, the beginning poet, look to for Courses in this section are open to students Action/Adventure Genres: Professional Screenwriting Career ideas and inspiration? How can you encourage a raw who want a deep understanding of a specific Intermediate Workshop unfinished poem to become a thing of power and craft or area of study. These courses fulfill the Page 148. beauty? This course provides a series of enjoyable and elective requirement for screenwriting Page 147. Breaking Through the Block: A illuminating exercises to expand your imagination and certificates. introduce you to the complex issues of craft and revi- Adapting Literature for TV: The Pitch Workshop Seminar in Confronting the sion in an accessible way. Of value to those who have FILM TV X 430.95 Page 148. Conflicts that Face Creative Minds never written as well as those with some experience Crafting Powerful Dialogue Page 148. who seek new direction and feedback. 3.0 units Reg# 354763 Dialogue may seem to be the easiest and most fun Fee: $570 aspect of screenwriting (look at all those pages fly by, ❖❖ Classroom and with so much white space!), yet it’s often the most 10 mtgs difficult thing for the aspiring screenwriter to do well. Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 28-September 6 Great dialogue is a vital vehicle for developing charac- UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. ter, enhancing plot, and speaking to theme, among its No meeting August 2. many uses. This course explores all of dialogue’s func- Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after tions in depth, and provides you with the pragmatic skill set that will make your dialogue more effective and FILM TV X 445.1 June 30. c Rachel Kann, MFA, author of 10 for Everything, a short make it snap, crackle, and pop on the page. Through Creating Powerful Scenes for Movies story collection. Ms. Kann also is an award-winning writing exercises, analysis of screenplay pages and and Long-Form TV Series: Learn the Art poet whose work has appeared in various anthologies, classic clips from both features and TV, and a ”dialogue Intermediate Workshop including Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the diary” that will help you develop an ear for good con- 3.0 units & Business of Spoken Word Revolution, and So Luminous the Wild- versation, you’ll sharpen and hone your dialogue prow- The writing of powerfully constructed scenes featuring flowers. She has performed her poetry nationwide. ess. And you’ll put your new skills to work on your own compelling characters is the key to any screenplay or Entertainment projects, both present and future. dramatic teleplay’s success. This intensive workshop NEW Reg# 354831 gets you writing and rewriting your own scenes, and Each quarter, top Hollywood ENGL X 432.1E Fee: $660 arms you with a specific skill set that enables you to ❖❖ Classroom improve and elevate your work. Drawing on great professionals teach courses in: Poetry In Popular Culture 10 mtgs scenes and sequences from memorable movies and 3.0 units 3.0 ceus Acting Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-September 11 cable shows throughout the course, you learn to identify Popular culture can shape your poetry and create a UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. the essential building blocks for the creation of dynamic Cinematography unique voice. In this workshop, students analyze the No meeting September 4. scenes; work with conflict, subtext, characterization, work of contemporary poets who utilize popular culture Directing Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after dialogue, and imagery, get feedback that will up your to fuel creativity and spark discussion on how poetry July 6. game; and make significant headway in creating an Entertainment Development informs and responds to social and political events. eminently marketable screenplay or pilot. Students write and share work, drawing inspiration from Billy Mernit, MFA, screenwriter, novelist, and WGA member who is a story analyst for Universal Pictures Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, Post-Production various forms of media and text such as photography, X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, X 440C Writing film, dance, music videos and more. The course goal is and the author of Writing the Romantic Comedy Producing (Harper/Collins). Mr. Mernit is a recipient of the UCLA the First Screenplay III, and X 440D Writing the First to finish with a portfolio of 5-7 polished and completed Screenplay IV, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Film Scoring poems and understand how popular culture influences Extension Distinguished Instructor Award and the Out- and enriches the creative mind. standing Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Reg# 354825 Music Business Fee: $690 Reg# 354038 FILM TV X 478.39 mmOnline Music Production Fee: $690 Writing Coverage: July 5-September 12 mmOnline Courses start on page 26. Story Analysis for Film Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July 5-September 13 July 11. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after 3.0 units c Karl Iglesias, MFA, screenwriter and script doctor, who July 11. Designed for both aspiring story analysts and screen- c writers who want to accelerate their careers, this course is the author of The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Ruben Quesada, MFA, PhD, poet and author of Extinct First Screenplay I, X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, helps you master the methods used by story analysts Screenwriters and Writing for Emotional Impact. Mr. Mammal: Poems. Mr. Quesada is the founding editor of X 440C Writing the First Screenplay III, and X 440D who evaluate submissions to production companies, Iglesias is a former development executive for Samson Codex Journal, and a contributing editor for the Chicago Writing the First Screenplay IV, or departmental approval. agencies, and studios. You learn how to do an in-depth Entertainment. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Review of Books. His works appear in American Poetry Reg# 354413 analysis of the three-act structure, as well as dramatic Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Review, Best American Poetry, TriQuarterly, and Stand Fee: $690 and comic scene construction. You also learn the pre- mm Magazine, among others. NEW Online cise terminology used in story sessions, the foundations July 5-September 12 Rosebud Ben-Oni, MFA, fiction writer, is the author of for great dialogue, and how to find original approaches the poetry collection SOLECISM and her poems appear FILM TV X 441.87 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after to established genres. These and other principles Writing Sci-fi, Fantasy and July 11. in Arts & Letters, American Poetry Review, and POETRY. become synthesized into coverage written to the high- c Action/Adventure Genres: Jule Selbo, MFA, PhD, screenwriter and WGA member Ms. Ben-Oni writes for The Kenyon Review blog. She est professional standards, in preparation for a job as who has written films for the Jim Henson Company and was a Rackham Merit Fellow, a Horace Goldsmith either a story analyst or screenwriter who needs to Intermediate Workshop 3.0 units Walt Disney Studios. Dr. Selbo’s feature credits include Scholar, a CantoMundo Poetry Fellow. critique his or her own scripts effectively. This online class concentrates on the horror, action and Columbia Pictures’ Hard Promises, as well as screen- Reg# 354815 adventure genres, their specific characters, plots and plays for Paramount, Universal, and HBO. She is the Fee: $690 thematic tropes as well as the all-important audiences’ author of Film Genre for Screenwriters. mmOnline expectations of the genres. It also examines some of July 5-September 12 the supporting genres that are often paired with these Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after genres—such as fantasy and sci-fi and thriller. Exer- July 11. c cises enhance your skills and unleash new and original Barney Lichtenstein, MA, professional story analyst ideas. You explore various original ideas during the who trains new analysts for the Sundance Institute and initial weeks of the course and then hone in on the one production companies. He has been featured in Cre- story you want to tell, work it through to an outline, and ative Screenwriting and on Script Magazine’s website. finally into the opening ten pages of their screenplay. Mr. Lichtenstein was the recipient of the UCLA Exten- The goal is to leave the class ready to write a horror or sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. action or adventure screenplay! Prerequisite(s): X 431.87 - Writing the Films Audiences Want to See: Film Genre and Structure Workshop (recommended prior to enrolling) or X 440A Writing the 148 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

NEW NEW Reg# 354317 Reg# 354326 FILM TV X 433.59 FILM TV 794.1 Fee: $570 Fee: $570 Adapting Literature for TV: The Pitch Breaking Through the Block: ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom 2.0 units 10 mtgs 10 mtgs A Workshop Seminar in Confronting Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 27-September 5 Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 This course is designed for students interested in the Conflicts that Face Creative Minds adapting literature for television, a trend in Hollywood UCLA: Rolfe Hall UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: Based on knowledge and experience accrued over a No meeting June 4. 21650 Oxnard St. only growing in popularity. You look at how to transfer two-decade span in every arena of the entertainment and restructure the world of the book—its characters, Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after industry in addition to concurrent studies in the realm June 29. & July 11. & setting, plot, and themes—into a compelling and com- of psychology, Laurence Rosenthal will offer insight to c Philip Eisner, screenwriter-director and WGA member Billy Mernit, MFA, screenwriter, novelist, and WGA mercial television series while maintaining the heart and the science of the mind and its relationship to the who wrote Event Horizon for Paramount Pictures and member who is a story analyst for Universal Pictures soul of the original work. You also hone your show’s creative spirit in order to demonstrate ways you can Firestarter 2: Rekindled for USA Networks. Mr. Eisner and the author of Writing the Romantic Comedy concept; develop character descriptions, which may access your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to give has written for Scott Rudin Productions, Robert De (Harper/Collins). Mr. Mernit is a recipient of the UCLA include generating composite characters; and create your writing greater depth. Through anecdotes and Niro’s Tribeca Productions, Edward R. Pressman, TriStar, Extension Distinguished Instructor Award and the Out- short pitches for the pilot episode, the season, and exercises, you’ll learn to set yourself up for success and Universal Pictures, and The Jim Henson Company. standing Instructor Award in Screenwriting future episodes. The goal of this four-week course is to practice techniques for stimulating your imagination by develop an initial pitch for your adaptation. Reg# 354323 lowering the volume of your critical voice. This one-day FILM TV X 440B Reg# 354497 course addresses issues of writer’s block, procrastina- Fee: $570 Fee: $300 tion, and rejection, and offers tips on ways to maximize ❖❖ Classroom Writing the First Screenplay II ❖❖ Classroom your creative output. 10 mtgs 3.0 units Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-September 11 This second in a four-part sequence in writing a feature 4 mtgs Reg# 354864 Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-24 UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. film script has you hit the ground running. You begin by Fee: $155 No meeting September 4. pitching your story based on your outline and revising UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. ❖❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after it to make sure the premise can carry the entire movie. Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after 1 mtg June 30. July 6. & Armed with a workable outline, you then flesh it out into c Saturday, 10am-5pm, August 5 c either a beat sheet or treatment (at the instructor’s Jacqueline Heinze, MFA, author, screenwriter, and Andrew Knauer, MFA, screenwriter and WGA member UCLA: School of Public Affairs discretion) and begin writing your screenplay. Personal- playwright who has written for Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen who wroteThe Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzeneg- Enroll in this course and Film/TV 793.1 Reg# 354853 ized feedback along with mini-lectures on key craft Network and Jarrett Creative. Ms. Heinze was a former ger, and the independent feature Ghost Team One (Para- by July 28, 2017 and get a $50 discount off your points, including character development, story structure, editor for Scholastic, Inc., and has won the Agnes Nixon mount Pictures). He also wrote a sci-fi/action feature for total purchase. and conflict, help you to meet the course goal, which Playwright Award. Advanced enrollment required; no enrollment at the Universal Pictures and is currently adapting the comic book 5 Days to Die for Circle of Confusion. is to write Act I (approximately 30 pages). May be door. No refund after August 4. repeated for credit. Reg# 354327 NEW Laurence Rosenthal, producer, development executive Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I. FILM TV 793.1 and WGA member who, as an executive at Woods Fee: $690 mm Students must bring a four-to-five-page outline they How to Create and Sustain a Entertainment, supervised the development of Scream, Online July 5-September 12 created in Writing the First Screenplay I to first class Professional Screenwriting Career Beautiful Girls, Copland, and Citizen Ruth. Mr. Rosenthal meeting and be prepared to pitch it. is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after One of the keys to becoming a professional screen- Reg# 354637 Instructor Award in Screenwriting. He is also the writer July 11. & writer is finding good representation. Most beginning c Fee: $570 and co-producer of No Manches Frida. Kate Marciniak, MA, writer, and professional story writers grapple with questions about finding an agent, ❖❖ Classroom working with an agent, and choosing the best repre- analyst who has worked on studio features and inde- pendent movies for over two decades, for companies 10 mtgs sentative for their work. Getting representation, how- Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-September 11 ever, is merely the first step. The agent-writer such as Disney, HBO, Miramax, Dreamworks SKG, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Amazon Studios. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. relationship is a two-way street and it is important for Feature Film No meeting September 4. screenwriters to learn how to work with their reps to Reg# 354329 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after make the most of this relationship. This workshop cov- Fee: $690 July 6. ers these topics and equips you with the knowledge mmOnline c Beginning Feature Film July 5-September 12 Michael Barlow, producer, screenwriter, and WGA mem- and right frame of mind as you go about getting a ber who, as an executive at Paramount Classics, oversaw Recommended for beginning students, these Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after representative and working with your reps. It also Black Snake Moan and Mad Hot Ballroom. Mr. Barlow was courses build on one another in a four-part July 12. addresses how a writer can maintain balance during c & vice president of production at various major studios, sequence. With the close guidance of the instruc- the peaks and lows that any long career will have, Daniel Sussman, MFA, JD, screenwriter; WGA member including Orion Pictures. His writing credits include the tor, students share and offer feedback in a sup- maintaining equilibrium and strong relationships to have who served as a staff writer for ABC’s The Practice. Mr. miniseries Kidnapped and the ABC drama Family. a sustainable career. portive environment focused on assessing the Sussman most recently sold his big-budget disaster strengths and weaknesses of the work. By the feature Galveston to Warner Bros. Pictures. He has sold Reg# 354643 Reg# 354853 Fee: $570 Fee: $95 end of the sequence, students have a completed scripts to production companies including Polaris draft of their first feature film script. Pictures and NBC Television Network. ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs 1 mtg Reg# 354330 Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 5-September 6 Saturday, 1pm-5pm, July 29 FILM TV X 440A Fee: $690 Writing the First Screenplay I mm UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Online 21650 Oxnard St. Enroll in this course and Film/TV 794.1 Reg# 354864 3.0 units July 5-September 12 The first in a four-part sequence designed to take you Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after by July 28, 2017 and get a $50 discount off your Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July 7. total purchase. through the full process of writing a feature film screen- July 11. c & Dan Vining, screenwriter, novelist, and WGA member Advanced enrollment required; no enrollment at the play, this course grounds you in the key craft elements Ron Wilkerson, writer/director and WGA member whose feature film credits include Black Dog for Uni- door. No refund after July 28, 2017. of story structure, plot, scene development, character, whose credits include Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next theme, genre, and dialogue, and shows you how they versal Pictures, and Plain Clothes for Paramount. Namee Baijal, MFA, MA, producer, whose credits Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. He is currently Mr. Vining has written screenplays for Walt Disney include micro-budget feature Natural Disasters, A work together to grip an audience’s emotions. You learn developing Dreamland, a miniseries for ABC Studios. Mr. how to create and evaluate story ideas; explore how Pictures, MGM, and Showtime, and his novels include Necessary Death, and the Segment “2000” of Political Wilkerson wrote and directed the independent feature The Quick, The Next, and Among the Living. Disasters. Ms. Baijal currently serves as a manager of characters’ inner wants and immediate goals shape Trade Show and is a recipient of the UCLA Extension programming for Film Independent and produced the and drive a screenplay’s action; see what constitutes Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Reg# 354647 Student Emmy Winner for Best Drama, The Trojan Cow. compelling plots and subplots; and learn how to con- Fee: $690 struct a scene. Throughout the course, you complete a Reg# 354322 mmOnline Fee: $570 series of exercises which serve as the basis for your ❖❖ July 5-September 12 script outline, a prose description of your screenplay. Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after 10 mtgs The course goal is to learn how to write effective, July 11. c compelling scenes and to create a four-to-five-page Thursday, 7-10pm, July 6-September 7 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Steven Schwartz, screenwriter/producer, WGA mem- outline that clearly delineates your script’s beginning, ber, Spirit Award nominee for his screenplay for the middle, and end. The ability to write an effective outline Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after July 10. Sidney Lumet-directed movie, Critical Care. His TV is a critical skill for the professional screenwriter, serves c & credits include The Practice and100 Centre Street. He as the basis for most pitches, and is required for admis- Cynthia Hsiung, producer, writer, director, and execu- has written scripts and pilots for Fox, ABC, FX, Disney, sion into X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. tive who served as a producer and head of production NBC, Universal, Lionsgate, HBO, and many others. for Young Hercules, starring Ryan Gosling. Ms. Hsiung kkk was part of the team that launched The Larry Sanders Show and Taxi Cab Confessions at HBO, and was a creative executive for MTV’s The Real World. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 149

FILM TV X 440C Reg# 354676 Writing the First Screenplay III Fee: $690 Advanced Feature Film mmOnline Television 3.0 units A script submission is required for these July 5-September 12 The third in a four-part sequence in writing a feature advanced-level courses which are primarily Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after film screenplay, this course focuses on the greatest workshop-driven. It is recommended that stu- July 11. Beginning Television challenge facing screenwriters: writing the second act. c dents take courses at the intermediate level prior As you write these crucial 60 pages, you refine your Chrysanthy Balis, MPW, screenwriter, and WGA mem- to submitting their work to an advanced-level Recommended for beginning students who are story outline; flesh out main and secondary characters; ber whose credits include Asylum (Paramount). Ms. Balis course. writing a spec script of an existing drama or continue to develop the art of the scene as it pertains has projects in development with CBS and USA Net- comedy series. With the close guidance of the to type, choice, structure, and placement; and begin to works, and has also written for the Zanuck Company/ Instructions for Submitting to an Advanced-Level instructor, students share and offer feedback in discover each character’s unique voice. You also learn Fox 2000 and HBO. She received the UCLA Extension Course a supportive environment focused on assessing Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. the habits you need to sustain the work of writing a For instructions on applying to advanced level courses, the strengths and weaknesses of the work. screenplay. The goal is to write Act II. May be repeated contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. for credit. FILM TV X 430.4 Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I Intermediate Feature Film The submission deadline for winter quarter is Beginning Writing for the One-Hour and X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. Students June 1 at midnight (Pacific Time). All applicants will Courses in this section are for students who have Spec Drama: Building the Story and must bring their beat sheets or treatments and Act I to be notified regarding their enrollment at least two the Outline the first class meeting and be prepared to write. completed at least one screenplay. A new project weeks prior to the first day of class. If you are accepted, 3.0 units is begun with an emphasis on craft issues such you will be required to enroll at that time; full payment Reg# 354650 Modeled directly on how writers write in the real world as structure, character development, and emo- of course fee is due upon acceptance. The Writers’ Fee: $660 of one-hour dramas, this course focuses on what is tional content. Self-editing techniques are Program is not responsible for submissions lost due to ❖❖ Classroom most central to creating a strong script as well as the introduced. Internet or mechanical failure. No comments or cri- 10 mtgs largest piece (40%) of the writer’s deal with any show: tiques are provided on student submissions. Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-September 11 FILM TV X 431.101 the story and outline. You learn to choose the best story UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Feature Film Writing Workshop: Occasionally submission deadlines are extended; for your spec script, map it out from beginning to end, No meeting September 4. Outline and Act I contact the Writers’ Program office at (310) 825-9415 and write a strong outline in proper script format. In the Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after for the most up-to-date information. process, you learn how to identify and capture the tone, July 6. 3.0 units c Designed for writers with at least one screenplay under characters, dialogue, and themes of any one-hour Matthew Harrison, director whose credits include their belts, this workshop guides you to launch and FILM TV X 432.25 drama series—the key to breaking into the field. Also Rhythm Thief (Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival), make significant headway on a new project. The goal Advanced Rewriting Workshop covered are the various genres (police procedurals, Kicked in the Head (Martin Scorsese), and Spare Me. is to develop a strong premise that sustains your entire 3.0 units medical, legal) and their specific rules; what’s popular His TV directing credits include Sex and the City, Popu- script, create and refine the story outline, and write Act This advanced rewriting workshop is for writers who in the current marketplace; and how to work within the lar, and Dead Last. Mr. Harrison received the UCLA I. Brief lectures on craft issues based on the demands want to take an already good script and make it great. special requirements of timeslots, outlets, and styles. Extension Outstanding Instructor Award. of the participants’ work supplement the workshop. Through the process of analyzing and rewriting your The course goal is to master the process of construct- Reg# 354653 Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, script, you develop a ”rewriting strategy” with the goal ing an airtight story and detailed outline so you are Fee: $690 X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, X 440C Writing of preparing your script for the marketplace and ready to write a script for any current show as quickly mmOnline the First Screenplay III, and X 440D Writing the First screenplay competitions. You must have a completed and expertly as possible. All student projects must focus July 5-September 12 Screenplay IV, or departmental approval. first draft of a screenplay. on current shows; no pilots. This course counts toward Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. Reg# 354680 Prerequisite(s): Submit a sample feature-length screen- July 11. Reg# 354705 c Fee: $690 play you intend on rewriting in the class. Ernie Contreras, screenwriter and WGA member whose mm Fee: $570 Online Reg# 354696 credits include the HBO drama, Walkout, and the feature July 5-September 12 ❖❖ Classroom films, Fairy Tale: A True Story and The Pagemaster for Fee: $750 10 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after ❖❖ Classroom 20th Century Fox. Mr. Contreras has written and devel- July 11. Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 5-September 6 oped scripts for Walt Disney, Sony, Universal, Fox Search- c 10 mtgs UCLA: Bunche Hall Andrew Osborne, MA, screenwriter and WGA member light, Paramount, DreamWorks, TNT, and Starz/Encore . Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 11-September 12 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after whose indie film credits include On_Line, The F Word, UCLA: Rolfe Hall July 7. and Apocalypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy c FILM TV X 440D For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit Award for the Discovery Channel program, Cash Cab. Richard Manning, MFA, television writer/producer and Writing the First Screenplay IV our advanced submission page. WGA member whose credits include Farscape; Star He has developed projects for Warner Bros., HBO, MTV, Visitors not permitted. Enrollment limited to 12 stu- 3.0 units and Orion. Trek: The Next Generation, When Calls the Heart, In the last of a four-part sequence in writing a feature dents. $100 nonrefundable until July 3; no refund TekWar, Beyond Reality (which he co-created), Sliders, thereafter. film screenplay, you reach FADE OUT. In the process of FILM TV X 431.102 Fame, and Knightwatch, as well as features, TV pilots, writing Act III, you hone in on structuring conversations, Tom Lazarus, screenwriter-director, WGA and Dramatist animation, webisodes, and a web series pilot. Feature Film Writing Workshop: Guild member whose credits include Stigmata, seven explore how to maximize your story’s visual implica- Reg# 354731 Acts II and III other features, eight TV movies, and 100 hours of TV. Mr. tions, deepen scene writing skills, assemble scenes to Fee: $690 3.0 units Lazarus is the author of three books on screenwriting form powerful sequences, ensure your script’s central mmOnline This workshop guides you to complete your current including The Last Word—Definitive Answers to All Your conflict is resolved, and work on theme and imagery. July 5-September 12 project. You focus on developing a successful second Screenwriting Questions (Michael Wiese Publishers). Also covered are revision techniques and the business Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after aspects of feature film writing. The goal is to complete and third act, with special attention given to structure, character development, emotional content, and cine- July 11. c writing your first feature film script. Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, matic style. You also acquire self-editing techniques essential for the professional writer. This is not a rewrite numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, and X 440C Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; Writing the First Screenplay III. Students must bring course; you must be working toward the completion of a feature-length script and have your outline and Act I and Walker, Texas Ranger. She received the UCLA Exten- their beat sheets or treatments and Acts I and II to the sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. first class meeting and be prepared to write. of your script in hand. Prerequisite(s): X 430.101 Feature Film Writing Work- Reg# 354671 shop: Outline and Act I, or equivalent, or consent of Fee: $660 instructor. ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs Reg# 354687 Fee: $690 Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 5-September 6 mm UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Online Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after July 5-September 12 July 7. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after c July 11. Donald H. Hewitt, screenwriter and WGA member c whose feature film credits include the English-language Jim Staahl, writer, producer, and actor; WGA member; screenplay for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, two-time Emmy Award nominee whose comedy feature Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar- credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveil- lance, and Blow Hard. Mr. Staahl also has written nominated Howl’s Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. for Pixar, Miramax, New Line, and Disney. sketch/variety shows for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Howie Mandel. kkk g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 5. 150 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 354747 Fee: $690 Intermediate Television mmOnline TV Writers Fellowship Courses in this section are for students who have July 5-September 12 completed at least one draft of a spec script of Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after an existing series. The focus is on writing and July 11. c polishing a solid first draft of an original pilot. Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose Students also gain a better understanding of the Prep Series numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; business of writing for television. Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; and Walker, Texas Ranger. She received the UCLA Exten- FILM TV X 442.1 sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Winning a writers fellowship is one of the quickest ways to get staffed on a Writing the Original One-Hour Drama Reg# 354744 Pilot: Intermediate Workshop television show. This 4-course series is perfect for writers seeking intensive Fee: $660 3.0 units ❖❖ study. Upon completion, you leave with a spec of an existing show and Classroom Anyone who wants to work as a professional television 10 mtgs writer has to be able to submit top-notch original mate- original pilot, suitable for fellowship applications. Thursday, 7-10pm, July 6-September 7 rial to agents and showrunners. In this fast-paced UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. course, you take your idea for a one-hour TV series and Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Choose tracks in either One-Hour Drama or Half-Hour Comedy. turn it into an outline, write intensively, and get feed- July 10. c back from the instructor and fellow participants every Series Candidacy fee: $50 Greg Elliot, television writer and WGA member whose week. Throughout this process, you learn how to envi- credits include Star Trek: Voyager. Mr. Elliot was also a sion the world of your show, create characters and Benefits include: writer on Savannah (WB Series), Charmed (WB Series), conflict, build a storytelling engine, and nail down your and In a Heartbeat (Disney Channel). He is a recipient show’s structure, tone, story, and act breaks. By the end • Priority registration for coursework after payment of candidacy fee of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award of the course, you have in hand a rough draft of your in Screenwriting. original one-hour drama pilot. This course counts • Free entry into the UCLA Extension Television Writing Competitions toward the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. 50% discount on one consultation within six months of completion of series FILM TV X 431.6 Prerequisite(s): Students must have an idea for a • Writing the Half-Hour Spec series, and have completed one TV spec, TV pilot, or “ I signed up for UCLA Extension classes, wrote two TV specs of existing shows in six Comedy Script equivalent experience. 3.0 units Reg# 354779 months, then wrote a pilot in three months. That pilot then became the sample that This workshop guides you to write a solid draft spec got me into the CBS Diversity program and the Humanitas’ New Voices program.” Fee: $660 script from your half-hour comedy outline and move as ❖❖ Classroom ——Greta Heinemann, former UCLA Extension student and UCLA Extension TV far ahead as you can in polishing it. You begin by 10 mtgs Competition Winner, now a Story Editor/Staff Writer on NCIS: New Orleans. reworking your outline to simplify your story, nail down Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 27-September 5 the essence of your characters, focus and tighten UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. scenes, create mood and pacing, and punch up dia- No meeting July 4. logue from the blueprint you’ve created. You then move Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after to the writing and polishing stage. On the business side, June 29. c you deepen your knowledge of the current comedy Ed Horowitz, MFA, screenwriter, and WGA member series marketplace and map out basic career building whose feature film credits include Exit Wounds, starring strategies. Students must bring a complete outline to Steven Segal and DMX; On Deadly Ground; and K9:PI, the first class. All student projects must focus on cur- starring Jim Belushi. Mr. Horowitz’s television credits rent shows; no pilots. This course counts toward the include La Femme Nikita and more than a half-dozen 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. For more pilot scripts for various networks. FILM TV X 430.6 Reg# 354741 information, see ad on page 150. Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for Half-Hour Reg# 354782 Beginning Writing for the Fee: $690 Fee: $690 mm Spec Comedy: Building the Story and Outline. Half-Hour Spec Comedy: Online mmOnline July 5-September 12 Reg# 354762 July 5-September 12 Building the Story and the Outline Fee: $660 3.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after ❖❖ Classroom This course teaches you how to create an airtight story No refund after July 11. July 11. c 10 mtgs c and outline—the critical first step in writing a strong Claudia Grazioso, MFA, screenwriter and WGA mem- Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 5-September 6 half-hour comedy spec script and a process that makes ber whose credits include Are We There Yet?, Bring It who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: UCLA: Rolfe Hall writing your script much easier, faster, and more suc- On Again, and Christmas Bounty. Ms. Grazioso has Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after cessful. You begin by learning how to pinpoint what written pilots for ABC, Sony, Fox, HBO, Lifetime, and the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files July 7. makes any half-hour comedy show tick, studying the CBS, as well as feature films for most major studios, and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she appeal and quirkiness of the main characters, and including television movies for ABC Family. Joe Fisch, television writer/executive producer; WGA co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX. identifying the unique spin shows put on their stories. member who served as a co-executive producer for 3rd You then focus on your own script for a current show, FILM TV X 431.4 Rock from the Sun and Boston Common, and as a FILM TV X 431.7 finding the story and identifying the comedy in it, learn- Writing the One-Hour Spec showrunner for ROC and Just for Kicks. Mr. Fisch was Writing the Original Half-Hour ing how to pitch it, and creating a workable outline from Drama Script a writer/producer for Step By Step, A Different World, and Who’s the Boss? Comedy Pilot: Intermediate Workshop which to write. Instruction also covers the ”need to 3.0 units 3.0 units know” business aspects of the half-hour show, such as Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in Reg# 354759 Television executives and showrunners want to read the current use of spec scripts to get jobs and the current episodic series production, this course guides Fee: $690 mm original pilots that demonstrate your unique voice and basics of how a comedy writer works on staff, how you to write a solid first draft of your script and work Online comedic sensibilities. This workshop shows you how to freelance writers move onto staff, how a writing staff is on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and July 5-September 12 take your original comedy idea and develop a strong structured, and how writers work collaboratively ”in the outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after story, rife with memorable characters and even funnier room.” All student projects must focus on current on capturing the essence of the show through its four- July 11. c jokes. Breaking story in the style of a real writer’s room, shows from a list provided by the instructor; no pilots. act structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, char- Eunetta Boone, television writer/executive producer you develop a compelling story, brainstorm, and support This course counts toward the 4-course Writer’s Fel- acters, scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you and WGA member who created and exec-produced One another’s vision. By the end of course, you have strong lowship Prep Series. learn how to develop your career game plan and hear on One (UPN). Ms. Boone served as co-executive pro- act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first Reg# 354734 from industry guest speakers on the business of the ducer for My Wife and Kids and The Hughleys. Her 10 pages of your original half-hour pilot script. This Fee: $570 one-hour drama. Students must bring a complete credits also include The Parent ‘Hood, Living Single, course counts toward the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship ❖❖ Classroom outline to the first class. All student projects must focus The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Getting By. Prep Series. 10 mtgs on current shows; no pilots. Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the Half- Monday, 7-10pm, July 3-September 11 Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the One- Hour Spec Comedy: Building the Story and Outline and UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Hour Spec Drama: Building the Story and Outline. X 431.6 Writing the Half-Hour Spec Comedy Script, or No meeting September 4. kkk equivalent, or consent of instructor. Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after kkk July 6. Danny Kallis, showrunner/television writer/director, and WGA member who created The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Suite Life on Deck, and Smart Guy. Mr. Kallis has served as the executive producer on series such as Life’s Work, Phenom, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, and Who’s the Boss? kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 151

Reg# 354767 Fee: $660 Advanced Television ❖❖ Classroom A script-submission is required for these 10 mtgs advanced-level workshop-driven courses. It is Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 27-September 5 recommended that students take courses at the UCLA: Rolfe Hall intermediate level prior to submitting their work to No meeting July 4. an advanced-level workshop. Students write origi- Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after nal pilots or further refine their existing projects. June 29. c Joe Fisch, television writer/executive producer; WGA FILM TV X 432.9 member who served as a co-executive producer for 3rd Rock from the Sun and Boston Common, and as a Rewriting Your One-Hour or Half-Hour showrunner for ROC and Just for Kicks. Mr. Fisch was Television Spec or Pilot Script: a writer/producer for Step By Step, A Different World, Advanced Workshop and Who’s the Boss? 3.0 units If 90% of writing is rewriting, then 99% of television Reg# 354771 writing is rewriting. And rewriting, for the most part, Fee: $690 means fixing story problems and maximizing the drama mmOnline or comic potential of a story idea. In this workshop, the July 5-September 12 goal is to take your previously written one-hour or half- Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after hour scripts, both originals and specs, that ultimately July 11. c did not fulfill their ambitions, and determine where they Eunetta Boone, for credits see page 150. fell short and make the necessary changes so that each New neighborhood. premise is fully realized. FILM TV X 433.7 Prerequisite(s): Spec script or original pilot submittal Finishing the Original One-Hour is required; for instructions, visit our advanced Drama or Half-Hour Comedy Pilot submission page. 3.0 units New possibilities. Reg# 354812 This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an Fee: $750 original pilot script from your one-hour or half-hour ❖❖ Classroom outline created in a previous course. You start by rework- 10 mtgs ing your story idea and outline as needed, fixing story Thursday, 7-10pm, July 13-September 14 Extension Woodland Hills is now open for enrollment. problems and maximizing the drama or comic potential. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Our newest satellite campus will offer classes in everything from marketing Special attention is paid to refining the world, characters, For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit tone, and story of your pilot. You then move toward our advanced submission page. to management, acting to art history, and more. completing a polished first draft of your script, working Visitors not permitted. Enrollment limited to 12 students. on scenes, dialogue, and action, until it captures your $100 nonrefundable until July 6; no refund thereafter. original vision and matches a network’s likely require- Phil Kellard, for credits see page 151. ments. You must bring a completed story outline and first * Discount codes only valid on courses being offered at the Woodland Hills location for Spring 2017 quarter. Enroll at least 30 days prior to course start date to receive early enrollment pricing. Discounts cannot be combined. Discount code is case sensitive. 10 pages to the first day of class. This course counts FILM TV X 441.2 toward the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. Prerequisite(s): X430.7 Writing for the Original One-Hour- Advanced Pilot Writing Boot Camp Learn more at Drama Pilot or X431.7 Writing the Original Half-Hour 3.0 units Comedy Pilot, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. In this advanced workshop, you turn an idea for an uclaextension.edu/WH original one-hour drama or half-hour comedy into a first Reg# 354806 draft that introduces your show’s unique world, char- Fee: $660 acters, tone, and style. You focus on creating the first ❖❖ Classroom episode pilot and receive intensive weekly guidance and 10 mtgs feedback The course goal is to write a full first draft that Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 5-September 6 can be developed ultimately to sell to a television net- You Have the Skills, UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. work. Those students who submit a finished pilot at the Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after end of class receive a one-on-one individual consulta- July 7. tion session with instructor. This course counts toward Phil Kellard, writer-director and WGA member who was Now Get the Job the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. an executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Prerequisite(s): Writing sample of a spec script or origi- Martin and a creative consultant on The Inspectors. He nal pilot submittal is required. has written pilots for Showtime and Syfy. Mr. Kellard Reg# 354813 received an Emmy Award and the UCLA Extension Fee: $780 Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. mmOnline July 5-September 12 For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit our advanced submission page. Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 nonrefund- able until June 28; no refund thereafter. c Jacqueline Zambrano, writer/producer and WGA member and multiple award nominee, Ms. Zambrano has written for numerous shows, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Star Trek. She also has created and executive produced dramatic television series for Fox, CBS, Pax, and Showtime, and the Internet. Online career coaching is available for Extension students and alumni in partnership with the UCLA Alumni Association and the UCLA Career Center. Powered by InsideTrack, career coaching gives you an edge by providing: • One-on-one meetings with a professional advisor to help you reach your career goals m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. • Templates and tools to help you create career search materials g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. Live workshops that teach you what employers are looking for WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. • c Video tutorials with career and job hunting advice v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. • & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 5. Visit ucla.insidetrack.com to learn more.