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Reg# 368151 Fee: $475 Writers’ Program No refund after 5 Aug. WRITING & mmOnline July 31-Sept. 10 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Creative Writing Ronald Alexander, fiction writer and author of four For help in choosing a course or determining if a novels. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was course fulfills certificate requirements, contact the a finalist in the St. Andrews College Press Novella Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. Competition. His essays, poetry, and short stories have JOURNALISM been published in the Chicago Quarterly Review and The Los Angeles Review, among others.

Basics of Writing WRITING X 420 These basic creative writing courses are for Nonfiction: Essential Beginnings students with no prior writing experience. 2.0 units Instruction is exercise-driven; the process of Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn workshopping—in which students are asked to your personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday share and offer feedback on each other’s work life, and family stories into compelling narratives, this with guidance from the instructor—is introduced. workshop teaches beginning writers the basic elements Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to deter- of good storytelling. You learn how to excavate memo- mine which course will best help you reach your ries and discover fresh or unexpected facets of your life writing goals. stories. Through weekly exercises, you generate new material and learn an array of fictional techniques to WRITING X 400 tell your nonfiction story, including how to play with Introduction to Creative Writing voice, focus on a small unit of time, and describe 2.0 units landscape and character. By the course’s completion, WRITER’S PROGRAM 142 POETRY This six-week course is perfect for anyone just getting you will have in hand a series of short sketches or a started on their path to being a writer. Students work in draft of a nonfiction piece. small breakout sessions with experienced writers and Reg# 368070 CREATIVE WRITING 143 EDITING AND PUBLISHING teachers, then attend a lecture by various guest speak- Fee: $345 135 Basics of Writing ers with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or No refund after 22 July. SCREENWRITING screenwriting. Short assignments are workshopped in ❖❖ Classroom 136 Special Topics for All Writers the weekly breakouts. The goal of the course is to 6 mtgs 144 Special Topics for Film expose new writers to a variety of types of writing while Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 17-Aug. 21 getting their creative juices flowing. At the end of the UCLA: Kaplan Hall FICTION & Television Writers quarter, students will feel more confident about their Enrollment limited to 20 students. c & skills and will be prepared for further study of writing. Roberta Wax, freelance writer; former reporter, United 137 Beginning Fiction Writing FEATURE FILM Reg# 368478 Press International; former president, Society of Profes- Fee: $455 sional Journalists, Los Angeles Chapter. Ms. Wax is a 137 Intermediate Fiction Writing 145 Beginning Feature No refund after 25 July. contributor to many magazines and newspapers, 138 Advanced Fiction Writing Film Writing ❖❖ Classroom including the Los Angeles Times, Westways, Emmy, and 6 mtgs Animation, among others. Saturday, 1-4pm, July 20-Aug. 24 CREATIVE NONFICTION 146 Intermediate Feature Reg# 368069 Film Writing UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Fee: $475 Enrollment limited to 12 students. c No refund after 5 Aug. 139 Beginning Creative Norman Kolpas, author and editor whose several mmOnline Nonfiction Writing TELEVISION hundred nonfiction pieces have appeared in many July 31-Sept. 10 publications, including Bon Appetit, HOME, Elle, Sunset, Enrollment limited to 15 students. c 140 Intermediate Creative 146 Beginning Television Writing Southwest Art, and The Times of London. Mr. Kolpas liz gonzález, MFA, author of Dancing Santa Ana Winds: Nonfiction Writing also is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books and Poems y Cuentos New and Selected. Ms. gonzález’s 147 Intermediate Television consults with and ghost writes for many top personali- work has appeared in Wide Awake: The Poets of Los 140 Advanced Creative Writing ties and brands. Angeles and Beyond, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others. She is the director and founder of Nonfication Writing 148 Advanced Television Writing WRITING X 410 Uptown Word & Arts, promoting literacy and the arts. Fiction: Essential Beginnings WRITING FOR YOUNG READERS 148 JOURNALISM 2.0 units WRITING X 461.5E Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where The Joy of Writing: 140 Writing Picture Books to start? This supportive workshop provides you with A Six-Week Workshop in Creativity many techniques to motivate and guide you. You learn 2.0 units 140 Writing for Kids and Middle how to transform observation and personal experience Too often writers value the completion of a new work Grade Readers into imaginative prose, create dynamic characters and over the process itself. In this intensive workshop, you dialogue, and write from different points of view. By the study and celebrate the creative process of writing 142 Writing for Young Adults end of the course, you will have in hand a series of through a series of weekly and in-class writing exer- short sketches or a draft of a short story and key tools cises. From the development of three-dimensional you need to write creatively. characters to the importance of conflict and objective, Reg# 368482 you draw from both personal life experience and pure For more information call Writers’ Program (310) 825-9415 Fee: $345 imagination to find the stories that mean the most to No refund after 4 Aug. you. The final goal of the workshop is a greater under- Journalism (310) 825-7093. ❖❖ Classroom standing of the craft of writing and the essential tools 6 mtgs necessary to take your work to the next level. WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 30-Sept. 3 Reg# 368483 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Fee: $345 Enrollment limited to 20 students. c No refund after 21 July. Tony DuShane, author of Confessions of a Teenage ❖❖ Classroom Jesus Jerk and award winning screenwriter of the 6 mtgs “The Writers’ Program class provided me with an adaptation directed by Eric Stoltz. His work has Tuesday, 11am-2pm, July 16-Aug. 20 appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Believer, UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: amazing foundation of what I needed as a writer, Mother Jones, and he was a music columnist for the 1010 Westwood Blvd. San Francisco Chronicle. Steven Wolfson, MFA, award-winning playwright, and and I can, at different stages of my career, refer kkk founding member of The Mark Taper Forum’s Mentor Playwrights Project. A WGA member, Mr. Wolfson is the back to my notes and still learn more each time.” recipient of two UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Awards in Creative Writing and Screenwriting. ——Zimran Jacob, former Writers’ Program student who was hired to write for television shows such as Hannibal, Narcos, Hemlock Grove, and F is For Family. 136 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 413.3E Special Topics for All Writers Creating Universes, Building Worlds: 26th Annual Courses in this section are open to students who The Short Story in Science Fiction want a deeper understanding of a specific craft and Fantasy issue or area of study. These courses fulfill the 3.0 units elective requirement for creative writing certifi- How do you introduce an alien environment, create an cates. Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to alternate timeline or magical realm, and then populate Publication Party determine which course will best help you reach it with characters whose problems matter to its read- your writing goals. ers—all in 5,000 words or less? Designed for those interested in focusing on short speculative fiction, this A Free Event! WRITING 760.1 course deepens your understanding of its many sub- Writing Retreat at Lake Arrowhead genres, including alternate history, horror, dark fantasy, Wednesday, June 12, 7–9:30pm Give yourself the gift of time to write away from the sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, sociological sci-fi, demands of your daily life. Join a small group of com- hard science fiction, and others. At the same time it Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:30pm mitted writers for four full days of uninterrupted writing immerses you in the writing principles common to all time at UCLA’s beautiful conference center on Lake of these genres. The course goal is to complete and Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles Arrowhead. Participants will enjoy private bedrooms, polish a short science fiction or fantasy story and to private baths, and three gourmet meals each day, along identify three appropriate markets for the finished piece. The featured readers are Writers’ with complimentary beverages all day long. The Writers’ Reg# 368491 Program instructors who have Program will coordinate some structured activities, Fee: $695 published work within the past year. including informal craft talks, pre-dinner social hours, No refund after 8 July. and nightly open mic events, but your time will ulti- mmOnline mately be yours to plan and enjoy. July 3-Sept. 10 Featured Readers Reg# 366793 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Rick Bursky No refund after 15 July. Alyx Dellamonica, author of The Town on Blighted Sea, Independent Study/Internship a Year’s Best Science Fiction pick, and Indigo Springs, Stephen Cooper 6 mtgs a Sunburst Award winner. She has published short Sunday-Friday, Sept. 8-13 fiction in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Antonia Crane Lake Arrowhead SciFi.Com, and Realms of Fantasy. Seth Fischer Enrollment limited to 15 students. To register, click “Add to Cart” to pay the $25 nonre- NEW liz gonzález fundable application fee through UCLA Extension. WRITING X 462.3 Rachel Kann Upon receipt of your fee, we will email you the itiner- Character and Conflict ary and link to submit your $1,699 fee directly to the 3.0 units Cole Kazdin UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead. One of the most misunderstood concepts in the craft July 1: Last day to cancel registration for full refund. of fiction writing is the relationship between character Shawna Kenney July 15: Last day to cancel registration for a and conflict. A story can involve a complex character liz gonzález, a featured reader a this year’s Publication Party. Henry Lien 50% refund. with fascinating thoughts, ideas, and interests, but For more information (310) 825-9415 or email without a conflict that motivates the character to act, UCLA Extension Writers’ Program stu- Ben Loory [email protected] the ensuing story will be stagnant and flat. In this dents and friends are cordially invited to class, we explore, through our own writing and through Suzanne Lummis NEW attend our 26th annual Publication Party. published work, how to create richly imagined charac- Lou Mathews WRITING 761.5E ters and how to challenge them with conflicts that Making Friends with Your Inner Critic threaten their hidden, most deeply held desires, forcing Join us for spirited readings, book sign- Judith Prager ings, refreshments, and the opportunity Too often, our most compelling, honest, and original them to act in ways that change the world around Lilliam Rivera writing is silenced by the ruthless critic that dwells in them. Each week, we read sample fiction to identify to meet fellow writers. our heads. The voice of the inner critic often bullies us craft tools that help us identify and convey the flaws Parking at the Skirball Cultural Center Nancy Spiller into doubting the integrity of our own imaginations. In in our characters, flaws that then help us pick a con- this course, you explore the essential quality of the flicted situation to push our characters into action. is free. Liz Stephens critical voice that lives in you. You become familiar with Weekly writing exercises put theory into practice and April Halprin Wayland what creates this critical voice and what drives those help you discover what works (and doesn’t) in your insidious messages it sends. By working with a variety own writing practice. Harry E. Youtt of writing exercises across literary genres (poetry, fic- Reg# 368619 tion, creative nonfiction), along with simple mindfulness Fee: $695 techniques, you learn new strategies that enable you to No refund after 8 July. Please R.S.V.P. disarm the inner critic. By the end of the day, you make mmOnline [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 a surprising new friend (that dear inner critic!) and you July 3-Sept. 10 have the beginnings of several new writing projects to Enrollment limited to 15 students. c explore with an unfettered mind. Colette Sartor, MFA, fiction writer, author of the story WRITING X 402 WRITING X 461.1E Reg# 368679 collection Once Removed and Other Stories (upcoming Finding Your Voice Emotion Into Art: Fee: $159 2019, UGA Press) and winner of the 2018 Flannery 2.0 units Infusing Your Writing with Feeling No refund after 23 Aug. O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Ms. Sartor’s work has You’ve lived, listened, seen, had a childhood—there’s 2.0 units ❖❖ Classroom appeared in Kenyon Review Online, Carve Magazine, your raw material. Now it’s a question of channeling How do writers make you laugh and cry? This course is 1 mtg Slice Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Colorado Review, and shaping that experience with the tools of literary designed for beginners and those who want to juice up their Saturday, 9am-5pm, Aug. 24 Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. craft. In this beginner’s course, you explore the basics writing and gain mastery to do both. You begin by exploring UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: of the three major genres—fiction, nonfiction, and emotion-packed fiction, short prose, and poems to discover 1010 Westwood Blvd. poetry—reading and practicing within those areas of tips, tricks, and strategies to make readers ache, cheer Enrollment limited to 25 students. expression to help you find the modes that best fit your characters on, or hold their sides with laughter. You also Lesley Hyatt, MFA and Fulbright Scholar, has taught story and your voice. Each week you turn in short writ- learn about gesture, pacing, tone, juxtaposition, hyperbole, imaginative writing to students of all ages and back- ing assignments that help you get your feet wet with personification, double entendres, and more. Through grounds for over 20 years. She is the founder of The craft aspects like description, character, dialogue, etc. stimulating writing exercises, you are encouraged to find WriteMind Project, a course that bridges creative writing These assignments culminate in a finished short story, your own voice and create short writing (prose or poems) and mindfulness practice, and also Joyriders LA, an essay, or poem that you present on the last day of class about yourself and/or fictional characters that can attract ongoing mindfulness class. to a supportive workshop. the attention of readers and editors. Reg# 368526 Reg# 368487 Fee: $475 Fee: $475 No refund after 3 July. No refund after 5 Aug. mmOnline mmOnline July 10-Aug. 20 July 31-Sept. 10 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & Ploy Pirapokin, MFA, fiction writer whose work is Rochelle J. Shapiro, author of Miriam the Medium and featured in Tor.com, The Bellingham Review, Fiction Kaylee’s Ghost. Ms. Shapiro’s essays have been pub- International, and more. Ms. Pirapokin has taught as a lished in The New York Times and Newsweek. Her short creative writing lecturer for San Francisco State Univer- stories and poems have been published in many sity and is currently a 2017-2018 Headlands Center for anthologies and literary magazines, such as The Iowa the Arts Affiliate Artist. Review, Sedge, and Moment. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 137

WRITING X 461.15E WRITING X 411.1 Finding Your Unique Voice Novel I 1.5 units 3.0 units The Phyllis Gebauer Just as every human being has a unique personality, every That novel is inside you waiting to emerge, but knowing writer has a—potentially—unique voice through which their how and where to start can be daunting. This course vision may be best expressed. Designed to help beginning provides you with weekly assignments, group interac- and established writers discover/develop that voice, this tion, and instructor feedback to help you explore various workshop includes exercises to discover personal patterns methods of writing your first novel while learning the Scholarship in Writing of diction and imagery, dissolve blocks, recover lost memo- key craft points of plot, structure, characterization, ries, tap into the individual wellsprings of creativity, and point-of-view, sense of place, and voice. The goal is to explore personal mythologies. You also study selected complete the first chapter of your novel by establishing writers to determine what constitutes a “style” and read an intimacy with your characters as you artfully shape This needs-based scholarship program is funded by the late Phyllis Gebauer, student works in a supportive atmosphere. Through active their journey and to develop an overall concept to guide a beloved Writers’ Program instructor who was passionate about providing and playful class participation, you learn how to listen for you through your story. Required for students consider- your own writing voice and let it emerge. ing the long-fiction sequence. learning opportunities for those who lack access. Reg# 368310 Reg# 368615 Fee: $269 Fee: $575 Up to 6 scholars receive complimentary Applications are now available at No refund after 19 July. No refund after 4 July. enrollment in 3 full-length Writers’ writers.uclaextension.edu/scholarship. ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom Program courses during a 1-year period. 2 mtgs 10 mtgs Deadline to submit materials is June 21. Saturday, Sunday, 9:30am-5:30pm, July 20-21 Saturday, 1-4pm, June 29-Sept. 7 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Visitors not permitted No meeting Aug. 31. María Amparo Escandón, bestselling bilingual writer Enrollment limited to 20 students. c originally from Mexico whose first novel, Esperanza’s Francesca Lia Block, author of Love in the Time of Box of Saints (Santitos in Spanish), has been translated Global Warming, The Elementals, Dangerous Angels: For More Information into 21 languages and made into a Sundance Festival The Weetzie Bat Books, Necklace of Kisses, The Hanged Award-winning film produced by John Sayles. Her latest Man, Pretty Dead, The Frenzy, and Wood Nymph Seeks (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu novel is Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co. Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide. Reg# 368149 WRITING X 413.10E Intermediate Fiction Writing Fee: $695 Wired for Story: Seven Steps to No refund after 8 July. These courses are designed for students who mmOnline Creating an Irresistible Novel Fiction 1.5 units have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each July 3-Sept. 10 description. Instruction includes lectures as Enrollment limited to 15 students. Every writer wants two things: to tell a story that hooks c readers and never lets them go, and to find a way to appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. Beginning Fiction Writing Jessica Barksdale, MFA, MA, fiction writer, poet, and accomplish that without going through the long slog of Students continue to share and offer feedback in author of 14 published novels, including The Burning a supportive environment. Please call an advisor Courses in this section are recommended for endlessly writing draft after draft. This workshop gives Hour, Her Daughter’s Eyes, and When You Believe. Her at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course will students with some prior writing experience. you actionable ways to meet both goals. We examine short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in best help you reach your writing goals. Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. the five steps to take before you start writing that will Compose, Salt Hill Journal, The Coachella Review, save you months (or years) of hard work, not to mention With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- Carve Magazine, Mason’s Road, and So to Speak. WRITING X 412.2 dents share and offer feedback in a supportive heartache and frustration. Instead of rooting around in environment focused on assessing the strengths your plot for the story, you unearth the key story ele- Short Story II WRITING X 413.2E ments beneath the plot that bring it to life, drive it for- 3.0 units and weaknesses of their work. Those new to Committing the Perfect Crime: writing should consider courses in the Basics of ward, and give it meaning. These elements have little Focusing on close textual analysis and intensive writing Writing section. Please call an advisor at (310) Writing Your First Mystery to do with the surface plot or “writing well” and every- practice, you create two short stories and revise one in 3.0 units 825-9415 to determine which course will best thing to do with what we’re hardwired to respond to in this 10-week workshop. Weekly lectures on technique, Do you long to commit the perfect crime—and see it help you reach your writing goals. every story we read. Learning what your reader’s brain analysis of published stories, and in-depth instructor bound between covers and on the bestseller lists? craves, and why, allows you to zero in on what your and peer critique develop and deepen your understand- WRITING X 412.1 Designed for beginners as well as those with a work- story is really about before you write word one (or, if ing of the art and craft of short story writing. Strategies in-progress who need direction, this course is a sup- you’ve already started, before you write another word). for approaching the marketplace also are discussed. Short Story I portive, results-oriented workshop that guides you in 3.0 units You will not only produce a more powerful novel, Reg# 368140 planning your mystery or suspense novel or revising chances are you will drastically reduce your rewrite Fee: $695 It is said that all of us have locked inside at least one some of the choices made in your work-in-progress. good story to tell. Through lectures on craft, short writ- time. Also of value to those writing memoirs, short No refund after 8 July. You learn the fundamentals of crime writing, including stories, screenplays, or any other form of story. mmOnline ing exercises, assignments, and discussion, you learn structure and pacing, point-of-view, setting, character Reg# 368311 July 3-Sept. 10 how to tell yours. Topics include plot, point-of-view, development, dialogue and voice, and clues and red setting, description, conflict, characterization, dialogue, Fee: $269 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & herrings, as well as self-editing techniques. Also cov- No refund after 2 Aug. Charles Wyatt, MFA, MM, author, whose short fiction tension, rewriting, and submission strategies. The ered are the practical aspects of attracting the right course goal is to draft and revise at least one short ❖❖ Classroom has appeared in American Literary Review and New agent and/or editor. The goal is to draft the first chapter 2 mtgs American Writing, among others. Mr. Wyatt is the author story. This course is a prerequisite for students who are of your planned mystery or suspense novel. continuing in the short-fiction sequence. Saturday, Sunday, 9am-5pm, Aug. 3-4 of Listening to Mozart (winner of the John Simmons Reg# 368146 Reg# 368490 UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: Award), and the novella The Spirit Autobiography of S. Fee: $695 Fee: $575 1010 Westwood Blvd. N. Jones. No refund after 8 July. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Visitors No refund after 7 July. mmOnline ❖❖ Classroom not ­permitted. July 3-Sept. 10 Lisa Cron, author of Story Genius: How to Use Brain 10 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 2-Sept. 3 c Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Kris Neri, Derringer Award winner and Pushcart Prize Novel and Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Enrollment limited to 20 students. nominee whose novels include High Crimes on the Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First c Magical Plane, Magical Alienation, and the Agatha, Ron Darian, author and writer/producer whose fiction Sentence. She has been a consultant, agent, story Anthony, and Macavity Award-nominated Tracy Eaton analyst, and editor and publicist. has appeared in Fiction International, Inkwell, and The mystery novels Revenge of the Gypsy Queen, Dem MacGuffin, among many others. Mr. Darian is also a Bones’ Revenge, and Revenge for Old Times’ Sake. WGA member whose television credits include Frasier, Mad About You, and 7th Heaven. He was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Reg# 368489 Fee: $695 m ONLINE COURSE, page 5. No refund after 8 July. mmOnline g HYBRID COURSE, page 5. July 3-Sept. 10 WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5. Enrollment limited to 15 students. c c Tantra Bensko, MFA, fiction writer, poet, and award- v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 5. winning author with hundreds of publications including four chapbooks, one novella, and two full-length fiction & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED books. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Ms. Bensko has a psychological suspense series, The C UC CREDIT, page 6. Agents of the Nevermind. 138 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 413.1E Reg# 368110 Story Structure for the Novel Fee: $785 3.0 units No refund after 26 June. Many aspiring novelists write with the hope that mmOnline inspiration will come. The result is time wasted on a July 3-Sept. 10 flabby novel with no clear shape and a sagging pace. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not On the other hand, story structure gives your novel a ­permitted. $100 non-refundable. Not eligible for skeleton; it forms the bones of your story. And just as any discounts. adding flesh and clothing to a body makes that body Robert Eversz, MFA, author of the novels Zero to the more unique, so does any creative addition the writer Bone, Digging James Dean, Burning Garbo, Killing makes to his or her basic structure. This course Paparazzi, Gypsy Hearts, and Shooting Elvis. Mr. Ever- teaches you how to build that skeleton, from a solid sz’s novels have been translated into 15 languages. He premise line to building the moral argument of your has been the finalist judge for the AWP Award Series in novel. You ensure that your novel has what story the Novel. structure guru John Truby calls the “seven key steps,” and you learn how reversals and reveals, as well as WRITING X 413.8E character wants and needs, can drive your story to a Advanced Novel Revision Techniques satisfying conclusion. Exercises focus on structural 3.0 units elements such as character ghosts, story world, and Before an agent ever gets hold of your novel, you must more, and by the end of the course, you have in-hand go through numerous revisions to present your best Writers’ Program a six-page synopsis that works. In addition, for most possible effort. As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, weeks, you submit six pages of writing that relate to writing is rewriting, and the story of how he trans- a particular structural element. formed his draft manuscript Trimalchio into the endur- Reg# 368111 ing masterpiece The Great Gatsby is not only a Fee: $695 testament to the value of assiduous revision, but will Open House form the narrative backbone of this workshop. By No refund after 8 July. mmOnline combining in-class exercises, close readings, work- July 3-Sept. 10 shopping, and a careful study of the Gatsby revisions, Tuesday, July 30, 4–6pm; UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center you learn how to attack problems in your novel-in- Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & Want to be a writer but don’t know where to start? The Writers’ Program at UCLA Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author progress, whether in structure, character, voice, or language. Whether it’s finding the right word or the Extension invites you to a special Open House event where you can learn more about who has published 11 novels, including her latest, Cruel Beautiful World. A critic for The San Francisco right point of view, the sometimes intimidating—and who we are, what we do, and why we’re the best choice for your writing education. Chronicle and People, Ms. Leavitt is a recipient of rewarding—job of the novelist is demystified. You leave the course having thoroughly revised at least one Whether you’re a prospective student or a current student looking for more information the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. problem section of your novel, with a clear plan for on all the opportunities available, the Open House is here to answer your questions attacking the remainder ahead of you, and a strong, on our courses, certificate programs and specializations, competitions, scholarships, supportive cohort behind you. mentorships, events, and more. Advanced Fiction Writing Reg# 368108 Fee: $755 Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- No refund after 25 June. driven and are designed for students who are well ❖❖ Classroom For More Information into their projects. Admission is by submission 10 mtgs [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 only and the selection process is competitive. It Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 2-Sept. 3 is recommended that students take intermediate- UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. level courses prior to submitting their work. For Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not WRITING X 411.2 WRITING X 411.3 instructions on submitting work, contact ­permitted. $100 non-refundable. Not eligible for Novel II Novel III the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 or go any discounts. 3.0 units 3.0 units to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing-students. Mark Sarvas, author of the novel, Harry, Revised Armed with your overall concept and first chapter, you For those with a minimum of 50 pages of a novel-in- The submission deadline for summer is June 10 (Bloomsbury), and Memento Park (Farrar, Straus & continue to develop your knowledge of craft by writing progress, this workshop guides you to generate at least at 9am (PT). Visitors are not permitted in Giroux). Mr. Sarvas’s literary blog, The Elegant Variation, scenes using characters and situations from the pro- 50 new pages, as well as learn essential self-editing advanced-level courses. was a Forbes magazine Best of the Web pick, and a jected novel and workshopping your in-progress work. techniques, with the instructor and peers reviewing Los Angeles Magazine Top L.A. Blog. Mini-lectures on the art of the novel, intuitive creative each participant’s project in detail. Refinements of Submission Guidelines for Advanced Fiction Writ- process, and conventional vs. non-conventional character, structure, emotional content, and the devel- ing Courses approaches to novel structure also are covered. The opment of the writer’s voice also are explored. The goal Please note that there are no pre-approvals. To be goal is to complete 50 pages of your novel. is to produce a substantial portion of your novel. eligible for an advanced creative writing course, all students must submit one document (double-spaced, Reg# 368114 Reg# 368113 12-point font, 1-inch margins on all sides) containing Fee: $695 Fee: $695 a 10-page writing sample; a synopsis of up to one page No refund after 8 July. No refund after 8 July. for any longer submitted works (novels); a personal m m mOnline mOnline statement of one paragraph outlining what the student July 3-Sept. 10 July 3-Sept. 10 hopes to gain from the class; and a list of previous Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & courses completed in the Writers’ Program or other Course Icons Paul Witcover, MA, author of six novels, including The Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally best- programs with instructors (when known). Watchman of Eternity, and a collection of short stories. selling novelist with 14 books in print. Ms. Hightower’s His critical essays and book reviews have appeared in books have appeared on The New York Times “Notable” WRITING X 411.4 Provide Locus, Realms of Fantasy, and The New York Review of list, The London Times best seller list, and have been Novel IV Science Fiction. With writer Elizabeth Hand, he co- selections of The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. 3.0 units Information created and co-wrote the DC Comics series Anima. She also is a recipient of the Shamus Award. For students with at least 100 pages of a novel, this Reg# 368120 advanced workshop focuses on elements of technique At-a-Glance Fee: $665 and vision necessary for a work to be considered No refund after 16 July. complete. You receive intensive instructor and peer m ONLINE COURSE ❖❖ Classroom critiques of manuscript chapters and their relation to 10 mtgs the overall work, including a review as needed of the Technical requirements, page 5 Thursday, 7-10pm, July 11-Sept. 12 effective use of voice, tone, mood, imagery, and meta- g HYBRID COURSE, page 5 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. phor. A major goal of this course is to give you the Enrollment limited to 15 students. self-editing skills to polish and revise your entire novel WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5 Adam McOmber, MFA, author of My House Gathers within and beyond the course itself. c Desires: Stories, The White Forest: A Novel, and This kkk v ON-GROUND COURSE New & Poisonous Air. His stories have appeared in Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, and Fairy Tale Review. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Visit our website for textbook information. 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WRITING X 424.2E Creative Alchemy: Creative Nonfiction Finding and Writing Life Stories You Were Meant to Tell Beginning Creative 3.0 units This course is for anyone who has a story from “real Nonfiction Writing life” that needs to be told. Sometimes your story is about a person, place, thing, or some concealed part Courses in this section are recommended for of yourself, a remembered time or event, or even students with some prior writing experience. something that will happen as you give account to its Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. unfolding. Over the span of this course, you identify With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- this element of your story’s core fascination and dents share and offer feedback in a supportive acquire the skills to tell it, including researching and environment focused on assessing the strengths interviewing techniques, cultivating your own unique Four Days of Fresh Air and weaknesses of their work. Those new to writing voice, and constructing your story into a com- writing should consider courses in the Basics of bination of episodes that advance and present it to Writing section. Please call an advisor at (310) best dramatic and imaginative effect. Finally, you 825-9415 to determine which course will best investigate possible venues where each story might help you reach your writing goals. and Free Writing Time! most effectively be presented. NEW Reg# 368071 WRITING X 424.21E Fee: $695 No refund after 8 July. September 8–13 Storytelling for Social Justice mmOnline 3.0 units July 3-Sept. 10 Join us in beautiful Lake Arrowhead for the writing retreat of a lifetime. You’ll Well-told, new narratives can change the world. Living Enrollment limited to 15 students. in a time of rising movements such as Black Lives c spend four full days focused on the project of your choice, writing at your own Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prize-nomi- Matter, MeToo, DACA/refugee and immigrant rights, nated poet whose recent collections include I’ll Always pace among a community of writers in a peaceful and cozy mountain setting. LGBTQ rights, and more, students are encouraged to Be from Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt uncover stories that are not included in our history is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Find your perfect spot in nature, hunker down, and get those pages written. Come textbooks. Through workshops, students gain access to Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension pathways to explore personal history, family narratives, together for meals with like-minded peers and join in optional guided activities designed Instructor Award in Creative Writing. and stories amidst their communities. Students read to bolster your writing and keep it moving forward. and produce compelling creative nonfiction—memoir, Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whose essays, literary journalism, blogging, audio/video works include The Newman Factor, Verbal First Aid and Enjoy private single rooms and baths, three meals a day, and all the beverages you can recording, live performance, and more—to share with The Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every Moment drink for one affordable all-inclusive price of $1,699, plus a $25 non-refundable larger audiences. Integral to the creation of new work Counts. She is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension registration fee. is revision, peer feedback, and literary work that serves Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension as models. By the end of the course, students have Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Daily Schedule begun a narrative in a format of their choice that they will develop into a completed project in order to share 7am–12pm 1–6pm with the larger community. Writing Time Writing Time Reg# 368677 8–9am 5:30pm Fee: $695 No refund after 8 July. Buffet Breakfast Optional Social Time mmOnline 12–1pm 6pm July 3-Sept. 10 Buffet Lunch Dinner Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Sehba Sarwar, MA, author of the novel Black Wings. 1–2pm 8pm Ms. Sarwar’s writings have appeared in New York Times Optional Group Craft Talk Optional Open Mic Sunday Magazine , Asia: Magazine of Asian Literature, Callaloo and elsewhere. She has taught writing work- 7pm–12am shops at University of Houston and through nonprofits. Writing Time

WRITING X 424.15E Writing the Thinkpiece 3.0 units For More Information Perhaps no genre is more shared, read, and critiqued than the online thinkpiece. As much as these essays (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu/writing-retreat-at-lake-arrowhead capture and analyze the current cultural landscape, they are often misunderstood as quick, cheap, or reaction- WRITING X 422.1 WRITING X 424.8E ary. The truth is that the genre is malleable enough for any writer to find their footing and to craft their voice Personal Essay I Narrative Techniques for 3.0 units within its limits. Together, we define what a thinkpiece Nonfiction Writers “Personal Essay” is a broad term that encompasses is and is not by reading some of its most well-known 3.0 units humorous essays, opinion pieces, and mini-memoirs, writers, including Roxane Gay, Kiese Laymon, and Designed for writers of narrative nonfiction, this course but which always details the writer’s journey through a Rebecca Solnit. Then, we work on honing your voice, teaches you the nuts and bolts of storytelling, from specific experience. This workshop teaches aspiring researching your argument and giving structure to your handling point-of-view to structuring scenes. You try a personal essayists how to be a compelling first-person ideas. Participants walk away from the course with new technique each week, then receive feedback from narrator and employ craft elements such as theme, several pieces of polished work. the instructor and from fellow students. By the end of character development, voice, pacing, scene-setting, the course, you will have developed the key elements Reg# 368642 and exposition to tell their stories. The goal is to com- of a single long narrative (or several short ones) and Fee: $695 plete at least one personal essay (600-2,500 words) written 25 pages of it. No refund after 8 July. and develop material for future essays. mmOnline Reg# 368074 July 3-Sept. 10 Reg# 368073 Fee: $695 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fee: $695 No refund after 8 July. c No refund after 8 July. mmOnline Mathew Rodriguez, MA, contributing editor for the mmOnline July 3-Sept. 10 anthology Modern Loss: Candid Conversations about July 3-Sept. 10 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Grief. Mr. Rodriguez is a staff writer at Out, an LGBTQ Enrollment limited to 15 students. c magazine, as well as an essayist whose work has c Gordon Grice, MFA, nonfiction writer who is the author Victoria Zackheim, MA, editor of six anthologies of appeared in Slate, the Village Voice, and Mic. He hosts of four books including The Red Hourglass: Lives of the personal essays including The Other Woman, For a podcast, Slayerfest 98, about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Predators and Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Danger- Keeps, The Face in the Mirror, and Faith. Her documen- ous Animals. Mr. Grice’s shorter pieces have appeared tary, Where Birds Never Sang: The Ravensbruck and in The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, and others. Sachsenhausen Concentration Camps, aired nationwide on PBS. She is a San Francisco Library Laureate. 140 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 423.1 WRITING X 423.2 Memoir I Intermediate Creative Memoir II Writing for 3.0 units Nonfiction Writing 3.0 units A memoir is a book-length narrative that is told from Designed for the serious writer committed to participat- the writer’s point of view and captures a meaningful These courses are designed for students who ing in a structured writing regimen as well as engaging Young Readers slice of the writer’s life. If you have a story to tell and have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each in ongoing critiques and craft discussions, this course would like to figure out how best to tell it, this course description. Instruction includes lectures as guides you to examine key issues in your work, create helps you get started. In-class writing exercises help appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. an involving storyline out of your life experience, and Writing Picture Books Students continue to share and offer feedback in you identify significant moments from your life, decide cast yourself as a compelling character readers want WRITING 741.1E on a workable structure for telling your story, and a supportive environment. Please call an advisor to follow. You also develop the self-editing skills you determine what, exactly, your story is about. You also at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course will need to polish and revise your material at a level Writing a Picture Book focus on the habits and tools you need to establish and best help you reach your writing goals. appropriate to submit to publishers. Includes discussion and Getting it Published maintain a writing practice and read excerpts from a of current marketplace. The course goal is to complete You have the dream—I’ve always wanted to write a range of memoirs for inspiration and guidance. By the WRITING X 421.2 50 well-crafted pages of your project. children’s picture book. But... how? This inspiring class offers you practical tools to help you realize that dream. end of the course, you have an outline and a draft of Creative Nonfiction II Reg# 368078 one to two chapters. 3.0 units It includes writing exercises, examples of current and Fee: $695 classic picture books (and why they are classics), Designed for those who have already begun to explore No refund after 8 July. Reg# 368075 behind-the-scenes stories from award-winning writers, memoir or other narrative nonfiction genres, this work- mmOnline Fee: $695 practical tips on the business of writing for children and No refund after 8 July. shop guides you to take your skills to the next level by July 3-Sept. 10 how to make inroads in this field. By the end of the day mmOnline focusing on a collection of essays, a single project, or Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & you’ll have effective tools to guide you to your next step July 3-Sept. 10 other types of nonfiction prose; works-in-progress are Shawna Kenney, MFA, author of the memoir I Was a welcome. Every week, you read several short, stylisti- in this vibrant field. Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Teenage Dominatrix (optioned for film by FX), co-author Jayanti Tamm, MFA, Pushcart Prize-nominated mem- cally adventurous pieces to expand your repertoire and of Imposters, and editor of the anthology Book Lovers. Reg# 368684 oirist and fiction writer whose first book, Cartwheels in post a new installment of your own project for feedback Ms. Kenney’s work has been published in The New York Fee: $159 a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult was published by from your instructor and peers. The goal is to create Times, Playboy, Ms. Narratively, and The Florida Review, No refund after 12 July. ❖ Random House. Ms. Tamm’s work has also appeared two new essay-length works of creative nonfiction and among others. ❖ Classroom in the anthology Forgotten Borough, the Huffington Post, polish your skills for publication. 1 mtg andThe Washington Post, among others. Reg# 368076 Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm, July 13 Fee: $695 Advanced Creative UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: WRITING X 424.6E No refund after 8 July. 1010 Westwood Blvd. Memoir and Personal Essay mmOnline Nonfiction Writing Enrollment limited. July 3-Sept. 10 April Halprin Wayland, author of seven picture books, Weekend Workshop Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- including New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story, 1.5 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. c driven and are designed for students who are well named Best Jewish Picture Book. She won the Myra Everyone has a story (and often many stories) to tell, Mieke Eerkens, MFA, author of All Ships Follow Me: A into their projects. Admission is by submission Cohn Livingston Award for Girl Coming In for a Landing: whether your life has been a wild ride or a quiet stroll. Family’s Inheritance of War, forthcoming from Picador. only and the selection process is competitive. It A Novel in Poems, and is a recipient of the UCLA Exten- This course is designed for those interested in learning Ms. Eerkens’ works have appeared in publications such is recommended that students take intermediate- sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. more about the similarities and differences between as Creative Nonfiction and Best Travel Writing 2011, level courses prior to submitting their work. , multiple-award-winning writer and the two forms and how to explore and shape your among others. She has received distinguished fellow- For instructions on submitting work, contact Barney Saltzberg illustrator of more than 30 books for children, including stories. Through exercises, prompts, and workshop, ships at VCCA and the James Merrill House. the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 or go Crazy Hair Day, adapted into an animated DVD by Scho- you begin work on several stories; you may develop to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing-students. lastic Books; and Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for some of these into longer pieces, while others may WRITING X 422.2 The submission deadline for summer is June 10 Baby?. Mr. Saltzberg also has recorded four albums for simply get your creative juices flowing. Because both Personal Essay II at 9am (PT). Visitors are not permitted in children and his music has been used on PBS’s Arthur. personal essay and memoir call upon the writer to dig 3.0 units advanced-level courses. deep and hover patiently over the material of memory, Unlike fiction, personal essay offers an opportunity to this weekend’s worth of writing and exploration gives explore the choices you’ve made, whether life-changing Submission Guidelines for Advanced Creative you tools for staying the course long after the actual moments or those little decisions that set us on a new Nonfiction Writing Courses Writing for Kids and class has finished. course. Through this exploration, you come to a better Please note that there are no pre-approvals. To be Middle Grade Readers understanding of family dynamics and how events from eligible for an advanced creative writing course, all Reg# 368107 students must submit one document (double-spaced, Fee: $269 the past have affected the choices you make today. In WRITING 744.1E this course, you expand your knowledge of what makes 12-point font, 1-inch margins on all sides) containing No refund after 26 July. a 10-page writing sample; a synopsis of up to one page How to Create Original ❖❖ Classroom an essay stronger, more compelling, and more honest. This course guides you to write and revise one or more for any longer submitted works (novels); a personal Middle Grade Concepts 2 mtgs statement of one paragraph outlining what the student Original concepts are some of the rarest and most Saturday, Sunday, 9:30am-5:30pm, July 27-28 personal essays to be submitted for publication and to pinpoint the best markets and outlets for your work. hopes to gain from the class; and a list of previous powerful tools in a middle grade novel writer’s arsenal. UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: courses completed in the Writers’ Program or other This workshop guides middle grade writers through 1010 Westwood Blvd. Reg# 368077 programs, with instructors (when known). concept generation, analysis, and development to cre- Enrollment limited to 20 students. Visitors Fee: $695 ate concepts that are unique and personal and differ- not permitted. No refund after 8 July. entiate themselves. Workshop techniques will include m WRITING X 422.3 Amy Friedman, MA, author of four memoirs including mOnline Personal Essay III combining ideas to form unique hybrids, genre chal- Desperado’s Wife, and One Souffle at a Time: A Memoir July 3-Sept. 10 lenge exercises such as creating fantasy worlds that Enrollment limited to 15 students. 3.0 units of Food and France (with Anne Willan). Ms. Friedman c Designed for those familiar with the personal essay contain no magic, surrealist parlor games, exercises Robert Anasi, PhD, author of Bohemia: Scenes from has also written several children’s books, and thou- form and who are already convinced of its unique power and rituals to promote brainstorming, and in-class the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Mr. Anasi’s works sands of essays and stories. She is a recipient of the to reach the masses, this advanced workshop focuses workshopping with analysis by the instructor and fellow have appeared in the New York Times, Salon, Virginia UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in on revising existing works, analyzing current markets students. Students will leave the workshop with at least Quarterly Review, and Los Angeles Times, among oth- ­Creative Writing. and trends, and submitting for publication. You establish one polished concept to begin developing into a middle ers. He has received a New York Foundation for the Arts yourself as a professional by completing hands-on grade novel. Fellowship and a Schaeffer Fellowship. assignments rooted in the real world, participating in Reg# 368568 extensive peer review, and receiving practical support. Fee: $79 Reg# 368079 No refund after 30 Aug. Fee: $755 ❖❖ Classroom No refund after 3 July. 1 mtg ❖❖ Classroom Saturday, 10am-1pm, Aug. 31 10 mtgs UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 10-Sept. 11 1010 Westwood Blvd. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Enrollment limited. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not Henry Lien, JD, UCLA Law. Mr. Lien teaches law in the ­permitted. $100 non-refundable. Not eligible for any Architecture-Interior Design Department and was Course Icons Provide Information At-a-Glance discounts. awarded Outstanding Instructor of the Year. He prac- Antonia Crane, MFA, author of memoir Spent. Ms. ticed as an attorney, served as the Glass Garage Gallery m ONLINE COURSE & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Crane is the 2018 Creative Nonfiction Grand Prize owner and as President of the West Hollywood Fine Art Technical requirements, page 5 Visit our website for textbook information. Winner for PRISM International Magazine, and the Gallery Association, and currently works as a private art Distinguished Alum in the area of Activism and Com- dealer. Mr. Lien also teaches for the Writers’ Program. g HYBRID COURSE, page 5 C UC CREDIT munity Service (AULA). She has written for The New His Peasprout Chen middle grade fantasy series has received New York Times acclaim and starred reviews WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5 May be transferable­ to other York Times, Quartz, Bustle, Narratively, The Establish- c colleges and universities, page 6 ment, The Rumpus, Buzzfeed, DAME, among others. from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. v ON-GROUND COURSE Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 141 The Young and the Reckless Writing for Teens Join us for an opportunity to engage with accomplished writers in writing for young adults, from inspiring presentations and panels to working directly with professional writers to develop your skills in special topics. Young Adult Symposium Breakout Sessions Developing Your Story and Characters World-Building How to Talk About Your Books Trends in YA Adapting YA for the Screen Writing a YA Book Series Featured Authors Jennifer Caloyeras C.B. Lee

Alexa Donne Nilah Magruder Nilah Magruder Eve Porinchak Maurene Goo Hollie Overton Zac Hug Eve Porinchak Offered by the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, The Young and the Reckless: Writing for Teens brings together the writing community and some of Southern California’s most accomplished writers and teachers in writing for young adults. This symposium will include the opportunity to hear from keynote speakers and engage with authors in several interactive formats, including special topic sessions and a multi-author question and answer panel. Participants can choose from six special topics workshop sessions. Symposium Registration

The $50 registration fee includes: Maurene Goo Alexa Donne • Keynote presentation • Two 45-minute special topic sessions • Panel presentation with special guests • Reception and light refreshments • Book signing with speakers How to Register Online Visit writers.uclaextension.edu/events/ya-symposium for full information on the YA Symposium. Follow the links to complete your registration. Phone Call 800-825-9971 and have your American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, or Visa ready. C.B. Lee Hollie Overton

Jennifer Caloyeras Zac Hug

For More Information [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu/events/ya-symposium 142 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 New Creative Writing Writing for Young Adults Poetry WRITING X 445.1 These workshops are tailored to students with Young Adult Novel I specific levels of experience in poetry writing. 3.0 units Please review course descriptions carefully or The young adult novel is one of the fastest-growing and call an advisor to determine which course will and Screenwriting exciting genres in publishing today. With complex young best help you reach your writing goals. Please characters, realistic dialogue, and gripping prose, read- call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to determine ers young and old can’t get enough of these novels. In which course will best help you reach your a supportive and inspiring environment, you explore the ­writing goals. elements of a YA novel’s plot, character, language, Courses for Summer setting, and voice—all enhanced by in-depth lectures, NEW discussions, manuscript workshopping, and generative WRITING X 432.11E writing exercises. Also covered is the current market- Prose Poetry place for young adult fiction and how to query agents. Making Friends with Your Inner Critic Narrative Storytelling for Podcasts 2.0 units You leave the class with a completed first chapter and This class explores the boundaries of poetry as a genre. Lesley Hyatt Annie Gilbertson a rough outline of your entire book, as well as the tools We focus on story, structure, music, and imagination to to continue writing on your own. Page 136. Page 144. construct and discuss poems. We attempt to discover Reg# 367683 the difference between a prose poem and a short-short. Character and Conflict m Ultimate Character Creation Fee: $695 You learn vocabulary to discuss both fiction and poetry Colette Sartor Donald Hewitt No refund after 8 July. through reading. The intersection of poetry and prose mmOnline offers a range of possibilities for style and subject. What Page 136. Page 144. July 3-Sept. 10 elements are essential to a poem? To a story? Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. & Storytelling for Social Justice m Half-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a c Reg# 368530 Kim Askew, MA, co-author of the Twisted Lit novels, Fee: $475 Sehba Sarwar Month: Part 2 contemporary YA adaptations of Shakespeare plays, No refund after 5 Aug. Phil Kellard and the screenplay for a forthcoming Hallmark Chan- mmOnline Page 139. nel movie. Ms. Askew’s work has appeared in The Wall July 31-Sept. 10 Page 147. Street Journal, Elle, the anthology The May Queen, Enrollment limited to 15 students. Prose Poetry m and elsewhere. c Ruben Quesada, MFA, PhD, poet, and author of Extinct Ruben Quesada Advanced TV Series Showrunning Mammal: Poems, and translator of Exiled From the WRITING X 445.2 Page 142. Cynthia Hsiung Throne of Night: Selected Translations of Luis Cernuda. Young Adult Novel II Mr. Quesada is the founding editor of Codex Journal Page 148. 3.0 units and a contributing editor for the Chicago Review of Readers of young adult novels demand immediate Books. His works appear in American Poetry Review, action, fascinating characters, interesting situations, Best American Poetry, TriQuarterly, and Stand Maga- realistic dialogue, and unique, yet somehow familiar zine, among others. settings—all at the same time! Crafting all of those elements, while also developing a distinctive voice, can WRITING X 432.8E For advisement on courses or to learn about our certificates or specializations be quite tricky. This course helps take your young adult The “F” Word: novel—either a work-in-progress or a completed draft— call (310) 825‑9415 or email [email protected]. to the next level by exploring the nuance of the young Innovative Poetic Forms adult novel; diving deeper into elements like character, 2.0 units voice, plot, dialogue, and description; and by support- When we approach writing poems, we should distin- ively critiquing each other’s work. By the end, you will guish between “pattern” (repetition) and “form” (shape). have completed approximately 30 to 50 pages of a In this workshop, we boldly seek new forms our poems young adult novel and have a workable plan for finish- can take, taking inspiration from contemporary poets ing the draft. who experiment with form and from writing prompts that encourage risky writing. Each week, you workshop Reg# 368574 poems and discuss ways to incorporate form more Fee: $695 centrally in your poetry. You leave the course with all the No refund after 8 July. tools you need to structure your work creatively and m mOnline innovatively. A familiarity with traditional poetic forms July 3-Sept. 10 (however slight) is especially helpful for this workshop. Courses in Editing Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Reg# 368584 Kelly Barson, MFA, author of the novels 45 Pounds Fee: $475 and Charlotte Cuts it Out. Ms. Barson has published No refund after 22 July. articles in Highlights for Children Magazine, Hunger mmOnline Mountain Literary Journal, and other local family maga- July 17-Aug. 27 and Publishing zines. She is a panelist and speaker at many library Enrollment limited to 15 students. events and conferences. c Charles Jensen, MFA, author of six chapbooks of poetry and two collections, including Nanopedia (2018). Whether you’re a writer or are considering a career in publishing as an editor His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, or literary agent, it’s important to know how a project goes from finished New England Review, and Prairie Schooner. He received the 2018 Zócalo Poetry Prize and a grant from the manuscript to published book. Learn the roles of editors, as well as essential Arizona Commission on the Arts. editing, proofreading, and fact-checking skills with these courses in editing and publishing. Behind the Scenes in Publishing: Copyediting m 3-Hour Workshop Instructor: Instructor: Jeanne De Vita, developmental editor for Tobi Harper, deputy director/marketing Waterhouse Press and award-winning director at Red Hen Press; editor and author. m ONLINE COURSE, page 5. founder of Quill. m Developmental Editing g HYBRID COURSE, page 5. How to Land a Literary Agent: 3-Hour Instructor: Workshop Seth Fischer, editor, Rare Bird Lit, c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5. Instructor: Stillhouse Press, and individual clients v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 5. Eve Porinchak, literary agent with who went on to publish at Farrar, Straus, Jill Corcoran Literary Agency and and Giroux & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED award-winning nonfiction author. Courses begin on page 143. C UC CREDIT, page 6. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 143 2019-2020 Master Class and Pro-Series Workshops

If you have the talent, passion, and determination necessary to produce professional- In addition to instruction, each master class or pro-series participant receives written quality work, apply for 1 of 5 master classes or pro-series offered this fall for 6-9 feedback from a reputable agent, discounted certificate enrollment fees, and more. months. Each of these advanced workshops is limited­ to 8 ­writers and requires The deadline to apply is at 4pm on August 26. submission of a complete novel, feature-length screenplay, or television pilot.

Master Class in Writing the Master Class in Pro-Series in Feature Young Adult Novel Novel Writing Film Writing (Online/Low Residency) (Onsite) (Online/Low Residency) A 6-month course. A 9-month course. A 9-month course. Instructor: Kelly Barson Instructor: Mark Sarvas Instructor: Chrysanthy Balis Designed for YA novelists Designed for novelists Designed for screenwriters determined to produce committed to revising their committed to beginning a professional-level work; projects to a publishable level. new screenplay and seeing it includes a 4-day residency through to the final polish; at UCLA. includes a 4-day residency Kelly Barson Mark Sarvas Chrysanthy Balis at UCLA.. Pro-Series in Half-Hour Pro-Series in One-Hour Television Pilot Writing Television Pilot Writing (Onsite) (Online/Low Residency) A 6-month course. A 6-month course. Instructor: Phil Kellard Instructor: Erica Byrne Designed for those interested Designed for those interested in taking their idea for a half- in taking their idea for a hour television pilot from one-hour television pilot from For More Information beginning to rewrite. beginning to rewrite; includes (310) 825-9415 a 2-day residency at UCLA. Phil Kellard Erica Byrne writers.uclaextension.edu/courses/master-classes

WRITING X 432.9E WRITING X 431.1 WRITING 755.4E Poetry Goes to the Movies: Poetry I Editing and Publishing How to Land a Literary Agent The Poem Noir 3.0 units These courses are designed for writers who want The vast majority of writers who pitch in popular Twitter 3.0 units What is a poem and how does it differ from prose? to improve their editing skills or develop compe- contests like PitchWars, at writing conferences all over Small wonder many poets feel an affinity for those What sources can you, the beginning poet, look to for tencies toward a career in editing and publishing. the country, and directly to agents are crossing their low-budget black-and-white movies that emerged in ideas and inspiration? How can you encourage a raw Some courses help advanced writing students fingers and wishing for a good outcome rather than the 1940s. Unlike the big studio romances and musi- unfinished poem to become a thing of power and prepare and submit their work for publication. working in a strategic way to make sure their pitch cals of the day with their inevitable happy endings, the beauty? This course provides a series of enjoyable and Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to deter- actually works. In this course, you learn how to identify noir “B movies” seemed to expose the American illuminating exercises to expand your imagination and mine which course will best help you reach your the most likely agents to offer you a deal, write a pitch dream’s dark flipside. Through reading examples of introduce you to the complex issues of craft and revi- writing goals. that knocks their socks off, and follow it up with materi- “poems noir” and watching the classics Double Indem- sion in an accessible way. Of value to those who have als that prove you are a writer worth investing in. nity and Body Heat, you explore ways in which movies never written as well as those with some experience NEW Whether you are writing fiction, memoir, or nonfiction, can inform and become the source for your poems. who seek new direction and feedback. WRITING 751.3E this class will teach you everything you need to do to In-class exercises as well as your own independent Reg# 368591 position yourself to earn the money, prestige, and Behind the Scenes in Publishing opportunity of a traditional book deal. writings use noir’s snappy dialogue, themes, mood, Fee: $575 To be successful, editors draw from a broad base of and signature imagery as starting places for poetry. No refund after 7 July. skills while taking the entire publishing process into Reg# 368616 The goal is to take your first drafts of poems noir ❖❖ Classroom account. They are avid, active readers in their own right Fee: $159 through the workshop process with attention to clarity, 10 mtgs who understand the way the publishing market works. No refund after 26 July. vividness of language, and impact on the reader; and Tuesday, 7-10pm, July 2-Sept. 3 Beyond that, they also understand the specialized ❖❖ Classroom emerge with polished work. Those who successfully UCLA: Kaplan Hall technological tools in use today, are strong proofreaders, 1 mtg complete the course will have an opportunity to pres- Enrollment limited to 20 students. c and communicate clearly and concisely with other Saturday, 9:30am-5:30pm, July 27 ent some portion of their writings at a public event Laurel Ann Bogen, MPW, award-winning poet and departments in order to set a manuscript up for success UCLA: Dodd Hall celebrating Bunker Hill. author of 11 books. Ms. Bogen’s work has been through production, marketing, and media outreach. By Enrollment limited to 100 students. Reg# 368587 included in California Poetry from the Gold Rush to the the end of this introductory workshop, students under- Eve Porinchak, Agent with Jill Corcoran Literary Fee: $575 Present, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Stand-Up stand the full outline of publishing a book, how and why Agency, specializing in teen and adult fiction and non- No refund after 8 July. Poetry, and Spot Literary Magazine. She received the it develops through each department, and begin to fiction with social justice themes. Ms. Porinchak is the ❖❖ Classroom UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in understand how editors meet the demands of their author of One Cut, a true crime novel that won the In 10 mtgs Creative Writing. profession and thrive in the workplace The Margins Book Award honoring titles for youth that Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 3-Sept. 4 tackle difficult topics including gangs, homelessness, Reg# 368600 UCLA: Kaplan Hall violence, and addiction. Fee: $79 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after 16 Aug. Suzanne Lummis, poet, author of Open 24 Hours, and ❖❖ Classroom editor of Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and 1 mtg Beyond. Ms. Lummis’s work has appeared in The New Saturday, 10am-1pm, Aug. 17 Yorker, Ploughshares, and The Hudson Review among UCLA: Royce Hall others. She is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Out- Enrollment limited to 30 students. standing Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Tobi Harper, director of development and operations at Red Hen Press, editor and founder of Quill, contribut- ing editor of The Los Angeles Review, and speaker on queer literature and publishing at conferences and ­literary festivals and on college campuses. 144 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

NEW FILM TV X 433.59 Screenwriting FILM TV X 433.91 Adapting Literature for TV: The Pitch Learn the Art Ultimate Character Creation 2.0 units For help in choosing a course or determining if a course 3.0 units This course is designed for students interested in & Business of fulfills certificate requirements, contact Jeff Bonnett at Having a great story is crucial, but the key to selling adapting literature for television, a trend in Hollywood (310) 206-1542 or Chae Ko at (310) 206-2612. your screenplay is character. You must have great only growing in popularity. You look at how to transfer Entertainment characters. In this class, you learn how to create and restructure the world of the book—its characters, dynamic, exciting characters that audiences will love setting, plot, and themes—into a compelling and com- Top Hollywood professionals teach: Special Topics for Film and actors will be dying to play (the real secret to sell- mercial television series while maintaining the heart and ing and getting your screenplay made!) You analyze soul of the original work. You also hone your show’s Acting & Television Writers great movie characters, focusing on key scenes that concept; develop character descriptions, which may Business & Management Courses in this section are open to students who make us fall in love with a character. You examine include generating composite characters; and create of Entertainment want a deeper understanding of a specific craft unlikable characters, villains, and supporting characters. short pitches for the pilot episode, the season, and or area of study. These courses fulfill the elective You will also dive into narrative function, character arc, future episodes. The goal of this course is to develop Cinematography requirement for screenwriting certificates. backstory, psychology and motivation, personality, and an initial pitch for your adaptation. Directing body language. Step by step you will build your char- Reg# 368645 WRITING X 471.1 acters through the use of weekly assignments including Fee: $475 Entertainment Development Video Game Writing I exercises, worksheets, and scene writing, giving you No refund after 15 July. m Post-Production 3.0 units the ultimate toolbox for creating truly great characters mOnline Videogame players demand deep stories with rich every time. July 10-Aug. 20 Producing characters, as hits such as Red Dead Redemption 2, Reg# 368030 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Film Scoring God of War, and The Last of Us prove. Further, the rise Fee: $575 Jacqueline Heinze, MFA, author, screenwriter, and of touch-screen devices of all sizes opens up exciting No refund after 2 July. playwright who has written for the Lifetime Network, Music Business new innovations for storytelling techniques. In this ❖❖ Classroom Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Network and Jarrett Creative. course, you tackle all the key elements of narrative 10 mtgs Ms. Heinze was a former editor for Scholastic, Inc. and Music Production design and game writing, learn how to generate a win- Thursday, 7-10pm, June 27-Sept. 5 has won The Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award. Courses start on page 86. ning concept, develop characters, integrate gameplay UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. and story, and, most importantly, collaborate with a No meeting July 4. FILM TV X 431.67 game’s development team. To make sure you know Enrollment limited to 20 students. How To Write Funny Compelling what it takes to work on a project and target possible Donald H. Hewitt, screenwriter and WGA member Dialogue That Doesn’t Suck WRITING X 451.1 employment and freelance opportunities, you survey the Copyediting whose feature film credits include the English-language 3.0 units business side of videogames. You will learn the basics screenplay for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, Great, funny, compelling dialogue is easier than you 3.0 units of designing your own independent project. The course This course gives students an overview of copyediting Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar- think. It comes when you focus on one single thing: goal is to develop a polished portfolio, including an nominated Howl’s Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written your moral premise. There’s a vice and a virtue ready processes involved in preparing a manuscript for editorial interactive choose-your-own-adventure game. review or publication. Appropriate for writers of all genres for Pixar, Miramax, New Line, and Disney. to argue with each other, and funny lines arrive when and those seeking to develop professional skills in copy- Reg# 368656 you see the strengths and weaknesses in your argu- editing, students learn best practices for completing a Fee: $695 FILM TV X 437.99 ment. In this workshop, you learn how screenplay No refund after 1 July. Fundamentals of Story structure can be dialogue’s best friend; how to write document review, including common grammar rules, m copyediting notation, and reading like a copyeditor. mOnline 3.0 units great dialogue by drawing from your worst life June 26-Sept. 3 Whether you want to be a writer for film, television, or moments, and how to be a ruthless editor. You also Reg# 368605 Enrollment limited to 15 students. & theatre, a dynamic understanding of story is absolutely learn how to avoid dialogue pitfalls like wordiness, Fee: $695 c Toiya Kristen Finley, PhD, author of Narrative Design necessary for success. In this course you learn how to clunkiness, ambivalence, and wishy-washiness. By the No refund after 8 July. and Game Writing for Mobile Games: Pocket-Sized choose and develop your best story ideas while examin- end of the course you write dialogue that cracks like mmOnline Storytelling. Ms. Finley is a narrative designer and game ing point of view, structure, character development, a whip. July 3-Sept. 10 writer, and an Executive Board member of the Game dialogue, subtext, crisis, and climax using classic and Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 368628 c Writing Special Interest Group, International Game contemporary scripts as models. Tools to stimulate your Fee: $575 Jeanne De Vita, MFA, award-winning author, and editor Developers Association. writing incorporate acting improvisation as well as No refund after 30 June. with an extensive background in publishing. Ms. De Vita photography, painting, and music. Individual and group ❖❖ Classroom is currently a Developmental Editor for Waterhouse NEW writing exercises are shared in a supportive atmo- 10 mtgs Press, and previously worked as both an Acquisitions FILM TV X 473.999 sphere, with guided rewriting as a core task in the Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 25-Aug. 27 Editor and a Managing Editor. She counts several New course. At the end of the class, you will be able to UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center: York Times best-selling authors among her clients. Narrative Storytelling for Podcasts 3.0 units integrate classic story principles in every facet of your 10920 Lindbrook Dr. work as well as use these tools to analyze your own Enrollment limited to 20 students. WRITING X 451.2 Podcasting’s exploding popularity has spurred a flurry of new opportunities in audio storytelling. Whether you writing and take it to the next level. Michael Jann, Emmy-nominated television writer and Developmental Editing Reg# 368622 WGA member who served 22 years as a comedy 3.0 units are a seasoned print writer or a beginning audio pro- Fee: $575 monologue writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. An editor’s job includes not only improving the ducer, you come away with the basics of crafting No refund after 29 June. Mr. Jann most recently served as a comedy writer for mechanics of writing, but identifying places where compelling nonfiction narratives with sound and scenes. ❖❖ Classroom The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and has writ- content isn’t working or needs revision and develop- You learn how to prep for an interview, write to tape, 10 mtgs ten features and TV pilots for major studios. ment. This skill is also invaluable for writers, who can structure for moments of revelation, and develop your Monday, 7-10pm, June 24-Aug. 26 use it to shape their own work or to make extra public radio story pitch or podcast pilot. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. money as they work on their own projects. Using Reg# 368361 Enrollment limited to 20 students. exercises and readings, students learn how to use Fee: $575 the elements of craft to draft editorial letters and No refund after 30 June. John Henry Davis, MFA, director/screenwriter, play- representative line edits. Class discussions also ❖❖ Classroom wright; WGA, DGA, SDC member whose credits include explore the various roles of professional editors. The 10 mtgs directing OZ, The Sarah Jones Show, and Broken Mir- goal is to gain confidence as an editor by line-editing Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 25-Aug. 27 rors. He’s directed plays at the Lincoln Center, the a large piece of fiction and writing a detailed editorial UCLA Extension DTLA: Kennedy Center, and the Mark Taper Forum, including letter as the final class assignment. 261 S. Figueroa St. the show Daughters with Marisa Tomei. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Reg# 368611 Fee: $695 Annie Gilbertson, an award-winning journalist, audio No refund after 8 July. producer and host of the serialized investigative podcast mmOnline Repeat for KPCC, (LA’s public radio station). Ms. Gilb- July 3-Sept. 10 ertson is a frequent contributor to NPR and she is also a consultant on story development and narrative craft Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Seth Fischer, MFA, editor for Rare Bird Lit, Stillhouse for audio and print. Press, and individual clients who went on to publish at m ONLINE COURSE, page 5. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Mr. Fischer was a contribut- ing editor at The Rumpus. His writing has appeared in g HYBRID COURSE, page 5. Guernica, Best Sex Writing, and was listed as notable in The Best American Essays. c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 5. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 6. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 145

FILM TV X 478.39 Writing Screenplay Coverage Feature Film 3.0 units One Mentor, One Month Designed for both aspiring story analysts and screen- writers who want to accelerate their careers, this course helps you master the methods used by story analysts Beginning Feature who evaluate submissions to production companies, Film Writing Get personalized instruction, feedback, and guidance from a Writers’ Program agencies, and studios. You learn how to do an in-depth instructor of your choice with our Mentorship program. Students have access to analysis of the three-act structure, as well as dramatic Recommended for beginning students, these and comic scene construction. You also learn the pre- courses build on one another in a four-part their instructor by email Monday through Friday to share draft pages and get cise terminology used in story sessions, the foundations sequence. With the close guidance of the instruc- answers to their craft and career questions, with responses in 24-36 hours for for great dialogue, and how to find original approaches tor, students share and offer feedback in a sup- to established genres. These and other principles portive environment focused on assessing the most submissions. Mentorships last for one month and are renewable. become synthesized into coverage written to the high- strengths and weaknesses of the work. By the est professional standards, in preparation for a job as end of the sequence, students have a completed This service is ideal for students who have specific goals and want focused attention over either a story analyst or screenwriter who needs to draft of their first feature film script. four weeks. critique his or her own scripts effectively. FILM TV X 440A To get started, visit writers.uclaextension.edu/programs-services and choose Reg# 368638 Fee: $695 Writing the First Screenplay I Creative Writing or Screenwriting to see a list of available instructors. You can sign up for No refund after 1 July. 3.0 units mentorships any time throughout the year. mmOnline The first in a four-part sequence designed to take you June 26-Sept. 3 through the full process of writing a feature film screen- Enrollment limited to 15 students. play, this course grounds you in the key craft elements of story structure, plot, scene development, character, Barney Lichtenstein, MA, professional story analyst theme, genre, and dialogue, and shows you how they for companies such as Amblin, Imagine, and New Line. work together to grip an audience’s emotions. You learn Referring trained story analysts to Sundance Institute how to create and evaluate story ideas, explore how and production companies, he is a UCLA Extension For More Information characters’ inner wants and immediate goals shape Outstanding Instructor in Screenwriting and story editor and drive a screenplay’s action, see what constitutes (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu of a Peabody Award winning program. compelling plots and subplots, and learn how to con- struct a scene. Throughout the course, you complete a Students must bring a four-to-five-page outline they FILM TV X 431.24B Reg# 368084 series of exercises which serves as the basis for your Fee: $695 created in Writing the First Screenplay I to first class How to Pitch Your Feature Film and script outline, a prose description of your screenplay. No refund after 1 July. meeting and be prepared to pitch it. Television Series: A 2-Day Workshop The course goal is to learn how to write effective, mmOnline Reg# 368152 1.0 units compelling scenes and to create a four-to-five-page June 26-Sept. 3 Fee: $665 In today’s media landscape, knowing how to pitch outline that clearly delineates your script’s beginning, Enrollment limited to 15 students. & No refund after 30 June. both film and television projects is essential to a suc- middle, and end. The ability to write an effective outline Ron Wilkerson, writer/director and WGA member ❖❖ Classroom cessful career. Understanding the difference between is a critical skill for the professional screenwriter, serves whose credits include Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The 10 mtgs the two is the first important step. In this course, you as the basis for most pitches, and is required for admis- Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Trade Show. Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 25-Aug. 27 demystify the pitch process for both film and televi- sion into X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. This He is currently developing Dreamland for ABC Studios UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. sion, as well as study the key similarities and the course counts toward the 4-course Writing and Direct- and is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Enrollment limited to 15 students. subtle differences in each format. Topics include ing Short Films Specialization. Instructor Award in Screenwriting. outlining and preparing your live pitch, character William Hasley, screenwriter and WGA member who Reg# 368080 building, pacing with emotion, sizzle versus story, Reg# 368085 has sold features to 20th Century Fox, Universal, and Fee: $665 presenting yourself as a passionate expert, dealing Fee: $695 Warner Bros. His TV credits include Swift Justice; Ghost No refund after 29 June. with notes, and post-pitch strategies. Lectures and No refund after 1 July. Stories; Murder, She Wrote; Kung Fu; Young Riders; and ❖❖ Classroom m workshop time allow you to apply these lessons to mOnline Highway to Heaven and has also written for Castle 10 mtgs your original material, with an opportunity by the end June 26-Sept. 3 Rock, Columbia, and Warner Bros. Monday, 7-10pm, June 24-Aug. 26 of class to practice some live pitching on your own. Enrollment limited to 15 students. & Reg# 368153 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Valerie Brandy, screenwriter/director/actress and WGA Reg# 368651 Fee: $695 Enrollment limited to 15 students. & member, who wrote, directed, and starred in the feature Fee: $269 No refund after 1 July. Ben van der Veen, screenwriter, WGA member who film Lola’s Last Letter. Ms. Brandy has written for both m No refund after 12 July. mOnline wrote the Steven Soderbergh film Che. He has written the Disney Channel and Denver and Delilah Produc- ❖❖ Classroom June 26-Sept. 3 and is currently developing projects for Terrence Malik, tions. She currently serves as a full-time staff writer for 2 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. Julian Schnabel, Robert De Niro, Keanu Reeves, Don Disney’s live-action feature department. Saturday, 1-6pm, July 13-20 Steven Schwartz, screenwriter/producer, WGA mem- Cheadle, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Reg# 368081 ber, Spirit Award nominee for his screenplay for the UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. well as for Amazon Studios and Regency. Advance enrollment required; no enrollment at the Fee: $665 Sidney Lumet-directed movie Critical Care. His TV door. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Reg# 368082 No refund after 4 July. credits include The Practice and100 Centre Street. He Fee: $665 ❖ Michael Weiss, screenwriter; WGA member; former VP ❖ Classroom has written scripts and pilots for Fox, ABC, FX, Disney, No refund after 30 June. of production for Miramax Films whose credits include 10 mtgs NBC, Universal, Lionsgate, HBO, and many others. ❖❖ Classroom Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Scorpion King Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 29-Sept. 7 Reg# 368150 10 mtgs 4, and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. He UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Fee: $665 Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 25-Aug. 27 is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding No meeting Aug. 31. No refund after 4 July. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Enrollment limited to 15 students. & ❖❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. & Koji Steven Sakai, MFA, award-winning screenwriter/ 10 mtgs Julian Goldberger, MFA, screenwriter/director/pro- producer/novelist and WGA member, whose feature Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 29-Sept. 7 ducer, WGA member, whose credits include The Hawk credits include Dying to Kill, Monsters & Me, #1 Serial UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Is Dying, The Eulipion Chronicles, and Trans. He has Killer, The People I’ve Slept With, and Haunted Highway. No meeting Aug. 31. pilots and features in development with Lionsgate Mr. Sakai has produced a comedy special for Netflix Enrollment limited to 15 students. Television, Bow Street Films, and Universal Studios. and the series Comedy InvAsian. Roberto Marinas, MFA, screenwriter/producer and Reg# 368083 WGA member, whose credits include Lasso, Headgame, Fee: $665 FILM TV X 440B and Alien Vs. Zombies. His award-winning screenplay No refund after 1 July. Writing the First Screenplay II Last Road Home was selected for the 2007 Tribeca Film ❖❖ Classroom 3.0 units Festival and he is also a recipient of the Walt Disney 10 mtgs This second in a four-part sequence in writing a fea- Studios Screenwriting Fellowship. Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 26-Aug. 28 ture film script has you hit the ground running. You UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. begin by pitching your story based on your outline and Enrollment limited to 15 students. & revising it to make sure the premise can carry the Donald H. Hewitt, screenwriter and WGA member entire movie. Armed with a workable outline, you then whose feature film credits include the English-language flesh it out into either a beat sheet or treatment (at the screenplay for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, instructor’s discretion) and begin writing your screen- Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar- play. Personalized feedback along with mini-lectures nominated Howl’s Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written on key craft points, including character development, for Pixar, Miramax, New Line, and Disney. story structure, and conflict, help you to meet the course goal, which is to write Act I (approximately 30 kkk pages). May be repeated for credit. This course counts toward the four-course Writing and Directing Short Films Specialization. Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I. 146 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

FILM TV X 440C Reg# 368479 Writing the First Screenplay III Intermediate Feature Television Writing Fee: $665 3.0 units Film Writing No refund after 12 July. The third in a four-part sequence in writing a feature film ❖❖ Classroom screenplay, this course focuses on writing the next 45 Courses in this section are for students who have 4 mtgs pages of your script. You also refine your story outline; flesh completed at least one screenplay. A new project Beginning Television Writing Saturday, Sunday, 9am-5pm, July 13 & 14 out main and secondary characters; continue to develop is begun with an emphasis on craft issues such Recommended for beginning students who are UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: the art of the scene as it pertains to type, choice, structure, as structure, character development, and emo- writing a spec script of an existing comedy or 1010 Westwood Blvd. and placement; and begin to discover each character’s tional content. Self-editing techniques are drama series. With the close guidance of the Saturday, Sunday, 9am-5pm, Aug. 10 & 11 unique voice. You learn the habits you need to sustain the introduced. instructor, students share and offer feedback in UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: work of writing a screenplay. The goal is to write up to 45 a supportive environment focused on assessing 1010 Westwood Blvd. pages from beginning of Act II. May be repeated for credit. FILM TV X 431.101 the strengths and weaknesses of the work. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I Feature Film Writing Workshop: Advanced enrollment required; no admittance at and X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. Students Outline and Act I FILM TV X 430.4 the door. must bring their beat sheets or treatments and Act I to 3.0 units Beginning Writing for the One-Hour Richard Manning, MFA, television writer/producer and the first class meeting and be prepared to write. Designed for writers with at least one screenplay under Spec I WGA member whose credits include Farscape; Star Reg# 368170 their belts, this workshop guides you to launch and 3.0 units Trek: The Next Generation, When Calls the Heart, Fee: $665 make significant headway on a new project. The goal Modeled directly on how writers write in the real world TekWar, Beyond Reality (which he co-created),Sliders, No refund after 1 July. is to develop a strong premise that sustains your entire of one-hour dramas, this course focuses on what is Fame, and Knightwatch, as well as features, TV pilots, ❖❖ Classroom script, create and refine the story outline, and write Act most central to creating a strong script as well as the animation, webisodes, and a web series pilot. 10 mtgs I. Brief lectures on craft issues based on the demands largest piece (40%) of the writer’s deal with any show: Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 26-Aug. 28 of the participants’ work supplement the workshop. the story and outline. You learn to choose the best story FILM TV X 430.6 UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center: Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, for your spec script, map it out from beginning to end, Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour 10920 Lindbrook Dr. X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, X 440C Writing and write a strong outline in proper script format. In the Spec I Enrollment limited to 15 students. the First Screenplay III, and X 440D Writing the First process, you learn how to identify and capture the tone, 3.0 units Cynthia Riddle, MFA, award-winning writer/producer, Screenplay IV, or departmental approval. characters, dialogue, and themes of any one-hour This course teaches you how to create an airtight story a former development exec at MGM, and WGA member Reg# 368364 drama series—the key to breaking into the field. Also and outline—the critical first step in writing a strong who wrote the films Crossroads, Puppy Love, and The Fee: $695 covered are the various genres (police procedurals, half-hour comedy spec script and a process that makes Brittany Murphy Story. She has also written projects for No refund after 30 June. medical, legal) and their specific rules; what’s popular writing your script much easier, faster, and more suc- Netflix, Showtime, PBS, Nickelodeon, Disney, Starz, and mmOnline in the current marketplace; and how to work within the cessful. You begin by learning how to pinpoint what MarVista, among others. June 25-Sept. 3 special requirements of timeslots, outlets, and styles. makes any half-hour comedy show tick, studying the Reg# 368171 Enrollment limited to 15 students. The course goal is to master the process of constructing appeal and quirkiness of the main characters, and Fee: $695 Michael Barlow, producer, screenwriter, and WGA an airtight story and detailed outline so you are ready to identifying the unique spin shows put on their stories. No refund after 1 July. member who, as an executive at Paramount Classics, write a script for any current show as quickly and You then focus on your own script for a current show, mmOnline oversaw Black Snake Moan and Mad Hot Ballroom. He expertly as possible. All student projects must focus on finding the story and identifying the comedy in it, learn- June 26-Sept. 3 was vice president of production at various major stu- current shows; no pilots. This course counts toward the ing how to pitch it, and creating a workable outline from Enrollment limited to 15 students. dios, including Orion Pictures. His writing credits include four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. which to write. Instruction also covers the “need to Ron Raley, screenwriter; WGA member the miniseries Kidnapped and the ABC drama Family. Reg# 368368 know” business aspects of the half-hour show, such as whose credits include Edge of Sanity, Dorian, Fee: $695 the current use of spec scripts to get jobs and the Cupid and Cate, The Runaway, and The FILM TV X 431.102 No refund after 1 July. basics of how a comedy writer works on staff, how Locket, for which he received a Camie Award. m freelance writers move onto staff, how a writing staff is Mr. Raley has worked as a development Feature Film Writing Workshop: mOnline June 26-Sept. 3 structured, and how writers work collaboratively “in the executive for Cannon Pictures and Hallmark Acts II and III room.” All student projects must focus on current 3.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. Hall of Fame Productions. shows from a list provided by the instructor; no pilots. This workshop guides you to complete your current Gisselle Legere, MSPH, former epidemiologist turned This course counts toward the four-course Writer’s project. You focus on developing a successful second screenwriter/producer/actress, WGA member, and staff Fellowship Prep Specialization. FILM TV X 440D and third act, with special attention given to structure, writer on Quantico. Ms. Legere is a recipient of two Writing the First Screenplay IV character development, emotional content, and cine- fellowships including the Disney/ABC Writing Fellowship Reg# 368462 3.0 units matic style. You also acquire self-editing techniques and Sundance Screenwriters Intensive. Fee: $695 In the last of a four-part sequence in writing a feature No refund after 1 July. essential for the professional writer. This is not a rewrite Reg# 368367 film screenplay, you reach FADE OUT. In the process of mmOnline course; you must be working toward the completion of Fee: $665 completing your script, you home in on structuring June 26-Sept. 3 a feature-length script and have your outline and Act I No refund after 2 July. conversations, explore how to maximize your story’s of your script in hand. Enrollment limited to 15 students. visual implications, deepen scene writing skills, assem- ❖❖ Classroom Prerequisite(s): X 430.101 Feature Film Writing Workshop: 10 mtgs Jim Staahl, writer, producer, and actor; WGA member; ble scenes to form powerful sequences, ensure your Outline and Act I, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. two-time Emmy Award nominee whose comedy feature script’s central conflict is resolved, and work on theme Thursday, 7-10pm, June 27-Sept. 5 Reg# 368365 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveil- and imagery. Also covered are revision techniques and lance, and Blow Hard. Mr. Staahl also has written the business aspects of feature film writing. The goal is Fee: $665 No meeting July 4. No refund after 1 July. Enrollment limited to 15 students. sketch/variety shows for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and to complete writing your first feature film script. Howie Mandel. Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, ❖❖ Classroom Greg Elliot, TV writer and WGA member whose credits Reg# 368457 X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, and X 440C 10 mtgs include Star Trek: Voyager, for which he received a Fee: $665 Writing the First Screenplay III. Students must bring Wednesday, 7-10pm, June 26-Aug. 28 Sci-Fi Universe Award nomination. Mr. Elliot’s credits No refund after 4 July. their beat sheets or treatments and Acts I and II to the UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. also include Savannah, Charmed, and In a Heartbeat. ❖❖ Classroom first class meeting and be prepared to write. Enrollment limited to 15 students. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding 10 mtgs Reg# 368362 Dan Vining, screenwriter, novelist, and WGA member Instructor Award in Screenwriting. whose feature film credits include Black Dog for Uni- Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 29-Sept. 7 Fee: $665 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 30 June. versal Pictures and Plain Clothes for Paramount. Mr. FILM TV X 439.22 Vining has written screenplays for Walt Disney Pictures, One-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a No meeting Aug. 31. ❖❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. 10 mtgs MGM, Paramount, and Showtime, and his novels Month: Part 1 Eric Abrams, screenwriter/producer and WGA member, Tuesday, 7-10pm, June 25-Aug. 27 include The Quick, The Next, and Among the Living 3.0 units whose television credits include Liv & Maddie, Married UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. (Penguin-Putnam). One-hour network and cable dramas have never been with Children, Abby, among many others. Mr. Abrams Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 368366 better, and the key to creating a strong hour-long spec Fee: $695 script—regardless of the genre or outlet—is an airtight co-wrote the feature film Crocodile Dundee in Los Matthew Harrison, director/writer/producer, whose Angeles and has sold pilots to Fox, NBC, CBS and UPN. credits include Rhythm Thief (Jury Prize, Sundance Film No refund after 1 July. story and outline. In this intensive workshop, you learn mmOnline how to turn the classic three-act story structure (begin- Festival), Kicked in the Head (executive producer Martin FILM TV X 431.4 Scorsese), Spare Me, Sex and the City, Popular, and June 26-Sept. 3 ning-middle-end) into a five or six act show, and more Dead Last. Mr. Harrison received the UCLA Extension Enrollment limited to 15 students. specifically how to use the tools of storytelling in a way Beginning Writing for the One-Hour Outstanding Instructor Award. Jon Bernstein, screenwriter and WGA member who that meets the demands of an existing one-hour television Spec II 3.0 units Reg# 368363 wrote Meet the Robinsons, Ringmaster, and Beautiful. show. You make use of the time, effort, and creative He has worked on film and TV projects for Paramount, resources involved in writing an hour-long episode of Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in Fee: $695 current episodic series production, this course guides No refund after 1 July. DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, NBC/Universal and the television, up to the point of completion of the outline and you to write a solid first draft of your script and work mmOnline CW. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstand- just prior to writing an actual script. In short, the hard part. on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and June 26-Sept. 3 ing Instructor Award in Screenwriting. By the end of the course, students will have written three outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing Enrollment limited to 15 students. complete story documents, a blended story document, on capturing the essence of the show through its four- Kate Marciniak, MA, writer, and professional story and a complete outline that will allow them to easily construct an episode of television. This is modeled on the act structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, char- analyst who has worked on studio features and inde- acters, scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you pendent movies for over two decades, for companies process used in countless writers’ rooms. All student projects must focus on current one-hour shows; no pilots. learn how to develop your career game plan and hear such as Disney, HBO, Miramax, Dreamworks SKG, from industry guest speakers on the business of the Warner Bros. 20th Century Fox, and Amazon Studios. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 147 one-hour drama. Students must bring a complete NEW outline to the first class. All student projects must focus FILM TV X 439.41 on current shows; no pilots. This course counts toward Half-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a Jump-Start Revisions the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the One- Month: Part 2 3.0 units Hour Spec I. Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in Reg# 368474 current half-hour series production, this course guides Fee: $695 you to write a solid first draft of your script and work with Advice from a Pro No refund after 1 July. on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and m mOnline outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing June 26-Sept. 3 on capturing the essence of the show through its act Enrollment limited to 15 students. structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, characters, Get thorough feedback from a professional writer on a project draft with our Danny Tolli, TV writer/producer most recently on scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you learn Consultation service. An instructor of your choice will give your writing a close Shonda Rhimes’ The Catch. Mr. Tolli’s credits include how to develop your career game plan and hear from reading, then provide both written and verbal feedback on how you can further the Stalker (CBS) and The Ropes, a digital series cre- industry guest speakers on the business of the half- ated by Vin Diesel. He is also a National Hispanic Media hour comedy. Students must bring a complete outline develop it. Coalition Writing Fellow and is currently chair of the to the first class. All student projects must focus on WGA’s Latino Writers Committee. current shows; animation is okay, no pilots. This service is perfect for people who have 50 or more pages of creative writing or a Reg# 368473 Prerequisite(s): FILM TV X 439.31 Half-Hour TV Spec complete draft of a film or television script. Fee: $665 Script Writing in a Month: Part 1; FILM TV X 430.6 No refund after 4 July. Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour Spec I; or To get started, visit writers.uclaextension.edu/programs-services and choose ❖❖ Classroom equivalent. Creative Writing or Screenwriting to see a list of available instructors. You can sign up for 10 mtgs Reg# 368029 consultations any time throughout the year. Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 29-Sept. 7 Fee: $665 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 19 July. No meeting Aug. 31. ❖❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. 4 mtgs For More Information Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, July 20 & 21 (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Aug. 17 & 18 Reg# 368485 FILM TV X 433.7 the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Fee: $695 and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she Writing the One-Hour or Half-Hour Phil Kellard, TV writer and WGA member who was an No refund after 1 July. Pilot II co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX. m executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, mOnline 3.0 units and a creative consultant for The Inspectors. He has June 26-Sept. 3 FILM TV X 431.6 This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an written for The Disney Channel, Showtime, and Syfy. He Enrollment limited to 15 students. original pilot script from your one-hour or half-hour Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour has received an Emmy Award and the UCLA Extension Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose outline created in a previous course. You start by Spec II Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; reworking your story idea and outline as needed, fixing 3.0 units Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; story problems and maximizing the drama or comic This workshop guides you to write a solid draft spec and Walker, Texas Ranger. She received the UCLA Exten- potential. Special attention is paid to refining the world, script from your half-hour comedy outline and move as Intermediate sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. characters, tone, and story of your pilot. You then move far ahead as you can in polishing it. You begin by Television Writing toward completing a polished first draft of your script, reworking your outline to simplify your story, nail down FILM TV X 431.7 working on scenes, dialogue, and action, until it cap- the essence of your characters, focus and tighten Courses in this section are for students who have Writing the Half-Hour Pilot I tures your original vision and matches a network’s likely scenes, create mood and pacing, and punch up dia- completed at least one draft of a spec script of 3.0 units requirements. You must bring a completed story outline logue from the blueprint you’ve created. You then move an existing series. The focus is on writing and Television executives and showrunners want to read and first 10 pages to the first day of class. This course to the writing and polishing stage. On the business side, polishing a solid first draft of an original pilot. original pilots that demonstrate your unique voice and counts toward the four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep you deepen your knowledge of the current comedy Students also gain a better understanding of the comedic sensibilities. This workshop shows you how to Specialization. series marketplace and map out basic career building business of writing for television. take your original comedy idea and develop a strong Prerequisite(s): X 442.1 Writing the One-Hour Pilot I or strategies. Students must bring a complete outline to story, rife with memorable characters and even funnier X 431.7 Writing the Half-Hour Pilot I, or equivalent, or the first class. All student projects must focus on cur- FILM TV X 442.1 jokes. Breaking story in the style of a real writer’s room, consent of instructor. rent shows; no pilots. This course counts toward the Writing the One-Hour Pilot I you develop a compelling story, brainstorm, and support 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. Reg# 366964 3.0 units another’s vision. By the end of course, you have strong Fee: $665 Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the Half- Anyone who wants to work as a professional television act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first Hour Spec I. No refund after 2 July. writer has to be able to submit top-notch original mate- 10 pages of your original half-hour pilot script. This ❖❖ Classroom Reg# 368477 rial to agents and showrunners. In this fast-paced course counts toward the four-course Writer’s Fellow- 10 mtgs Fee: $695 course, you take your idea for a one-hour TV series and ship Prep Specialization. Thursday, 7-10pm, June 27-Sept. 5 No refund after 1 July. turn it into an outline, write intensively, and get feed- Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the Half- m UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. mOnline back from the instructor and fellow participants every Hour Spec I and X 431.6 Beginning Writing the Half- No meeting July 4. June 26-Sept. 3 week. Throughout this process, you learn how to envi- Hour Spec II, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. sion the world of your show, create characters and Reg# 368480 Phil Kellard, TV writer and WGA member who was an Claudia Grazioso, MFA, screenwriter and WGA mem- conflict, build a storytelling engine, and nail down your Fee: $665 executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, ber whose credits include Are We There Yet?, starring show’s structure, tone, story, and act breaks. By the end No refund after 29 June. and a creative consultant for The Inspectors. He has Ice Cube and Nia Long, Bring It On Again, and Christ- of course, you have strong act breaks, a full beat out- ❖❖ Classroom written for The Disney Channel, Showtime, and SyFy. mas Bounty. Ms. Grazioso has written several pilots for line, and a critique of the first 10 pages of your original 10 mtgs He has received an Emmy Award and the UCLA Exten- ABC, Sony, Fox, HBO, Lifetime, and CBS, and television one-hour pilot script. This course counts toward the Monday, 7-10pm, June 24-Aug. 26 sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. movies for ABC Family. four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Reg# 368476 Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the One- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fee: $665 Hour Spec I and X 431.4 Beginning Writing for the One- Tom Pinchuk, TV writer, comic book writer and WGA No refund after 4 July. Hour Spec II, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. member, whose credits include Ben 10 (Cartoon Net- ❖❖ Classroom Reg# 368484 work) and Gormiti: Nature Unleashed (Mondo World). 10 mtgs Fee: $665 Mr. Pinchuk’s comics include Hybrid Bastards, Max Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 29-Sept. 7 No refund after 29 June. Steel, Unimaginable, Tales From the Acker-Mansion and UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. ❖❖ Classroom Hero Hotel. No meeting Aug. 31. 10 mtgs Reg# 368481 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Monday, 7-10pm, June 24-Aug. 26 Fee: $695 Ron McCants, MFA, TV writer, playwright; WGA mem- UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 1 July. m ONLINE COURSE, page 5. ber who has written for Speechless. His plays have Enrollment limited to 15 students. mmOnline been produced in L.A. New York and London. Ron’s Joel Thompson, MFA, TV writer; WGA member, who June 26-Sept. 3 g HYBRID COURSE, page 5. been a writer for the Disney ABC Writing Program and created the series Superstition for Syfy. Mr. Thompson’s Enrollment limited to 15 students. recipient of multiple playwriting awards and the Fred other writing credits include House MD, Boomtown, Andrew Osborne, MA, screenwriter and WGA member c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 5. Rogers Memorial Scholarship for children’s television. Battlestar Galactica, and Falling Skies. He has sold whose indie film credits include On_Line, The F Word, pitches to various networks including CBS, HBO Films, and Apocalypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 5. and Stage 9 Productions (Disney). Award for the Discovery Channel program, Cash Cab. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED kkk He has developed projects for Warner Bros. HBO, MTV, and Orion. C UC CREDIT, page 6. 148 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

NEW FILM TV X 432.888 FILM TV X 442.2 Advanced Television Writing Advanced Half Hour Rewrite Writing the One-Hour Pilot II Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- 3.0 units 3.0 units driven and are designed for students who are well If 90% of writing is rewriting, then 99% of television This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an into their projects. Admission is by submission comedy writing is rewriting. And rewriting, for the most original pilot script from your one-hour outline created only and the selection process is competitive. It part, means fixing story problems and maximizing the in a previous course. You start by reworking your story is recommended that students take intermediate- comic potential of a story idea. Story development is idea and outline as needed, fixing story problems, and level courses prior to submitting their work. such a complex set of ideas, even for working television maximizing the drama potential. Special attention is For instructions on submitting work, contact writers and executives, that probably half the comedy paid to refining the world, characters, tone, and story the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 or go episodes produced each year need to be rethought in of your pilot. You then move toward completing a first to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing-students. whole or part after their table readings. And that is after draft of your script, working on scenes, dialogue, and The submission deadline for summer is June 10 weeks of the initial hard work of breaking the story and action, until it captures your original vision and matches at 9am (PT). Visitors are not permitted in writing and rewriting the script. In this workshop, the a network’s likely requirements. You must bring a advanced-level courses. goal is to take your previously written half-hour scripts, completed story outline and first 10 pages to the first both originals and specs, that ultimately did not fulfill day of class. This course counts toward the four-course NEW their comic ambitions, and determine where they fell Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. short and make the necessary changes so that each FILM TV X 459.1 premise is fully realized. Prerequisite(s): X 442.1 Writing the One-Hour Pilot I, or Advanced TV Series Showrunning equivalent, or consent of instructor. Prerequisite(s): Half-hour original pilot or spec script of 3.0 units an existing series submittal required. Reg# 368486 There is currently high demand for skilled showrunners, Fee: $695 the person who generally creates the series, writes the Reg# 368624 No refund after 1 July. pilot, sells the series, and stays on to run the series. In Fee: $755 mmOnline this course, you gain access to the process from the No refund after 26 June. ❖ June 26-Sept. 3 first pilot script to getting the budget to send it to pilot, ❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. with the goal of ultimately getting picked up for a series. 10 mtgs Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member As the overall success of the series depends on both Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 3-Sept. 4 who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: creative and business acumen, you also gain insight UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on into the negotiation process with the studio, network, Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files or distributor. You learn how to staff writers and break ­permitted. $100 non-refundable. Not eligible for and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she stories; run the writers’ room; pull the production team any discounts. co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX. together; work with rotational directors, production Eric Abrams, screenwriter/producer and WGA member, heads of departments, editors, and other matters of whose television credits include Liv & Maddie, Married NEW post-production—making sure all episodes are consis- with Children, Abby, among many others. Mr. Abrams FILM TV X 432.7 tent and reflect the overall series arc—all while manag- co-wrote the feature film Crocodile Dundee in Los Writing the Half-Hour Pilot II ing relationships with the network, studio, and Angeles and has sold pilots to Fox, NBC, CBS and UPN. 3.0 units broadcasters. Your final project will be to hand in your This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an Series Bible complete with pilot summary and series original pilot script from your half-hour outline created arc. Guest speakers from the industry share inside in a previous course. You start by reworking your story knowledge and examples so you can plan your path to idea and outline as needed, fixing story problems and success as a showrunner. maximizing the comic potential. Special attention is paid Prerequisite(s): Half-hour or one-hour original pilot to refining the world, characters, tone, and story of your script submittal required. pilot. You then move toward completing a first draft of Reg# 368031 your script, working on scenes, dialogue, and action, Fee: $755 until it captures your original vision and matches a No refund after 26 June. network’s likely requirements. You must bring a com- ❖❖ Classroom pleted story outline and first 10 pages to the first day 10 mtgs of class. This course counts toward the four-course Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 3-Sept. 4 Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Prerequisite(s): X 431.7 Writing the Half-Hour Pilot I or Restricted Course. Enrollment limited to 12 students. equivalent or consent of instructor. Visitors not permitted.­ $100 non-refundable. Not Reg# 368488 eligible for any discounts. c Fee: $695 Cynthia Hsiung, producer, writer, director, and execu- No refund after 1 July. tive who served as a producer and head of production mmOnline for Young Hercules, starring Ryan Gosling. Ms. Hsiung June 26-Sept. 3 was part of the team that launched The Larry Sanders Enrollment limited to 15 students. Show and Taxi Cab Confessions at HBO, and was a Andrew Osborne, MA, screenwriter and WGA member creative executive for MTV’s The Real World. whose indie film credits include On_Line, The F Word, and Apocalypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy Award for the Discovery Channel program, Cash Cab. He has developed projects for Warner Bros. HBO, MTV, and Orion.