132 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 WRITING X 420 Nonfiction: Essential Beginnings Writers’ Program 2.0 units WRITING, Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn your personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday life, and family stories into compelling narratives, this Creative Writing workshop teaches beginning writers the basic elements For help in choosing a course or determining if a of good storytelling. You learn how to excavate memo- course fulfills certificate requirements, contact ries and discover fresh or unexpected facets of your life the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. stories. Through weekly exercises, you generate new JOURNALISM material and learn an array of fictional techniques to tell your nonfiction story, including how to play with voice, focus on a small unit of time, and describe Basics of Writing landscape and character. By the course’s completion, These basic creative writing courses are for stu- you will have in hand a series of short sketches or a dents with no prior writing experience. Instruction draft of a nonfiction piece. is exercise-driven; the process of workshopping—in Reg# 360972 & LITERATURE which students are asked to share and offer feed- Fee: $342 back on each other’s work with guidance from the ❖❖ Classroom instructor—is introduced. Please call an advisor 6 mtgs at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course Wednesday, 7-10pm, July 11-Aug. 15 will best help you reach your writing goals. UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: 21650 Oxnard Street WRITING X 410 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Fiction: Essential Beginnings July 13. 2.0 units Roberta Wax, freelance writer; former reporter, United Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where Press International; former president, Society of Profes- WRITERS’ PROGRAM POETRY to start? This supportive workshop provides you with sional Journalists, Los Angeles Chapter. Ms. Wax is a many techniques to motivate and guide you. You learn contributor to many magazines and newspapers, 137 Poetry how to transform observation and personal experience including the Los Angeles Times, Westways, Emmy, and CREATIVE WRITING into imaginative prose, create dynamic characters and Animation, among others. 132 Basics of Writing EDITING & PUBLISHING dialogue, and write from different points of view. By the Reg# 360992 end of the course, you will have in hand a series of Fee: $468 short sketches or a draft of a short story and key tools mmOnline 132 Special Topics for 138 Editing & Publishing you need to write creatively. All Writers Aug. 1-Sept. 11 SCREENWRITING Reg# 361289 Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Fee: $468 Aug. 7. c FICTION 139 Special Topics for Film mmOnline liz gonzález, MFA, poet and author of Beneath Bone. July 25-Sept. 4 Ms. González’s work has appeared in Wide Awake: The 134 Beginning Fiction & Television Writers Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, and the San Fran- July 31. c cisco Chronicle, among others. She was recently 134 Intermediate Fiction FEATURE FILM Michael Buckley, MFA, award-winning author and awarded an Irvine Fellowship at the Lucas Artists Resi- short fiction writer whose work has appeared in numer- dency Program. 134 Advanced Fiction 140 Beginning Feature Film ous anthologies. Michael’s debut collection is Miniature Men, and his stories have appeared in The Alaska CREATIVE NONFICTION 141 Intermediate Feature Film Quarterly Review, Clarkesworld, and Daily Science Fic- Special Topics for All Writers tion, among others. 135 Beginning Creative 141 Advanced Feature Film Courses in this section are open to students who WRITING X 402 want a deeper understanding of a specific craft Nonfiction issue or area of study. These courses fulfill the elec- TELEVISION Finding Your Voice 136 Intermediate Creative 2.0 units tive requirement for creative writing certificates. 142 Beginning Television You’ve lived, listened, seen, had a childhood—there’s Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to Nonfiction your raw material. Now it’s a question of channeling determine which course will best help you 142 Intermediate Television and shaping that experience with the tools of literary reach your writing goals. 136 Advanced Creative craft. In this beginner’s course, you explore the basics 143 Advanced Television of the three major genres—fiction, nonfiction, and WRITING 760.1 Nonfiction poetry—reading and practicing within those areas of Writing Retreat at Lake Arrowhead expression to help you find the modes that best fit your Give yourself the gift of time to write away from the WRITING FOR YOUNG READERS JOURNALISM & LITERATURE story and your voice. Each week you turn in short writ- demands of your daily life. Join a small group of com- ing assignments that help you get your feet wet with mitted writers for four full days of uninterrupted writing 137 Writing Picture Books craft aspects like description, character, dialogue, etc. time at UCLA’s beautiful conference center on Lake JOURNALISM These assignments culminate in a finished very short Arrowhead. Participants will enjoy private bedrooms, 137 Writing for Kids and story or essay or poem that you present on the last day private baths, and three gourmet meals each day, along Middle Grade Readers 143 Journalism of class to a supportive workshop. with complimentary beverages all day long. The Writers’ Reg# 361819 Program will coordinate some structured activities, Fee: $342 including informal craft talks, pre-dinner social hours, ❖❖ Classroom and nightly open mic events, but your time will ulti- 6 mtgs mately be yours to plan and enjoy. Thursday, 7-10pm, July 26-Aug. 30 Reg# 358943 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. 6 mtgs Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after Sunday-Friday, Sept. 9-14 Lake Arrowhead July 30. c WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY Nancy Spiller, author of the memoir Compromise Cake Enrollment limited to 15 students. and Entertaining Disasters: A Novel (with Recipes). Ms. To register, click “Add to Cart” to pay the $25 nonre- Spiller was an editor at the Los Angeles Times Syndi- fundable application fee through UCLA Extension. cate, and her articles and essays have appeared in Upon receipt of your fee, we will email you the itiner- “ A great mix of instructors, all with tons of such publications as Los Angeles Review of Books, Los ary and link to submit your $1,599 fee directly to the Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and Salon.com. UCLA Conference Center at Lake Arrowhead. experience, wisdom, and insight into the art and Mar. 9: Last day to cancel registration for full refund. July 1: Last day to cancel registration for a 50% refund. For more information, call (310) 825-9415 or email craft of screenwriting, made my courses very valu- at [email protected]. able and enjoyable.” — David Taylor, former feature film certificate student Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 133 WRITING X 461.10E Reg# 361275 MFA Preparation Fee: $690 th 3.0 units mmOnline June 27-Sept. 4 25 Annual Writers’ With over three hundred MFA programs to choose from nationwide, it’s often difficult to know which Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after program might be right for you, how to be prepared July 3. c & for the arduous application process, and whether a Toiya Kristen Finley, PhD, author of Narrative Design full-residency or low-residency option is your best and Game Writing for Mobile Games: Pocket-Sized Program Publication Party choice. This course addresses the process from the Storytelling. Ms. Finley is a narrative designer and game ground up. Guests from MFA programs discuss their writer, and an Executive Board member of the Game programs, and current and former students from both Writing Special Interest Group, International Game A Free Event! full-residency and low-residency programs talk hon- Developers Association. estly about what to expect in terms of workload. Equally important is the focus on your creative work WRITING X 461.1E Tuesday, June 5, 7–9:30pm (fiction or creative nonfiction), which is honed in Emotion Into Art: Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:30pm workshops, with the goal of ensuring an application Infusing Your Writing with Feeling packet that is appropriate for your targeted university. 2.0 units New Venue Moss Theater*, 3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica Note: students wishing to apply to MFA programs in How do writers make you laugh and cry? This course poetry are welcome to take the course; however, is designed for beginners and those who want to juice The featured readers are Writers’ workshops will focus primarily on prose. up their writing and gain mastery to do both. You begin Program instructors who have Reg# 361278 by exploring emotion-packed fiction, short prose, and Fee: $690 poems to discover tips, tricks, and strategies to make published work within the past year. mmOnline readers ache, cheer characters on, or hold their sides June 27-Sept. 4 with laughter. You also learn about gesture, pacing, Featured Readers Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after tone, juxtaposition, hyperbole, personification, double Noel Alumit July 3. c entendres, and more. Through stimulating writing Wendy Oleson, MFA, PhD, fiction writer, poet, and exercises, you are encouraged to find your own voice Robert Anasi essayist whose work has appeared in journals and and create short writing (prose or poems) about yourself anthologies including Copper Nickel, Baltimore Review, and/or fictional characters that can attract the attention Laurel Ann Bogen PANK, and The Journal. She was a Van Sickle Fellow of readers and editors. and a recipient of a Washington Square Review Fiction Reg# 361287 Jennifer Caloyeras Award, the Elizabeth Bruss Prize, and the storySouth Fee: $468 Nan Cohen Million Writers Award.