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Reg# 366679 Fee: $455 Writers’ Program No refund after 18 Apr. WRITING & ❖❖ Classroom 6 mtgs Saturday, 1-4pm, Apr. 13-May 18 Creative Writing UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Enrollment limited to 12 students. For help in choosing a course or determining if a c course fulfills certificate requirements, contact the Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prize-nomi- Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. nated poet whose recent collections include I’ll Always JOURNALISM Be from Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension Basics of Writing Instructor Award in Creative Writing. These basic creative writing courses are for Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whose students with no prior writing experience. works include The Newman Factor, Verbal First Aid and Instruction is exercise-driven; the process of The Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every Moment workshopping—in which students are asked to Counts. She is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension share and offer feedback on each other’s work Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension with guidance from the instructor—is introduced. Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to deter- mine which course will best help you reach your WRITING X 420 writing goals. Nonfiction: Essential Beginnings 2.0 units NEW Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn WRITING X 404 your personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday Defeating Distraction: life, and family stories into compelling narratives, this WRITER’S PROGRAM 155 POETRY Creating a Writing Practice workshop teaches beginning writers the basic elements 2.0 units of good storytelling. You learn how to excavate memo- Whether you are writing a screenplay, short story, per- ries and discover fresh or unexpected facets of your life CREATIVE WRITING 156 EDITING AND PUBLISHING sonal essay, or not even writing yet at all (but would like stories. Through weekly exercises, you generate new 150 Basics of Writing to!), the way to create and finish any project is through material and learn an array of fictional techniques to SCREENWRITING a consistent and committed writing practice. The regular tell your nonfiction story, including how to play with 151 Special Topics for All Writers discipline of writing can feel elusive and at times unat- voice, focus on a small unit of time, and describe 157 Special Topics for Film tainable, but it can be done! In this course, students learn landscape and character. By the course’s completion, & Television Writers the fundamentals of creating a lasting writing practice as you will have in hand a series of short sketches or a FICTION well as concrete tools to employ as defenses against draft of a nonfiction piece. procrastination and writer’s block. Class time will consist Reg# 366414 152 Beginning Fiction Writing FEATURE FILM of lectures, in-class writing prompts, and exercises to Fee: $345 build craft, with homework assignments geared towards No refund after 28 Apr. 152 Intermediate Fiction Writing 159 Beginning Feature setting manageable goals and accountability. Think of it ❖❖ Classroom 153 Advanced Fiction Writing Film Writing as “Couch to 5K” personal training—but for writing. 6 mtgs Rather than focusing on revising or improving a particular Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 23-May 28 160 Intermediate Feature writing project, the class will focus solely on committing UCLA: Kaplan Hall CREATIVE NONFICTION Enrollment limited to 20 students. Film Writing to the writing practice itself. By the end of the course, c & 153 Beginning Creative students will have the skills to build a sustainable writing liz gonzález, MFA, author of Dancing Santa Ana Winds: 160 Advanced Feature practice that they can maintain long after the class is Poems y Cuentos New and Selected. Ms. gonzález’s Nonfiction Writing over. All levels of writers are welcome. work has appeared in Wide Awake: The Poets of Los Film Writing Reg# 366413 Angeles and Beyond, and the San Francisco Chronicle, 154 Intermediate Creative Fee: $345 among others. She is the director and founder of TELEVISION No refund after 16 Apr. Uptown Word & Arts, promoting literacy and the arts. Nonfiction Writing ❖❖ Classroom Reg# 366415 155 Advanced Creative 161 Beginning Television Writing 6 mtgs Fee: $475 Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 11-May 16 No refund after 6 May. Nonfication Writing 162 Intermediate Television UCLA: Kaplan Hall mmOnline Writing Enrollment limited to 20 students. c May 1-June 11 WRITING FOR YOUNG READERS Cole Kazdin, MS, writer, performer, and Emmy-winning Enrollment limited to 15 students. c 162 Advanced Television Writing television journalist. Ms. Kazdin is a regular contributor Roberta Wax, freelance writer; former reporter, United 155 Writing Picture Books to VICE and has written for The New York Times. She Press International; former president, Society of Profes- is a three-time Moth GrandSLAM champion, and tells sional Journalists, Los Angeles Chapter. Ms. Wax is a 155 Writing for Kids and Middle 163 JOURNALISM stories onstage all across the country, on NPR, and in contributor to many magazines and newspapers, the book, All These Wonders. including the Los Angeles Times, Westways, Emmy, and Grade Readers Animation, among others. 155 Writing for Young Adults WRITING X 400 Introduction to Creative Writing WRITING X 410 2.0 units Fiction: Essential Beginnings This six-week course is perfect for anyone just getting 2.0 units For more information call Writers’ Program (310) 825-9415 started on their path to being a writer. Students work in Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where Journalism (310) 825-7093 small breakout sessions with experienced writers and to start? This supportive workshop provides you with teachers, then attend a lecture by various guest speak- many techniques to motivate and guide you. You learn ers with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or how to transform observation and personal experience screenwriting. Short assignments are workshopped in into imaginative prose, create dynamic characters and WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY the weekly breakouts. The goal of the course is to dialogue, and write from different points of view. By the expose new writers to a variety of types of writing while end of the course, you will have in hand a series of getting their creative juices flowing. At the end of the short sketches or a draft of a short story and key tools quarter, students will feel more confident about their you need to write creatively. skills and will be prepared for further study of writing. “ Classes taught through the Writers’ Program kkk helped give me the structure I needed to kkk pursue a writing career.” ——Brian Dunlap, former Writers’ Program student whose poetry chapbook, Concrete Paradise, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018. 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Reg# 366524 WRITING X 461.2E Fee: $345 Power Up Your Writing: Deeper No refund after 29 Apr. Characters, Deeper Truths ❖❖ Classroom New Creative Writing 2.0 units 6 mtgs How do writers create work that electrifies readers and Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 24-May 29 stays with them long after they have turned the last UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. page? One key is that they create characters who live Enrollment limited to 20 students. c on in the readers’ minds; another is that they dig into Courses for Spring Tony DuShane, Author of Confessions of a Teenage their own hearts and minds to reveal deeper truths. Jesus Jerk and award winning screenwriter of the Whether you’re writing fiction, poetry, memoir, or essay, adaptation directed by Eric Stoltz. His work has this course helps you to do both. The process of being Behind the Scenes in Publishing: Defeating Distraction: appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Believer, able to create memorable characters includes building Mother Jones, and he was a music columnist for the the vivid worlds they live in, and exploring how they 3-Hour Workshop Creating a Writing Practice San Francisco Chronicle.. reveal who they are—and what they want—through Page 156. Page 150. Reg# 366523 action and speech, as well as through what they own, Fee: $475 wear, value, and desire. The body as a metaphor for How to Create Original Middle Grade Setting and Description No refund after 6 May. feelings about ourselves and others is explored, and Concepts: 3-Hour Workshop mmOnline visual arts—painting, sculpture, photography—offer Page 151. May 1-June 11 pathways to get at your own truths. In revising your Page 155. Romance Writing I Enrollment limited to 15 students. c work, you gain tools for going deep into the story to Ronald Alexander, fiction writer and author of four reveal rich, new insights. Suitable for beginners and Picture Book II Page 152. novels. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was experienced writers. Page 155. a finalist in the St. Andrews College Press Novella Reg# 366526 Competition. His essays, poetry, and short stories have Fee: $475 Poetry Toolbox been published in the Chicago Quarterly Review and No refund after 6 May. The Los Angeles Review, among others. mmOnline Page 155. May 1-June 11 WRITING X 402 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Finding Your Voice Rochelle J. Shapiro, author of Miriam the Medium and 2.0 units Kaylee’s Ghost. Ms. Shapiro’s essays have been pub- You’ve lived, listened, seen, had a childhood—there’s lished in The New York Times and Newsweek. Her short your raw material. Now it’s a question of channeling stories and poems have been published in many and shaping that experience with the tools of literary anthologies and literary magazines, such as The Iowa craft. In this beginner’s course, you explore the basics Review, Sedge, and Moment. of the three major genres—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—reading and practicing within those areas of expression to help you find the modes that best fit your Special Topics for All Writers story and your voice. Each week you turn in short writ- ing assignments that help you get your feet wet with Courses in this section are open to students who craft aspects like description, character, dialogue, etc. want a deeper understanding of a specific craft These assignments culminate in a finished short story, issue or area of study. These courses fulfill the essay, or poem that you present on the last day of class elective requirement for creative writing certifi- to a supportive workshop. cates. Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course will best help you reach Four Days of Fresh Air Reg# 366525 your writing goals. Fee: $345 No refund after 16 Apr. NEW ❖❖ Classroom 6 mtgs WRITING X 462.2 and Free Writing Time! Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 23-June 4 Setting and Description UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. 3.0 units No meeting May 14. Setting and description are foundational to a story and can support larger themes well if done thoughtfully with September 8–13 Enrollment limited to 20 students. c Nancy Spiller, author of the memoir Compromise Cake fresh and vivid language, and with attention to detail, and Entertaining Disasters: A Novel (with Recipes). Ms. implication, and perspective. They can, in effect, give Join us in beautiful Lake Arrowhead for the writing retreat of a lifetime. You’ll Spiller was an editor at the Los Angeles Times Syndi- one’s characters a home or space to work within, as spend four full days focused on the project of your choice, writing at your own cate, and her articles and essays have appeared in well as open up possibilities for deepening and expand- such publications as Los Angeles Review of Books, Los ing the scope of any story. In this reading and exercise- pace among a community of writers in a peaceful and cozy mountain setting. Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and Salon.com. based class, we explore and practice descriptive writing and its power in establishing setting and mood while Find your perfect spot in nature, hunker down, and get those pages written. Come WRITING X 403 enlivening action and supporting symbolic relationships together for meals with like-minded peers and join in optional guided activities designed Finding Your Story in fiction and creative nonfiction. Each week, we read to bolster your writing and keep it moving forward. 2.0 units sample fiction and creative nonfiction to identify how The scariest part of writing is staring at that blank page! the content is influenced by the description of setting, Enjoy private single rooms and baths, three meals a day, and all the beverages you can This workshop is for anyone who has wanted to write but action, events, and objects. By the end of class, you drink for one affordable all-inclusive price of $1,699, plus a $25 non-refundable doesn’t know where to start, or for writers who feel stuck have improved skills in writing descriptively to enrich registration fee. and need a new form or jumping off point for unique and enliven your work. story ideas. The course provides a safe, playful atmo- Reg# 366716 Daily Schedule sphere to experiment with different resources for stories, Fee: $695 such as life experiences, news articles, interviews, his- No refund after 8 Apr. 7am–12pm 1pm–6pm tory, and mythology. A series of in-class exercises explore mmOnline Writing Time Writing Time Apr. 3-June 11 or introduce different writing forms, such as short stories, 8am–9am 5:30pm personal essay, plays, and even poems or songs, and Enrollment limited to 15 students. c generate a notebook filled with unique story ideas from Trebor Healey, author of three novels, a book of poetry, Buffet Breakfast Optional Social Time which you craft several short pieces. and three collections of stories, Mr. Healey co-edited 12pm–1pm 6pm Reg# 366542 Queer & Catholic and Beyond Definition: New Writing Fee: $475 from Gay and Lesbian San Francisco. His poetry has Buffet Lunch Dinner No refund after 18 Apr. appeared in anthologies including Corpus and Queer 1pm–2pm 8pm mmOnline Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists. He is a recipient of Optional Group Craft Talk Optional Open Mic Apr. 13-May 18 the Lambda Literary Award. Enrollment limited to 15 students. c 7pm–12am Shauna Barbosa, MFA, author of the poetry collection Writing Time Cape Verdean Blues (University of Pittsburgh Press). Ms. Barbosa’s poems have appeared in Boulevard, Lit Hub, Lenny Letter, Awl, Colorado Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Foundry, Wildness, The Atlas Review, PANK, and others. She is a 2018 Disquiet International For More Information Luso-American fellow. (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu/writers-retreat-at-lake-arrowhead/ 152 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 462.1 ENGL XL 137 Reg# 366575 WRITING X 412.2 Dialogue and Point of View Creative Writing: Short Story Fee: $575 Short Story II 3.0 units 5.0 units No refund after 8 Apr. 3.0 units This is a reading and exercise-based class designed to This workshop covers the key elements of fiction writ- ❖❖ Classroom Focusing on close textual analysis and intensive writing explore and practice dialogue, voice, and point-of-view ing, including plot, characterization, setting, point-of- 10 mtgs practice, you create two short stories and revise one in in fiction and creative nonfiction. Each week, we will view, and various story development techniques, as well Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 3-June 5 this 10-week workshop. Weekly lectures on technique, read sample fiction and creative nonfiction to identify as publication markets. Your goal is to develop three UCLA: Franz Hall analysis of published stories, and in-depth instructor how the content is influenced by the narrative choices short stories over the course of the quarter. c Enrollment limited to 20 students. c and peer critique develop and deepen your understand- the writers make. We’ll discuss how dialogue can bring Reg# 366528 Robin Finn, MPH, MA, is the author of the novel Rest- ing of the art and craft of short story writing. Strategies characters and situations to life without imitating the Fee: $699 less in L.A. Her writing has appeared in The Washington for approaching the marketplace also are discussed. hesitation or redundancy of real conversation. We’ll No refund after 8 Apr. Post, The Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, and many Reg# 366577 identify the benefits and drawbacks of narrating your ❖❖ Classroom others. She is a creativity and project coach, and the Fee: $665 work in first, second, and third-person point-of-view. 11 mtgs creator and founder of Heart. Soul. Pen., an L.A.-based No refund after 7 Apr. We’ll explore the power of voice and the influence of Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm, Apr. 3-June 12 course that blends deep-dive creativity and writing. ❖❖ Classroom narrative distance on the reader. Weekly exercises put UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center: Reg# 366576 10 mtgs theory into practice and help discover what works (and 10920 Lindbrook Dr. Fee: $695 Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 doesn’t) in your own writing practice. Enrollment limited to 20 students. c No refund after 8 Apr. UCLA: Bunche Hall Reg# 366736 Stephen Cooper, MFA, PhD, NEA Fellow whose short mmOnline Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fee: $695 stories have appeared in Santa Monica Review and Apr. 3-June 11 Ben Loory, MFA, author of the collection, Stories for No refund after 8 Apr. American Fiction, among others. Dr. Cooper is the Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Nighttime and Some for the Day (Penguin), winner of mmOnline author of Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante and Paul Witcover, MA, author of six novels, including The the 2012 Nobbie Award for Book of the Year. His stories Apr. 3-June 11 editor of The John Fante Reader, both included among Watchman of Eternity, and a collection of short stories. have been published in The New Yorker, The Rattling Ploy Pirapokin, MFA, fiction writer whose work is the Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year. His critical essays and book reviews have appeared in Wall, and The Los Angeles Review of Books, among featured in Tor.com, The Bellingham Review, Fiction Locus, Realms of Fantasy, and The New York Review of others, and performed on NPR’s This American Life. International, and more. Ms. Pirapokin has taught as a WRITING X 412.1 Science Fiction. With writer Elizabeth Hand, he Reg# 366578 creative writing lecturer for San Francisco State Univer- Short Story I co-created and co-wrote the DC Comics series Anima. Fee: $695 sity and is currently a 2017-2018 Headlands Center for 3.0 units Reg# 366574 No refund after 8 Apr. the Arts Affiliate Artist. It is said that all of us have locked inside at least one Fee: $575 mmOnline good story to tell. Through lectures on craft, short writ- No refund after 16 Apr. Apr. 3-June 11 ing exercises, assignments, and discussion, you learn ❖ ❖ Classroom Enrollment limited to 15 students. c how to tell yours. Topics include plot, point-of-view, 10 mtgs Charles Wyatt, MFA, MM, author, whose short fiction Fiction setting, description, conflict, characterization, dialogue, Thursday, 1-4pm, Apr. 11-June 13 has appeared in American Literary Review and New tension, rewriting, and submission strategies. The UCLA Extension Woodland Hills: American Writing, among others. Mr. Wyatt is the author course goal is to draft and revise at least one short 21650 Oxnard St. of Listening to Mozart (winner of the John Simmons Beginning Fiction Writing story. This course is a prerequisite for students who are Enrollment limited to 20 students. Award), and the novella The Spirit Autobiography of continuing in the short-fiction sequence. Lisa Lieberman Doctor, author of the novel The S. N. Jones. Courses in this section are recommended for Reg# 366573 Deflowering of Rhona Lipshitz. Also a screenwriter, Ms. students with some prior writing experience. Fee: $695 Lieberman Doctor was nominated for a Daytime Emmy WRITING X 411.2 Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. No refund after 27 Mar. Award and Writers Guild Award and was a motion Novel II With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- mmOnline picture development executive at such studios as 3.0 units dents share and offer feedback in a supportive Apr. 3-June 11 ­Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and Tristar Pictures. Armed with your overall concept and first chapter, you environment focused on assessing the strengths Enrollment limited to 15 students. c continue to develop your knowledge of craft by writing and weaknesses of their work. Those new to Tantra Bensko, MFA, fiction writer, poet, and award- scenes using characters and situations from the pro- writing should consider courses in the Basics of winning author with hundreds of publications including Intermediate Fiction Writing jected novel and workshopping your in-progress work. Writing section. Please call an advisor at (310) four chapbooks, one novella, and two full-length fiction Mini-lectures on the art of the novel, intuitive creative These courses are designed for students who 825-9415 to determine which course will best books. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Ms. process, and conventional vs. non-conventional have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each help you reach your writing goals. Bensko has a psychological suspense series, The approaches to novel structure also are covered. The description. Instruction includes lectures as Agents of the Nevermind. goal is to complete 50 pages of your novel. NEW appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. Reg# 366572 Students continue to share and offer feedback in Reg# 366670 WRITING X 414.1E Fee: $575 Fee: $695 Romance Writing I a supportive environment. Please call an advisor No refund after 9 Apr. at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course will No refund after 8 Apr. 3.0 units m ❖❖ Classroom best help you reach your writing goals. mOnline Romance novels generate just over one billion dollars 10 mtgs Apr. 3-June 11 in sales revenue annually in the United States. And with Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 23 & 30 Enrollment limited to 15 students. online platforms allowing authors to learn to write bet- WRITING X 413.1E c Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 25-June 13 Jessica Barksdale, MFA, MA, fiction writer, poet, and ter, to find compatible publishers or publishing options, Story Structure for the Novel UCLA: Kaplan Hall 3.0 units author of 14 published novels, including The Burning and to market the work product, there has never been Enrollment limited to 20 students. Hour, Her Daughter’s Eyes and When You Believe. Her a more welcoming climate for romance writers. Whether c Many aspiring novelists write with the hope that inspira- Colette Sartor, MFA, fiction writer, author of the story short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in you’re an aspiring author interested in learning the tion will come. The result is time wasted on a flabby collection Once Removed and Other Stories (upcoming novel with no clear shape and a sagging pace. On the Compose, Salt Hill Journal, The Coachella Review, basics of writing a romance, or an experienced writer 2019, UGA Press) and winner of the 2018 Flannery Carve Magazine, Mason’s Road, and So to Speak. looking to refine your craft, Romance Writing I provides other hand, story structure gives your novel a skeleton; O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Ms. Sartor’s work has it forms the bones of your story. And just as adding flesh Reg# 366672 students with the fundamental skills necessary to write appeared in Kenyon Review Online, Carve Magazine, a romance novel. By studying samples from the genre and clothing to a body makes that body more unique, Fee: $665 Slice Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Colorado Review, so does any creative addition the writer makes to his or No refund after 13 Apr. and craft essentials specific to the genre, students Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. understand the building blocks of the romance novel her basic structure. This course teaches you how to ❖❖ Classroom build that skeleton, from a solid premise line to building 10 mtgs and create a “build out” for their own romance novel in WRITING X 411.1 the first of this two-course sequence. the moral argument of your novel. You ensure that your Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 8-June 17 Novel I novel has what story structure guru John Truby calls the UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Reg# 366761 3.0 units “seven key steps,” and you learn how reversals and No meeting May 27. Fee: $695 That novel is inside you waiting to emerge, but knowing reveals, as well as character wants and needs, can drive Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after 8 Apr. how and where to start can be daunting. This course your story to a satisfying conclusion. Exercises focus on mmOnline Linzi Glass, author of the award-winning novel The provides you with weekly assignments, group interac- structural elements such as character ghosts, story Apr. 3-June 11 Year the Gypsies Came, which was voted one of the tion, and instructor feedback to help you explore various world, and more, and by the end of the course, you have Enrollment limited to 15 students. best books by the American Library Association. Ms. c methods of writing your first novel while learning the in-hand a six-page synopsis that works. In addition, for Glass’s second novel, Ruby Red, was shortlisted for the Jeanne De Vita, MFA, award-winning author, and editor key craft points of plot, structure, characterization, most weeks, you submit six pages of writing that relate Carnegie Medal in Literature. with an extensive background in publishing. Ms. De Vita point-of-view, sense of place, and voice. The goal is to to a particular structural element. is currently a Developmental Editor for Waterhouse complete the first chapter of your novel by establishing Press, and previously worked as both an Acquisitions Reg# 366661 an intimacy with your characters as you artfully shape Fee: $695 Editor and a Managing Editor. She counts several New their journey, and to develop an overall concept to guide York Times best-selling authors among her clients. No refund after 8 Apr. you through your story. Required for students consider- mmOnline ing the long-fiction sequence. Apr. 3-June 11 kkk Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author who has published 11 novels, including her latest, Cruel Beautiful World. A critic for The San Francisco Chronicle and People, Ms. Leavitt is a recipient of the UCLA Exten- sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 153

WRITING X 411.3 WRITING X 411.4 Novel III Advanced Fiction Writing Novel IV Creative Nonfiction 3.0 units Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- 3.0 units For those with a minimum of 50 pages of a novel-in- driven and are designed for students who are For students with at least 100 pages of a novel, this progress, this workshop guides you to generate at least well into their projects. Admission is by submis- advanced workshop focuses on elements of technique Beginning Creative 50 new pages, as well as learn essential self-editing sion only and the selection process is competi- and vision necessary for a work to be considered techniques, with the instructor and peers reviewing tive. It is recommended that students take complete. You receive intensive instructor and peer Nonfiction Writing each participant’s project in detail. Refinements of intermediate-level courses prior to submitting critiques of manuscript chapters and their relation to character, structure, emotional content, and the devel- the overall work, including a review as needed of the Courses in this section are recommended for their work. For instructions on submitting work, students with some prior writing experience. opment of the writer’s voice also are explored. The goal contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 effective use of voice, tone, mood, imagery, and meta- is to produce a substantial portion of your novel. phor. A major goal of this course is to give you the Instruction is a mix of lecture and workshopping. or go to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing- With the close guidance of the instructor, stu- Reg# 366662 self-editing skills to polish and revise your entire novel students. The submission deadline for spring is dents share and offer feedback in a supportive Fee: $695 within and beyond the course itself. Mar. 4 at 9am (PST). Visitors are not permitted in environment focused on assessing the strengths No refund after 8 Apr. Reg# 366643 advanced-level courses. and weaknesses of their work. Those new to mmOnline Fee: $785 writing should consider courses in the Basics of Apr. 3-June 11 Submission Guidelines for Advanced Fiction No refund after 27 Mar. Writing section. Please call an advisor at (310) Enrollment limited to 15 students. Writing Courses mmOnline c Please note that there are no pre-approvals. All 825-9415 to determine which course will best Robert Eversz, MFA, author of the novels Zero to Apr. 3-June 11 students must submit the following requirements in help you reach your writing goals. the Bone, Digging James Dean, Burning Garbo, Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 order to be eligible for an advanced creative writing Killing Paparazzi, Gypsy Hearts, and Shooting Elvis. Mr. ­nonrefundable. Discounts cannot be applied to fees course. WRITING X 424.15E Eversz’s novels have been translated into 15 languages. for this course. c Writing the Thinkpiece He has been the finalist judge for the AWP Award Series Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally best- Please submit one document (double-spaced, 12-point 2.0 units in the Novel. selling novelist with 14 books in print. Ms. Hightower’s font, 1-inch margins on all sides) containing a 10-page Perhaps no genre is more shared, read and critiqued books have appeared on The New York Times “Notable” Reg# 366669 writing sample; a synopsis of up to one page for any than the online thinkpiece. As much as these essays list, The London Times best seller list, and have been Fee: $665 longer submitted works (novels); a personal statement capture and analyze the current cultural landscape, they selections of The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. No refund after 9 Apr. of one paragraph outlining what the student hopes to are often misunderstood as quick, cheap, or reaction- She also is a recipient of the Shamus Award. ❖❖ Classroom gain from the class; and a list of previous courses ary. The truth is that the genre is malleable enough for 10 mtgs completed in the Writers’ Program or other programs, any writer to find their footing and to craft their voice Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 4-June 6 with instructors (when known). WRITING X 411.5 within its limits. Together, we define what a thinkpiece UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Novel V is and is not by reading some of its most well-known WRITING X 412.3 3.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. c writers, including Roxane Gay, Kiese Laymon, and Adam McOmber, MFA, author of My House Gathers Short Story III For students who have completed Novel Writing IV, this Rebecca Solnit. Then, we work on honing your voice, Desires: Stories, The White Forest: A Novel, and This 3.0 units intensive workshop is specifically directed toward refin- researching your argument and giving structure to your New & Poisonous Air. His stories have appeared in The short story, one of the most challenging of all liter- ing an advanced manuscript into a polished novel. The ideas. Participants walk away from the course with Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, and Fairy Tale Review. ary forms, requires the precision and imagistic intensity focus is on structural and thematic aspects and the several pieces of polished work. of poetry combined with novelistic elements of struc- maintenance of the author’s unique voice. You work Reg# 366416 ture, setting, and characterization. This workshop helps closely with your peers and the instructor to assess WRITING X 461.9E Fee: $345 you to realize your fictional intentions through detailed portions of individual manuscripts. Emphasis is given to Intensive Revision No refund after 16 Apr. written critiques and to prepare your stories for publica- developing and perfecting self-editing techniques. The 3.0 units ❖❖ Classroom tion in targeted markets. The course goal is to complete overall goal of the course is for each novel to reach a After all the work of getting through a first draft, little 6 mtgs two new stories and one revision. professional level appropriate for eventual publication. seems so barbarian as the slashing and burning of Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 11-May 16 entire characters and scenes—but making such vulgar Reg# 366648 Reg# 366646 UCLA: Kaplan Hall literary sacrifices can enable the writer to unearth the Fee: $755 Fee: $755 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after 26 Mar. c heart of conflict and character, to find focus in each No refund after 26 Mar. Mathew Rodriguez, MA, contributing editor for the ❖❖ Classroom scene, and to harness the best story s/he can offer. In ❖❖ Classroom anthology Modern Loss: Candid Conversations about 10 mtgs this workshop, participants will undertake two rigorous 10 mtgs Grief. Mr. Rodriguez is a staff writer at INTO, an LGBTQ Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 revisions, sticking with a draft all the way through to Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 digital magazine, as well as an essayist whose work has UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. its best potential. By considering various elements of UCLA: Rolfe Hall appeared in Slate, the Village Voice, and Mic. He hosts Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 storytelling and developing dexterity with an assort- Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not a podcast, Slayerfest 98, about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ment of narrative tools and techniques, students ­permitted. $100 nonrefundable.­ Discounts cannot be ­nonrefundable. Discounts cannot be applied to fees should finish the class with a story that’s really on applied to fees for this course. for this course. c & WRITING X 424.20E course to being done. Lou Mathews, MFA, whose stories have been pub- Mark Sarvas, author of the novel, Harry, Revised Writing Short Form Nonfiction (Bloomsbury), and Memento Park (Farrar, Straus & Reg# 366660 lished in New England Review, Tin House, Black Clock, 2.0 units Giroux). Mr. Sarvas’s literary blog, The Elegant Variation, Fee: $695 and nine fiction anthologies. A novelist (LA Breakdown) Short, well-focused articles provide one of the surest was a Forbes magazine Best of the Web pick, and a No refund after 8 Apr. and journalist, he has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA pathways for breaking into publication. It’s easier than Los Angeles Magazine Top L.A. Blog. mmOnline Fiction Fellowship, and is a recipient of the UCLA Exten- you might think—if you know how the print and online Apr. 3-June 11 sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. publishing worlds work, understand the needs and Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Reg# 366647 demands of particular markets, and put some effort into Wendy Oleson, MFA, PhD, fiction writer, poet, and Fee: $785 polishing your skills. In this enjoyable six-week course, essayist whose work has appeared in journals and No refund after 27 Mar. you achieve all those goals while you produce weekly anthologies including Copper Nickel, Baltimore Review, mmOnline assignments of 250-500 words in specific nonfiction PANK, and The Journal. She was a Van Sickle Fellow Apr. 3-June 11 Course Icons genres, including personal essay, how-to story, inter- and a recipient of a Washington Square Review Fiction Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not view/profile, reviews, trends stories, ghostwriting, nar- Award, the Elizabeth Bruss Prize, and the story South ­permitted. $100 nonrefundable.­ Discounts cannot be Provide rative nonfiction, and research essays—which are then Million Writers Award. applied to fees for this course. c workshopped in class. You gain valuable experience in Adam Prince, MFA, PhD, fiction writer whose short Information thinking and writing like a pro, all while having fun in a story collection, The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, was positive, supportive, constructive environment. The published by Black Lawrence Press. His work has At-a-Glance course goal is to write and begin polishing at least eight appeared in The Southern Review and Missouri Review, short nonfiction pieces while gaining a clearer under- among others. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a standing of what editors look for, how they think, and Tickner Fellow at the Gilman School in Baltimore. m ONLINE COURSE how to pitch to them. Technical requirements, page 4 Reg# 366417 Fee: $345 g HYBRID COURSE, page 4 No refund after 12 May. ❖ WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4 ❖ Classroom c 6 mtgs v ON-GROUND COURSE Tuesday, 7-10pm, May 7-June 11 UCLA: Kaplan Hall & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Enrollment limited to 20 students. c Visit our website for textbook Norman Kolpas, author and editor whose several information. hundred nonfiction pieces have appeared in many publications, including Bon Appetit, HOME, Elle, Sunset, C UC CREDIT Southwest Art, and The Times of London. Mr. Kolpas May be transferable­ to other also is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books and colleges and universities, page 5 consults with and ghost writes for many top personali- ties and brands. 154 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 424.5E Reg# 366420 Reg# 366423 WRITING X 422.2 How to Sell Your Nonfiction Work Fee: $695 Fee: $695 Personal Essay II 3.0 units No refund after 8 Apr. No refund after 8 Apr. 3.0 units This course is designed to teach beginning writers basic mmOnline mmOnline Unlike fiction, personal essay offers an opportunity to writing and marketing skills to jump-start a career in Apr. 3-June 11 Apr. 3-June 11 explore the choices you’ve made, whether life-changing nonfiction writing. You discover where to get ideas, how Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Enrollment limited to 15 students. c moments or those little decisions that set us on a new to shape them into marketable feature stories, and how Michele Bigley, MFA, Lowell Thomas-winning travel Michael Luongo, author or editor of 16 books, includ- course. Through this exploration, you come to a better to write query letters that sell. You also study research writer and author of over 30 guidebooks, including ing Frommer’s Buenos Aires and Argentina guidebooks. understanding of family dynamics, and how events from methods and interviewing techniques. Finally, you Fodor’s California, Fodor’s Hawaii and Rand McNally’s Mr. Luongo was twice named Journalist of the Year for the past have affected the choices you make today. In become familiar with the business and legal aspects of Best of the Road Atlas. Ms. Bigley has contributed to the North American Travel Journalists Association. His this course, you expand your knowledge of what makes nonfiction writing. the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco journalism and photography work have appeared in the an essay stronger, more compelling, more honest. This Reg# 366418 Chronicle, and more. New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, and course guides you to write and revise one or more Fee: $695 Bloomberg News, among many others. personal essays to be submitted for publication and to No refund after 8 Apr. WRITING X 424.18E pinpoint the best markets and outlets for your work. mmOnline Introduction to Literary Journalism WRITING X 423.1 Reg# 366426 Apr. 3-June 11 3.0 units Memoir I Fee: $695 Literary journalism is nonfiction prose that transcends 3.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. c No refund after 8 Apr. Jacqueline Stenson, MSJ, nonfiction writer who has “who, what, where and when” to give a more detailed, A memoir is a book-length narrative that is told from mmOnline been published in the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, richer, more vivid picture of real events. It combines an the writer’s point of view and captures a meaningful Apr. 3-June 11 immersive approach to reporting with the aims and slice of the writer’s life. If you have a story to tell and Reuters, Health, Self, Fit Pregnancy, Shape, Women’s Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Health, BabyTalk, Family Circle, and Ladies’ Home techniques of fiction. Although this type of writing has would like to figure out how best to tell it, this course Victoria Zackheim, MA, editor of six anthologies Journal. Ms. Stenson has worked as an editor with roots in antiquity (i.e. Thucydides’s The Peloponnesian helps you get started. In-class writing exercises help of personal essays including The Other Woman; Condé Nast Publications, and NBC News. War), contemporary practitioners include Tom Wolfe, you identify significant moments from your life, decide For Keeps; The Face in the Mirror; and Faith. Her Joan Didion, John McPhee, and Gay Talese. Today, liter- on a workable structure for telling your story, and documentary,Where Birds Never Sang: The Ravens- WRITING X 424.2E ary journalism appears in periodicals such as The New determine what, exactly, your story is about. You also bruck and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camps Creative Alchemy: Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire and Harper’s focus on the habits and tools you need to establish and aired nationwide on PBS. She is a San Francisco Magazine, as well as in the magazines or literary sup- maintain a writing practice and read excerpts from a Library Laureate. Finding and Writing Life Stories plements of many major newspapers. By the end of the range of memoirs for inspiration and guidance. By the Reg# 366427 You Were Meant to Tell course, you have an understanding of the basic tech- end of the course, you have an outline and a draft of Fee: $665 3.0 units niques for reporting and writing such journalism and at one to two chapters. No refund after 15 Apr. This course is for anyone who has a story from “real least one project started. life” that needs to be told. Sometimes your story is Reg# 366424 ❖❖ Classroom about a person, place, thing, or some concealed part Reg# 366421 Fee: $575 10 mtgs of yourself, a remembered time or event, or even Fee: $695 No refund after 16 Apr. Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 10-June 12 ❖ something that will happen as you give account to its No refund after 8 Apr. ❖ Classroom UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. mmOnline 10 mtgs unfolding. Over the span of this course, you identify Enrollment limited to 15 students. c this element of your story’s core fascination and Apr. 3-June 11 Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 11-June 13 Antonia Crane, MFA, author of the memoir Spent and acquire the skills to tell it, including researching and Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. senior editor of The Citron Review and Word Riot. Ms. interviewing techniques, cultivating your own unique Robert Anasi, PhD, author of Bohemia: Scenes from Enrollment limited to 20 students. c & Crane’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, writing voice, and constructing your story into a com- the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Mr. Anasi’s works Liz Stephens, PhD, author of the memoir, The Days Playboy, and Salon, among others. She is a two-time bination of episodes that advance and present it to have appeared in the New York Times, Salon, Virginia Are Gods. Ms. Stephens’ essays appear in Brief winner of The Moth Slam, and has appeared on This Is best dramatic and imaginative effect. Finally, you Quarterly Review, and Los Angeles Times, among oth- Encounters: An Anthology of Short Nonfiction and Dirt: Life with Lisa Ling and WTF with Marc Maron. investigate possible venues where each story might ers. He has received a New York Foundation for the Arts An Anthology. She has served as managing editor and most effectively be presented. Fellowship and a Schaeffer Fellowship. contributor to Brevity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction. WRITING X 423.2 Memoir II Reg# 366419 WRITING X 421.1 Fee: $695 3.0 units No refund after 8 Apr. Creative Nonfiction I Intermediate Creative Designed for the serious writer committed to participat- mmOnline 3.0 units Nonfiction Writing ing in a structured writing regimen as well as engaging Apr. 3-June 11 This course explores the unlimited possibilities of cre- in ongoing critiques and craft discussions, this course Enrollment limited to 15 students. ative nonfiction, which embraces forms of creative These courses are designed for students who guides you to examine key issues in your work, create c writing such as personal essay, memoir, profiles, and Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prize-nomi- have fulfilled the prerequisites stated in each an involving storyline out of your life experience, and more. Working with the same techniques as fiction, nated poet whose recent collections include I’ll Always description. Instruction includes lectures as cast yourself as a compelling character readers want including artful language choices, dialogue, character Be from Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt appropriate, but the focus is on workshopping. to follow. You also develop the self-editing skills you development, structure, and plot, you are guided to is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Students continue to share and offer feedback in need to polish and revise your material at a level transform factual events and experiences into a com- Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension a supportive environment. Please call an advisor appropriate to submit to publishers. Includes discussion plete, imaginative narrative. This course includes several Instructor Award in Creative Writing. at (310) 825-9415 to determine which course will of current marketplace. The course goal is to complete readings from a variety of nonfiction authors. The course best help you reach your writing goals. 50 well-crafted pages of your project. Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whose goal is to produce one complete and revised narrative Reg# 366428 works include The Newman Factor, Verbal First Aid and essay, as well as additional material to develop further. WRITING X 421.2 The Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every Moment Fee: $695 Counts. She is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension Reg# 366422 Creative Nonfiction II No refund after 8 Apr. Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension Fee: $695 3.0 units mmOnline Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. No refund after 8 Apr. Designed for those who have already begun to explore Apr. 3-June 11 mmOnline memoir or other narrative nonfiction genres, this work- Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & WRITING X 424.4E Apr. 3-June 11 shop guides you to take your skills to the next level by Shawna Kenney, MFA, author of the memoir I Was a Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & focusing on a collection of essays, a single project, or Teenage Dominatrix (optioned for film by FX), co-author Travel Writing other types of nonfiction prose; works-in-progress are 3.0 units Mieke Eerkens, MFA, author of All Ships Follow Me: A of Imposters, and editor of the anthology Book Lovers. welcome. Every week, you read several short, stylisti- Travel writing has been imaginatively transporting read- Family’s Inheritance of War, forthcoming from Picador. Ms. Kenney’s work has been published in The New York cally adventurous pieces to expand your repertoire and ers for centuries and remains one of the most robust Ms. Eerkens’ works have appeared in publications such Times, Playboy, Ms. Narratively, and The Florida Review, post a new installment of your own project for feedback areas of publishing. This course guides you to elevate as Creative Nonfiction and Best Travel Writing 2011, among others. from your instructor and peers. The goal is to create the mere travelogue or guidebook entry into a thought- among others. She has received distinguished fellow- two new essay-length works of creative nonfiction and ful, well-crafted piece of literature as you study ele- ships at VCCA and the James Merrill House. polish your skills for publication. ments of theme, structure, dialogue, descriptive language, and tone in the works of some of the most WRITING X 422.1 Reg# 366425 lauded travel writers. You apply what you’ve learned in Personal Essay I Fee: $695 weekly writing exercises that are developed into at least 3.0 units No refund after 8 Apr. m one fully realized essay by course’s end. You learn how “Personal Essay” is a broad term that encompasses mOnline to conduct research, take field notes, and tackle the humorous essays, opinion pieces, and mini-memoirs, Apr. 3-June 11 unique challenges and ethical questions that face travel but which always details the writer’s journey through a Enrollment limited to 15 students. c & writers, as well as look at various publishing venues and specific experience. This workshop teaches aspiring Yelizaveta Renfro, MFA, PhD, short story writer whose career opportunities for new travel writers. The course personal essayists how to be a compelling first-person collection, A Catalogue of Everything in the World, won goal is to fully develop one polished travel essay (600- narrator and employ craft elements such as theme, the St. Lawrence Book Award. Ms. Renfro’s essay col- 3,000 words) and generate material for future essays. character development, voice, pacing, scene-setting, lection, Xylotheque, was published by the University of and exposition to tell their stories. The goal is to com- New Mexico Press. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is kkk plete at least one personal essay (600-2,500 words) the editor of Keeping Track: Fiction of Lists. and develop material for future essays. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 155

Advanced Creative Writing for Writing for Kids and Middle Writing for Young Adults Nonfiction Writing Grade Readers Young Readers WRITING X 445.1 Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- NEW Young Adult Novel I driven and are designed for students who are 3.0 units well into their projects. Admission is by submis- WRITING 744.1E The young adult novel is one of the fastest-growing and sion only and the selection process is competi- Writing Picture Books How to Create Original exciting genres in publishing today. With complex young tive. It is recommended that students take Middle Grade Concepts characters, realistic dialogue, and gripping prose, read- intermediate-level courses prior to submitting WRITING 741.1E Original concepts are some of the rarest and most ers young and old can’t get enough of these novels. In their work. For instructions on submitting work, Writing a Picture Book powerful tools in a middle grade novel writer’s arsenal. a supportive and inspiring environment, you explore the contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 and Getting it Published This workshop guides middle grade writers through elements of a YA novel’s plot, character, language, or go to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing- You have the dream—I’ve always wanted to write a concept generation, analysis, and development to cre- setting, and voice-all enhanced by in-depth lectures, students. The submission deadline for spring is children’s picture book. But... how? This inspiring class ate concepts that are unique and personal, and dif- discussions, manuscript workshopping, and generative Mar. 4 at 9am (PST). Visitors are not permitted in offers you practical tools to help you realize that dream. ferentiate themselves. Workshop techniques will include writing exercises. Also covered is the current market- advanced-level courses. It includes writing exercises, examples of current and combining ideas to form unique hybrids; genre chal- place for young adult fiction and how to query agents. classic picture books (and why they are classics), lenge exercises such as creating fantasy worlds that You leave the class with a completed first chapter and Submission Guidelines for Advanced Creative behind-the-scenes stories from award-winning writers, contain no magic; surrealist parlor games; exercises a rough outline of your entire book, as well as the tools Nonfiction Writing Courses practical tips on the business of writing for children and and rituals to promote brainstorming; and in-class to continue writing on your own. Please note that there are no pre-approvals. All stu- how to make inroads in this field. By the end of the day workshopping with analysis by the instructor and fellow Reg# 366434 dents must submit the following requirements in order you’ll have effective tools to guide you to your next step students. Students will leave the workshop with at least to be eligible for an advanced creative writing course. Fee: $695 in this vibrant field. one polished concept to begin developing into a middle No refund after 8 Apr. Please submit one document (double-spaced, 12-point Reg# 366430 grade novel. mmOnline font, 1-inch margins on all sides) containing a 10-page Fee: $159 Reg# 366431 10 mtgs writing sample; a synopsis of up to one page for any No refund after 12 Apr. Fee: $79 Apr. 3-June 11 longer submitted works (novels); a personal statement ❖❖ Classroom No refund after 17 May. Enrollment limited to 15 students. c of one paragraph outlining what the student hopes to 1 mtg ❖❖ Classroom Beth Ann Bauman, MFA, author of the young adult gain from the class; and a list of previous courses Saturday, 9:30am-4:30pm, Apr. 13 1 mtg novels, Jersey Angel (Wendy Lamb Books, 2012) and completed in the Writers’ Program or other programs, UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: Saturday, 10am-1pm, May 18 Rosie and Skate (Random House), which was selected with instructors (when known). 1010 Westwood Blvd. UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood : for The New York Times Editors’ Choice list and Book- Enrollment limited to 100 students. 1010 Westwood Blvd. list’s 2009 Top 10 First Novels for Youth. Ms. Bauman WRITING X 421.3 April Halprin Wayland, author of seven picture books, Enrollment limited to 100 students. also is the author of the short story collection, Beautiful Creative Nonfiction III including New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story, Henry Lien, JD, UCLA Law. Mr. Lien teaches law in the Girls (MacAdam/Cage). 3.0 units named Best Jewish Picture Book. She won the Myra Architecture-Interior Design Department and was Designed for serious writers who seek to refine their Cohn Livingston Award for Girl Coming In for a Landing: awarded Outstanding Instructor of the Year. He practiced creative nonfiction manuscripts—including memoirs and A Novel in Poems, and is a recipient of the UCLA Exten- as an attorney, served as the Glass Garage Gallery owner personal essay collections—into polished works, this sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. and as President of the West Hollywood Fine Art Gallery intensive workshop helps you polish your writing and Alexis O’Neill, PhD, author of the picture books The Association; and currently works as a private art dealer. Poetry find your narrative’s energy and unique voice. You also Recess Queen, a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Mr. Lien also teaches for the Writers’ Program. His work These workshops are tailored to students with develop and perfect self-editing techniques as well as children’s choice book in 12 states; Loud Emily; the Peasprout Chen middle grade fantasy series, has specific levels of experience in poetry writing. explore the current market. The course goal is to have Estela’s Swap (Lee & Low); and The Kite That Bridged received New York Times acclaim and multiple starred Please review course descriptions carefully or two chapters and a book proposal or two short essays Two Nations. Dr. O’Neill’s work also has been pub- reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. call an advisor to determine which course will ready to submit to publishers, as well as increase lished in Cobblestone, Calliope, Faces, Odyssey, best help you reach your writing goals. Please mastery over this artistic form. Spider, and Cricket. WRITING X 446.2E call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to determine Reg# 366429 Barney Saltzberg, multiple-award-winning writer and Introduction to Writing for which course will best help you reach your Fee: $755 illustrator of more than 30 books for children, includ- Young Readers ­writing goals. No refund after 2 Apr. ing Crazy Hair Day, adapted into an animated DVD by 3.0 units ❖❖ Classroom Scholastic Books; and Cornelius P. Mud, Are You If you want to write for kids, you need to think like a kid NEW 10 mtgs Ready for Baby?. Mr. Saltzberg also has recorded four and enjoy the process of returning to the imaginative, WRITING X 432.10E Tuesday, 10am-1pm, Apr. 9-June 11 albums for children and his music has been used on possibility-filled world of childhood. This course intro- Poetry Toolbox UCLA Extension 1010 Westwood: PBS’s Arthur. duces you to all major categories of writing for young 2.0 units 1010 Westwood Blvd. people, including concept books, picture books, begin- Poets push language to the limits of its potential by Restricted Course. Not eligible for any discounts. NEW ning readers, chapter books, middle grade novels, forming words into sounds and images. In this work- Enrollment limited to 12 students. Visitors not WRITING X 441.2 young adult (YA) novels, and nonfiction for all age shop, you read examples from diverse contemporary ­permitted. $100 ­nonrefundable. Picture Book II ranges. You learn the basic storytelling principles of poets as you learn how to craft images while avoiding Barbara Abercrombie, author of 15 books, including 3.0 units story structure, plot, character development, and dia- clichés, employ simile and metaphor to enhance Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story; A Year This workshop takes you beyond the picture book logue as it applies to each genre, and discover your description, and apply the effects of sound as master- of Writing Dangerously; and Kicking in the Wall. Ms. basics and teaches you to master the specific craft own niche in world of children’s publishing. You also ful elements of your poetry. In reading and discussing Abercrombie is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Dis- techniques used in creating successful picture books, learn how to tailor your work to the psychological and contemporary works and the works of classmates, you tinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension including strong beginnings and endings, the power of emotional development, reading abilities, and interests learn how poets choose and use these essential writ- Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. the page turn, audience participation, engaging lan- of each age group. The goal is to complete a draft of a ing tools to craft poems that are striking, inspiring, guage, humor, and musicality. Short writing exercises manuscript for a picture book or a sample chapter and and unforgettable. help you develop a deeper understanding of each of chapter outline for older readers. Query letters, market- Reg# 366436 these techniques and their purposes, and prepare you ing, and resources for children’s book writer also are Fee: $475 to undertake your main project for the course: a picture covered in detail. No refund after 6 May. book manuscript. You engage in an ongoing feedback Reg# 366432 mmOnline process overseen by the instructor, which provides a Fee: $575 May 1-June 11 No refund after 15 Apr. “safe zone” for discussion of student work and helps Enrollment limited to 15 students. c you hone your own critique skills. The course goal is to ❖❖ Classroom Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, MFA, author of the poetry complete a picture book manuscript. 10 mtgs collection Posada: Offerings of Witness and Refuge. Ms. Reg# 366433 Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 10-June 12 Bermejo has taught courses on social justice poetry, Fee: $695 UCLA: Haines Hall literary communities of Los Angeles, and literary sub- No refund after 8 Apr. Enrollment limited to 20 students. mission strategies. Her work is published in Acentos mmOnline Laurel van der Linde, author of several nonfiction Review, CALYX, and crazyhorse among others. Apr. 3-June 11 books for children including So, You Want to be a Enrollment limited to 15 students. Dancer? and The Pony Express, as well as articles c published in Equus and Horse Illustrated. Ms. van der m Terry Pierce, MFA, author of 17 children’s books ONLINE COURSE, page 4. including Blackberry Banquet, Laughin’ Jammin’ Slam- Linde has produced and/or directed many audiobooks for Hachette and others. HYBRID COURSE, page 4. min Jokefest, and Tae Kwon Do! Ms. Pierce has g received an Association of Educational Professionals WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. Distinguished Achievement Award and was an AEP c Golden Lamp Finalist for Mother Goose Rhymes. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 5. 156 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

WRITING X 432.6E Hybrid and Cross-Genre Poetics 2.0 units Editing and Publishing Techniques of poetry are ubiquitous in advertising and These courses are designed for writers who want popular music, and professional writers across genres to improve their editing skills or develop compe- attest to poetry’s utility for sharpening one’s skills—for tencies toward a career in editing and publishing. reasons not unlike why football players study ballet. Some courses help advanced writing students Through an exploration of hybrid poetics, students prepare and submit their work for publication. strengthen and diversify their toolbelt of creative tech- Please call an advisor at (310) 825-9415 to deter- niques. Students develop new ways to explore and mine which course will best help you reach your Courses in Editing cultivate their creativity through readings, discussions, writing goals. experiments, and creation of new work in a variety of hybrid forms, blending poetry with other forms of liter- NEW ary art, as well as with visual and performing arts. WRITING 751.3E and Publishing Writers from all genres and backgrounds welcome. Behind the Scenes in Publishing Students leave the course with a portfolio of hybrid To be successful, editors draw from a broad base of poetic works and a deeper understanding of the ways skills while taking the entire publishing process into in which hybridity can broaden a writer’s audience and account. They are avid, active readers in their own Whether you’re a writer or are considering a career in publishing as an editor evolve their voice and imagination. right who understand the way the publishing market or literary agent, it’s important to know how a project goes from finished Reg# 366437 works. Beyond that, they also understand the special- Fee: $475 ized technological tools in use today, are strong manuscript to published book. Learn the roles of editors, as well as essential No refund after 6 May. proofreaders, and communicate clearly and concisely editing, proofreading, and fact-checking skills with these courses in editing mmOnline with other departments in order to set a manuscript and publishing. May 1-June 11 up for success through production, marketing, and Enrollment limited to 15 students. c media outreach. By the end of this introductory Amber West, MFA, PhD, playwright, and author of the workshop, students understand the full outline of Behind the Scenes in Publishing: Developmental Editing poetry collection Hen & God and the chapbook Daughter publishing a book, how and why it develops through 3-Hour Workshop m Instructor: Eraser. Ms. West’s writings have appeared in journals each department, and begin to understand how edi- and anthologies such as Calyx, Puppetry International, tors meet the demands of their profession and thrive Instructor: Seth Fischer, editor, Rare Bird Lit, and Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors. She in the workplace Tobi Harper, deputy director/marketing Stillhouse Press, and individual clients is the co-founder and director of the artist collective Reg# 366440 director at Red Hen Press; editor and who went on to publish at Farrar, Straus, Alphabet Arts. Fee: $79 founder of Quill. and Giroux No refund after 31 May. WRITING X 431.1 ❖❖ Classroom Copyediting m Courses begin on page 156. Poetry I 1 mtg 3.0 units Saturday, 10am-1pm, June 1 Instructor: What is a poem and how does it differ from prose? UCLA: Royce Hall Jeanne De Vita, developmental editor for What sources can you, the beginning poet, look to for Enrollment limited to 100 students. Waterhouse Press, and award-winning ideas and inspiration? How can you encourage a raw Tobi Harper, director of development and operations unfinished poem to become a thing of power and at Red Hen Press, editor and founder of Quill, contribut- author. beauty? This course provides a series of enjoyable and ing editor of The Los Angeles Review, and speaker on illuminating exercises to expand your imagination and queer literature and publishing at conferences and introduce you to the complex issues of craft and revi- ­literary festivals and on college campuses. sion in an accessible way. Of value to those who have never written as well as those with some experience WRITING X 451.1 who seek new direction and feedback. Copyediting Reg# 366438 3.0 units One Mentor, One Month Fee: $695 This course gives students an overview of copyediting No refund after 27 Mar. processes involved in preparing a manuscript for editorial mmOnline review or publication. Appropriate for writers of all genres Get personalized instruction, feedback, and guidance from a Writers’ Program Apr. 3-June 11 and those seeking to develop professional skills in copy- Enrollment limited to 15 students. c editing, students learn best practices for completing a instructor of your choice with our Mentorship program. Students have access to Rachel Kann, MFA, author of the collection 10 for document review, including common grammar rules, their instructor by email Monday through Friday to share draft pages and get Everything. Ms. Kann is an award-winning poet whose copyediting notation, and reading like a copyeditor. answers to their craft and career questions, with responses in 24-36 hours for work has appeared in various anthologies, including Reg# 366441 Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Fee: $695 most submissions. Mentorships last for one month and are renewable. Revolution. She is the recipient of the UCLA Extension No refund after 8 Apr. Outstanding Instructor Award for Creative Writing. mmOnline This service is ideal for students who have specific goals and want focused attention over Apr. 3-June 11 four weeks. WRITING X 431.2 Enrollment limited to 15 students. c Poetry II Jeanne De Vita, MFA, award-winning author, and editor To get started, visit writers.uclaextension.edu/programs-services and choose 3.0 units with an extensive background in publishing. Ms. De Vita Creative Writing or Screenwriting to see a list of available instructors. You can sign up for For those with some previous training in poetry, this is currently a Developmental Editor for Waterhouse mentorships any time throughout the year. intermediate workshop focuses on creating work which Press, and previously worked as both an Acquisitions emphasizes lyrical and innovative language, personal Editor and a Managing Editor. She counts several New insight, and individual voice. In addition, you refine your York Times best-selling authors among her clients. knowledge of a number of the craft’s formal elements, including structure, imagery, metaphor, and pace, in WRITING X 451.2 order to stretch the boundaries of your creative experi- Developmental Editing ence. The goal is to produce work which is ambitious 3.0 units For More Information and resonant. 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Reg# 366442 Gilbertson is a frequent contributor to NPR and she is Writing the One-Hour Pilot II Writing for Kids & Family Fee: $575 also a consultant on story development and narrative Page 162. Page 157. No refund after 16 Apr. craft for audio and print. ❖❖ Classroom Writing the Half-Hour Pilot II Pitching and Selling Your Hit Original 10 mtgs NEW Page 162. Feature Film Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 11-June 13 FILM TV 731.67 UCLA: Kaplan Hall Writing for Kids & Family All About Women’s Storytelling Page 158. Enrollment limited to 20 students. This course guides you through the landscape of writing Seth Fischer, MFA, editor for Rare Bird Lit, Stillhouse for kids and family television. What is it like to pitch a Page 157. Press, and individual clients who went on to publish at TV show or movie for a kid’s network? What should you Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Mr. Fischer was a contribut- expect as a staff writer of a family sitcom? What writing ing editor at The Rumpus. 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Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 15-May 20 ❖❖ Classroom fiction or nonfiction, into films and television pilots. The Jeff Bonnett at (310) 206-1542 or Chae Ko at UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. goal is to help you develop the skills associated with (310) 206-2612. 1 mtg Enrollment limited to 20 students. Saturday, 10am-1pm, May 18 adaptation so vital in the current industry and your Jacqueline Heinze, MFA, author, screenwriter, and UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. unique voice and style. This course will introduce playwright who has written for the Lifetime Network, Advanced enrollment required; no admittance screenwriters, writers of fiction and drama, and creators Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Network and Jarrett Creative. Special Topics for Film at the door. of new media to the aesthetic and techniques of creat- Ms. Heinze was a former editor for Scholastic, Inc. and ing visual, dramatically compelling scripts. Your major Ernie Bustamante, MFA, TV writer/producer and WGA & Television Writers has won The Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award. project is to complete and polish an outline and the member, whose credits include Liv and Maddie and Lab opening scene of your script, based on a public domain Courses in this section are open to students who Rats, among others. Mr. Bustamante has also created FILM TV X 433.77 material from literary, theatrical, mythical, and tradi- want a deeper understanding of a specific craft pilots and written for ABC, FOX, and Nickelodeon. He is tional sources. The participant may also work other or area of study. These courses fulfill the elective an alumnus of the ABC/Disney Writing Program and the How to Research Your Story 3.0 units available material including biographies, fact-based and requirement for screenwriting certificates. 2018 Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. Research always pays off (and not just when it comes to personal material. In addition, you learn how to source NEW NEW historical works of fiction). This is especially true when it for original material and the attaining of rights, including FILM TV 733.999 comes to things that we think we know, things we’ve life rights. The scripts can be preparation for Adaptation FILM TV X 487.65 seen depicted before, like the inner workings of a law II in which full-length features and television pilots will Sound to Scene: All About Women’s Storytelling Narrative Writing for Podcasts firm or the emergency room in a hospital. The most be developed and written. 2.0 units Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, Podcasting’s exploding popularity has spurred a flurry important step in writing a screenplay (or novel) is gaining The Year of the Woman continues—in our culture, in or equivalent. of new opportunities in audio storytelling. Whether you the breadth of knowledge and mastery of the material Congress, and in storytelling. Women-centered story- that’s necessary to write with authority. The facts you find Reg# 366987 are a seasoned print writer or a beginning audio pro- telling is claiming its place on our televisions screens ducer, you come away with the basics of crafting are almost always better than the stuff that you make up, Fee: $575 and streaming services. In this course, you look at the and the creative decisions and choices you make based No refund after 11 Apr. compelling nonfiction narratives with sound and scenes. history of women-centered storytelling on TV, from You learn how to prep for an interview, write to tape, on research leads to improvements that won’t happen in ❖❖ Classroom Murphy Brown, to How to Get Away With Murder, to The any other way. The goal of the course is to learn how to 10 mtgs structure for moments of revelation and develop your Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and from our good old, likeable public radio story pitch or podcast pilot. gain mastery, and become an authority, on the subject of Saturday, 10am-1pm, Apr. 6-June 15 heroines, to female anti-heroes, to the rich and more a script that you intend to write. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Reg# 367018 complex portrayals of women appearing on TV today. Reg# 366986 No meeting May 25. Fee: $79 You discuss the importance of telling stories from a Fee: $695 Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after 3 May. woman’s point of view, as well as its economic impact. No refund after 8 Apr. Warren Lewis, MFA, screenwriter/producer and WGA ❖❖ Classroom You create and write pitches for your own stories. 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FILM TV X 430.73 NEW Writing Funnier and Better Using FILM TV X 433.79 The Writers’ Program Improv Comedy Techniques Pitching and Selling Your Hit Feature 2.0 units Film Script Taught by a successful writer and seasoned improvisa- 1.0 units tional player, this workshop introduces you to the basic Students often ask how to find the key creative ingre- principles of improv comedy performance and applies dients that will help them pitch and sell their feature Proudly Announces the those principles to writing for television and film. As a film. You have one sentence or up to three minutes to comedy writer, you gain so much through learning reveal your character’s inner struggles so that their improv techniques, a greater understanding of the ele- lives feel real, and to invent an entire universe that will ments of a scene and character and knowing how to come alive on the page. Learning how to create these find comedic moments within a scene. Improv also worlds and these characters is a great challenge. Debut of The Write Process gives you greater confidence in yourself and your abili- Learning how to pitch them and their universe is­ ties, and can be an effective tool in overcoming writing ­crucial to a writer’s success. blocks, working with other writers on a writing staff, and Reg# 366634 pitching stories to producers and development execu- A Biweekly Podcast in Which A Writer Talks About Creating a Fee: $305 tives. In a comfortable and supportive environment, you No refund after 29 Apr. Single Work from Concept to Completion. actively participate in improv exercises, games, and ❖❖ Classroom scenes. The goal is to learn the basics of comedy 4 mtgs sketch writing, and you leave the course with three Season 1 includes: Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 16-May 7 completed sketches/scenes (each three-to-five pages). UCLA: Haines Hall Dorothy Blyskal, The 15:17 to Paris Reg# 366970 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Jennifer Caloyeras, Unruly Creatures Fee: $345 Victoria Wisdom, producer/former literary agent at No refund after 20 Apr. Greta Heineman, NCIS: New Orleans ICM, she represented the careers of Christopher ❖❖ Classroom McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), Ernest Thompson (On Zac Hug, Shadowhunters 6 mtgs Golden Pond), and Lone Scherfig (An Education). She Liska Jacobs, Catalina Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 15-May 20 was a partner at Becsey Wisdom Kalajian Agency and UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. sold Criminal Minds to CBS. Elissa Matsueda, Dog Days Enrollment limited to 20 students. Miguel Murphy, Detainee Mark Steen, writer/producer and WGA member whose FILM TV X 478.39 writing credits include sitcom, animation, and sketch Writing Screenplay Coverage Laurel Ollstein, They Promised Her comedy programs. He has performed with various improv 3.0 units the Moon groups in Los Angeles, including The Groundlings, Funny Designed for both aspiring story analysts and screen- You Should Ask, and The Company of Angels. Mae Respicio, The House that Lou Built writers who want to accelerate their careers, this course Stephen Mazur, screenwriter and WGA member whose helps you master the methods used by story analysts Lilliam Rivera, The Education of credits include co-writing Liar, Liar; The Little Rascals; who evaluate submissions to production companies, Margot Sanchez and Heartbreakers. Mr. Mazur also wrote The Crooked E: agencies, and studios. You learn how to do an in-depth The Unshredded Truth about Enron for CBS and Wedding analysis of the three-act structure, as well as dramatic Mark Sarvas, Memento Park March for A&E. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension and comic scene construction. You also learn the pre- Moisés Zamora shares his experience writing for the TV series Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. American Crime. Moisés Zamora, American Crime cise terminology used in story sessions, the foundations for great dialogue, and how to find original approaches FILM TV X 433.71 to established genres. These and other principles Creating Memorable Characters become synthesized into coverage written to the high- Through Their Core est professional standards, in preparation for a job as FILM TV X 430.72 FILM TV X 433.584 2.0 units either a story analyst or screenwriter who needs to The Power of Emotional Structure in TV Pilot Essentials Memorable stories are grounded by great characters. critique his or her own scripts effectively. Film and Television Drama and the TV Business The core of who those characters are drive the story, Reg# 366983 3.0 units 2.0 units but characters need to take action, and those actions Fee: $695 We are all familiar with the motion picture or TV drama What is a pilot? Most people think of a pilot as the first need to ring true to their core as they move from one No refund after 8 Apr. whose plot falls nicely into place like pieces of a puzzle, episode of a series, which it often is—but not always. plot point to the next. Why is your character making that mmOnline logical in every way, yet unmoving; its meaning unex- In this comprehensive course, you explore how a pilot specific choice at a particular moment? What’s their Apr. 3-June 4 pressed; its promise unfulfilled. Why does this happen? is different from a regular episode of a series; define motivation? Whether you are finished with a draft or just Enrollment limited to 15 students. Clearly, understanding plot is not the same as under- elements of a great pilot and how those differ from a have a nugget of an idea, the core of your characters Barney Lichtenstein, MA, professional story analyst standing writing. And cinema makes demands on the feature film; and discover why some pilots get ordered must be excavated. Through examples, discussions, for companies such as Amblin, Imagine, and New Line. screenwriter that are uniquely challenging and go far to series and others, even great ones, do not. In addi- and writing exercises, you discover your characters’ Referring trained story analysts to Sundance Institute beyond the simplicity of a “beginning, middle, and end.” tion, you discuss real-world pilots and series, and dis- needs, wants, and drives. You flush out how your and production companies, he is a UCLA Extension Big screen or small, these creative problems can be as sect their conceptual strengths and weaknesses, as characters think and feel, to discover who they are Outstanding Instructor in Screenwriting and story editor hard to pin down as they are to solve, and always reside well as specific execution (for those publicly available) fundamentally. You also address how the core elements of a Peabody Award winning program. in the story simmering beneath the plot. This is what as it relates to the associated networks’ brand. Through of your characters influence plot and structure, and Emmy Award-winning instructor Peter Dunne calls this process, you gain a better understanding of the discover ways to reveal that through action and dia- “Emotional Structure,” and without it a script can feel differences between a network pilot and a cable pilot, logue. The goal of this course is to chart the emotional empty and superficial, and fail to convey the essence a franchise show, and a mythology show, and see how journey of your protagonist character and leave with of what is trying to be said. This workshop covers the those ideas fit within existing network brand identities. tools that can be applied to make every character, key craft issues of plot, story, characters, and theme, Course also includes insight into the business of televi- regardless of how big or small, play meaningful roles with a concentration on the emotional current beneath sion development and network programming/schedul- in your story. the plot as the connective tissue and driving force of ing. During the course, each student’s one original pilot Reg# 366984 your ideas. The course goal is to clearly define, develop, idea is evaluated to determine its most suitable Fee: $475 and articulate your story’s dramatic depth, and to map network(s) based on its creative content and the net- No refund after 22 Apr. its structure as you write your script’s outline. work brands as identified in class. Each student is also mmOnline Prerequisite(s): One feature film or television writing responsible for creating and presenting an original Apr. 17-May 28 course. network schedule. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 366972 Reg# 366985 Roz Weisberg, MFA, creative producer and book editor, Fee: $575 Fee: $345 whose credits include Beastly and Where the Heart Is. No refund after 6 Apr. No refund after 20 Apr. Ms. Weisberg is a former senior VP of development and ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom production for Storefront Pictures. She has been a 10 mtgs 6 mtgs creative consultant for The Disney Channel, National Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 1-June 10 Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 15-May 20 Geographic, and Focus Features. m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. UCLA: Rolfe Hall Enrollment limited to 20 students. Enrollment limited to 20 students. g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. Peter Dunne, Writer; Emmy- and Peabody Award- Lee Hollin, MEIM, serves as the Senior Vice President, winning producer; WGA and PGA member whose credits Current Programming at Lions Gate. As the former Vice WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. include the dramas CSI, JAG, That’s Life, Melrose Place, President of Current Programming at CBS Entertain- c Nowhere Man, Savannah, and the miniseries, Sybil. He ment, Mr. Hollin oversaw Madam Secretary, The Odd v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. is the author of Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Couple, Jane The Virgin, and Criminal Minds. Beneath the Plot (Quill Driver Press, 2006). & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 5. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 159

Reg# 366684 Fee: $695 Feature Film No refund after 8 Apr. The Writers’ Program Congratulates the Winners of the mmOnline Apr. 3-June 4 Beginning Feature Enrollment limited to 15 students. & 2018 UCLA Extension Film Writing Ron Wilkerson, writer/director and WGA member whose credits include Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Recommended for beginning students, these Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Trade Show. Screenwriting courses build on one another in a four-part He is currently developing Dreamland for ABC Studios sequence. With the close guidance of the instruc- and is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding tor, students share and offer feedback in a sup- Instructor Award in Screenwriting. portive environment focused on assessing the Competitions Reg# 366685 strengths and weaknesses of the work. By the Fee: $695 end of the sequence, students have a completed No refund after 8 Apr. draft of their first feature film script. mmOnline Feature Film Writing Television Spec Writing Apr. 3-June 4 FILM TV X 440A 1st Place: Yisong Chen and Jeremy Ball, 1st Place: Riccardo Angelini, Ash Vs Evil Enrollment limited to 15 students. & Writing the First Screenplay I Valerie Brandy, screenwriter/director/actress and WGA Fortune Springs (Suspense Thriller) Dead: “Live After Death” (Half-Hour) 3.0 units member, who wrote, directed, and starred in the feature The first in a four-part sequence designed to take you 2nd Place: Sophie de Rakoff, Heart of 2nd Place: Lynda Brendish, The Hand- film Lola’s Last Letter. Ms. Brandy has written for both through the full process of writing a feature film screen- the Disney Channel and Denver and Delilah Produc- Glass (Coming-of-Age Drama) maid’s Tale: “Bounty” (One-Hour) play, this course grounds you in the key craft elements tions. She currently serves as a full-time staff writer for of story structure, plot, scene development, character, 3rd Place: Elise Wanger Zell, Zoe+Ari 3rd Place: Jonathan Redding, Disney’s live-action feature department. theme, genre, and dialogue, and shows you how they (Family Dramedy) Designated Survivor: “Trauma” work together to grip an audience’s emotions. You learn Reg# 366686 (One-Hour) how to create and evaluate story ideas; explore how Fee: $695 characters’ inner wants and immediate goals shape No refund after 8 Apr. Television Pilot Writing mmOnline Applications for this year’s and drive a screenplay’s action; see what constitutes 1st Place: Lisa Kors, Princes’ Hospital compelling plots and subplots; and learn how to con- Apr. 3-June 4 competitions are now available. struct a scene. Throughout the course, you complete a Enrollment limited to 15 students. & (One-Hour) Deadline is April 1, 2019. Visit series of exercises which serve as the basis for your Steven Schwartz, screenwriter/producer, WGA mem- ­uclaextension.edu/competitions for script outline, a prose description of your screenplay. ber, Spirit Award nominee for his screenplay for the 2nd Place: Alia Little, Inconspicuous The course goal is to learn how to write effective, Sidney Lumet-directed movie Critical Care. His TV (One-Hour) submission details. compelling scenes and to create a four-to-five-page credits include The Practice and100 Centre Street. He outline that clearly delineates your script’s beginning, has written scripts and pilots for Fox, ABC, FX, Disney, 3rd Place: Jelena Woehr, The Crafty middle, and end. The ability to write an effective outline NBC, Universal, Lionsgate, HBO, and many others. Women’s Wednesday Morning Murder is a critical skill for the professional screenwriter, serves Reg# 366680 Club (One-Hour) as the basis for most pitches, and is required for admis- Fee: $665 sion into X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. This No refund after 9 Apr. course counts toward the 4-course Writing and Direct- ❖❖ Classroom ing Short Films Specialization. 10 mtgs For More Information Reg# 366681 Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 4-June 6 [email protected] | (310) 206-1542 Fee: $665 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 6 Apr. Enrollment limited to 15 students. & ❖❖ Classroom William Hasley, screenwriter and WGA member who Reg# 366747 Reg# 366746 10 mtgs has sold features to 20th Century Fox, Universal, and Fee: $665 Fee: $665 Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 1-June 10 Warner Bros. His TV credits include Swift Justice; Ghost No refund after 6 Apr. No refund after 8 Apr. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Stories; Murder, She Wrote; Kung Fu; Young Riders; and ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom No meeting May 27. Highway to Heaven and has also written for Castle 10 mtgs 10 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. & Rock, Columbia, and Warner Bros. Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 1-June 10 Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 3-June 5 Roberto Marinas, MFA, screenwriter/producer and Reg# 366683 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. WGA member, whose credits include Lasso, Headgame, Fee: $665 No meeting May 27. Enrollment limited to 15 students. and Alien Vs. Zombies. His award-winning screenplay No refund after 11 Apr. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Cynthia Riddle, MFA, award-winning writer/producer, Last Road Home was selected for the 2007 Tribeca Film ❖❖ Classroom Ben van der Veen, screenwriter, WGA member who a former development exec at MGM, and WGA member Festival and he is also a recipient of the Walt Disney 10 mtgs wrote the Steven Soderbergh film Che. He has written who wrote the films Crossroads, Puppy Love, and The Studios Screenwriting Fellowship. Saturday, 10am-1pm, Apr. 6-June 15 and is currently developing projects for Terrence Malik, Brittany Murphy Story. She has also written projects for Reg# 366678 UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. Julian Schnabel, Robert De Niro, Keanu Reeves, Don Netflix, Showtime, PBS, Nickelodeon, Disney, Starz, and Fee: $665 No meeting May 25. Cheadle, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as MarVista, among others. No refund after 7 Apr. Enrollment limited to 15 students. & well as for Amazon Studios and Regency. Reg# 366749 ❖❖ Classroom Koji Steven Sakai, MFA, award-winning screenwriter/ Reg# 366748 Fee: $695 10 mtgs producer/novelist and WGA member, whose feature Fee: $665 No refund after 8 Apr. Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 credits include Dying to Kill, Monsters & Me, #1 Serial No refund after 7 Apr. mmOnline UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Killer, The People I’ve Slept With, and Haunted Highway. ❖❖ Classroom Apr. 3-June 4 Enrollment limited to 15 students. & Mr. Sakai has produced a comedy special for Netflix 10 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. Cynthia Hsiung, producer, writer, director, and execu- and the series Comedy InvAsian. Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 Larry Wilson, screenwriter, director, and producer; WGA tive who served as a producer and head of production UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. member whose feature film credits include Beetlejuice, for Young Hercules, starring Ryan Gosling. Ms. Hsiung FILM TV X 440B Enrollment limited to 15 students. The Addams Family, and The Little Vampire. Mr. Wilson’s was part of the team that launched The Larry Sanders Writing the First Screenplay II Andrew Knauer, MFA, screenwriter and WGA member television credits include Tales from the Crypt, The Year Show and Taxi Cab Confessions at HBO, and was a 3.0 units who wrote The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwar- Without a Santa Claus, and Aliens for Breakfast. He previ- creative executive for MTV’s The Real World. This second in a four-part sequence in writing a feature zenegger, and Ghost Team One (Paramount Pictures). ously worked as a story analyst for Columbia, Warner Reg# 366682 film script has you hit the ground running. You begin by He also wrote a sci-fi/action feature for Universal Pic- Bros. Paramount, and Universal. Fee: $665 pitching your story based on your outline and revising it tures and is currently adapting the comic book, 5 Days Reg# 366750 No refund after 7 Apr. to make sure the premise can carry the entire movie. to Die, for Circle of Confusion. Fee: $695 Armed with a workable outline, you then flesh it out into ❖❖ Classroom kkk No refund after 8 Apr. 10 mtgs either a beat sheet or treatment (at the instructor’s discre- mmOnline Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 tion) and begin writing your screenplay. Personalized Apr. 3-June 4 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. feedback along with mini-lectures on key craft points, Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. & including character development, story structure, and Ronald Raley, screenwriter; WGA member whose Laurence Rosenthal, writer/producer, development conflict, help you to meet the course goal, which is to credits include Edge of Sanity, Dorian, Cupid and Cate, exec and WGA member who supervised the develop- write Act I (approximately 30 pages). May be repeated for The Runaway, and The Locket, for which he received a ment of Scream, Beautiful Girls, Copland, and Citizen credit. This course counts toward the four-course Writing Camie Award. Mr. Raley has worked as a development Ruth. Mr. Rosenthal is a recipient of the UCLA Extension and Directing Short Films Specialization. executive for Cannon Pictures and Hallmark Hall of Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting and is Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I. Fame Productions. also the writer/producer of the film No Manches Frida. Students must bring a four-to-five-page outline they created in Writing the First Screenplay I to first class kkk meeting and be prepared to pitch it. kkk 160 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

FILM TV X 431.102 Feature Film Writing Workshop: Learn the Art The Phyllis Gebauer Acts II and III 3.0 units & Business of This workshop guides you to complete your current project. You focus on developing a successful second Entertainment and third act, with special attention given to structure, Scholarship in Writing character development, emotional content, and cine- Top Hollywood professionals teach: matic style. You also acquire self-editing techniques essential for the professional writer. This is not a rewrite Acting course; you must be working toward the completion of Business & Management This needs-based scholarship program is funded by the late Phyllis Gebauer, a feature-length script and have your outline and Act I of Entertainment a beloved Writers’ Program instructor who was passionate about providing of your script in hand. Prerequisite(s): X 430.101 Feature Film Writing Work- Cinematography learning opportunities for those who lack access. shop: Outline and Act I, or equivalent, or consent of Directing instructor. Up to 6 scholars receive complimentary Applications are now available at Reg# 366757 Entertainment Development enrollment in 3 full-length Writers’ writers.uclaextension.edu/scholarship. Fee: $695 Post-Production Program courses during a 1-year period. No refund after 8 Apr. Deadline to submit materials is June 21. mmOnline Producing Apr. 3-June 4 Film Scoring Enrollment limited to 15 students. Michael Barlow, producer, screenwriter, and WGA Music Business member who, as an executive at Paramount Classics, Music Production oversaw Black Snake Moan and Mad Hot Ballroom. He For More Information was vice president of production at various major stu- Courses start on page 90. dios, including Orion Pictures. His writing credits include (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu the miniseries Kidnapped and the ABC drama Family.

FILM TV X 440C FILM TV X 440D Intermediate Feature Writing the First Screenplay III Writing the First Screenplay IV Advanced Feature 3.0 units 3.0 units Film Writing Film Writing The third in a four-part sequence in writing a feature In the last of a four-part sequence in writing a feature Courses in this section are for students who have Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- film screenplay, this course focuses on the greatest film screenplay, you reach FADE OUT. In the process of completed at least one screenplay. A new project challenge facing screenwriters: writing the second act. writing Act III, you home in on structuring conversations, driven and are designed for students who are is begun with an emphasis on craft issues well into their projects. Admission is by submis- As you write these crucial 60 pages, you refine your explore how to maximize your story’s visual implica- such as structure, character development, and story outline; flesh out main and secondary characters; tions, deepen scene writing skills, assemble scenes to sion only and the selection process is competi- emotional content. Self-editing techniques tive. It is recommended that students take continue to develop the art of the scene as it pertains form powerful sequences, ensure your script’s central are introduced. to type, choice, structure, and placement; and begin to conflict is resolved, and work on theme and imagery. intermediate-level courses prior to submitting discover each character’s unique voice. You also learn Also covered are revision techniques and the business their work. For instructions on submitting work, FILM TV X 431.101 contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 the habits you need to sustain the work of writing a aspects of feature film writing. The goal is to complete Feature Film Writing Workshop: screenplay. The goal is to write Act II. May be repeated writing your first feature film script. or go to writers.uclaextension.edu/continuing- for credit. Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, Outline and Act I students. The submission deadline for spring is Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, and X 440C 3.0 units Mar. 4 at 9am (PST). Visitors are not permitted in and X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. Students Writing the First Screenplay III. Students must bring Designed for writers with at least one screenplay under advanced-level courses. must bring their beat sheets or treatments and Act I to their beat sheets or treatments and Acts I and II to the their belts, this workshop guides you to launch and the first class meeting and be prepared to write. first class meeting and be prepared to write. make significant headway on a new project. The goal FILM TV X 432.5 is to develop a strong premise that sustains your entire Advanced Workshop: Reg# 366752 Reg# 366753 script, create and refine the story outline, and write Act Fee: $665 Fee: $665 One-on-One Feature Film Rewrite I. Brief lectures on craft issues based on the demands 3.0 units No refund after 7 Apr. No refund after 7 Apr. of the participants’ work supplement the workshop. ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom This advanced workshop is intended for 12 serious Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, writers who want to turn good scripts into great ones. 10 mtgs 10 mtgs X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, X 440C Writing Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 9-June 11 Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 You first work closely with the instructor to analyze the First Screenplay III, and X 440D Writing the First your script’s overall strengths and weaknesses. Every UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Screenplay IV, or departmental approval. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. week, you turn in pages, and receive back specific Reg# 366755 notes that help guide you to concentrate on structure, Matthew Harrison, director/writer/producer, whose Donald H. Hewitt, screenwriter and WGA member Fee: $695 credits include Rhythm Thief (Jury Prize, Sundance Film whose feature film credits include the English-language characterization, scene construction, and other aspects No refund after 8 Apr. Festival), Kicked in the Head (executive producer Martin screenplay for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film, of the screenwriting process. As you rewrite, you get mmOnline Scorsese), Spare Me, Sex and the City, Popular, and Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar- further feedback, designed to prepare you to enter Apr. 3-June 4 Dead Last. Mr. Harrison received the UCLA Extension nominated Howl’s Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written screenplay competitions and the commercial market- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Outstanding Instructor Award. for Pixar, Miramax, New Line, and Disney. place. The course goal is to rewrite your full-length Jon Bernstein, screenwriter and WGA member who feature film script. Reg# 366751 Reg# 366754 wrote Meet the Robinsons, Ringmaster, and Beautiful. Prerequisite(s): Submit the feature-length screenplay Fee: $695 Fee: $695 He has worked on film and TV projects for Paramount, that you will rewrite in the course. No refund after 8 Apr. No refund after 8 Apr. DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, NBC/Universal and the mmOnline mmOnline Reg# 366758 CW. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstand- Fee: $785 Apr. 3-June 4 Apr. 3-June 4 ing Instructor Award in Screenwriting. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after 3 Apr. Reg# 366756 mmOnline Kate Marciniak, MA, writer, and professional story Ernie Contreras, screenwriter and WGA member Fee: $665 Apr. 10-June 11 analyst who has worked on studio features and inde- whose credits include the HBO drama Walkout, and the No refund after 8 Apr. Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 pendent movies for over two decades, for companies feature films, Fairy Tale: A True Story and The Page- ❖❖ Classroom ­nonrefundable until Apr 3; no refund thereafter. such as Disney, HBO, Miramax, Dreamworks SKG, master. Mr. Contreras has written and developed scripts 10 mtgs Restricted Course. Discount exempt. Warner Bros. 20th Century Fox, and Amazon Studios. for Walt Disney, Sony, Universal, Fox Searchlight, Para- Wednesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 3-June 5 Course may be taken as a certificate program core mount, DreamWorks, TNT, and Starz/Encore. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. requirement or elective. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Beverly Gray, PhD, screenwriter, author, and develop- Philip Eisner, screenwriter-director and WGA member ment exec who oversaw the development of 170 films who wrote Event Horizon for Paramount Pictures and at Concorde-New Horizons Pictures. Dr. Gray’s newest Firestarter 2: Rekindled for USA Networks. Mr. Eisner book is Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How The Graduate has written for Scott Rudin Productions, Robert De Became the Touchstone of a Generation. She has writ- Niro’s Tribeca Productions, Edward R. Pressman, TriStar, ten biographies of Roger Corman and Ron Howard. Universal Pictures, and The Jim Henson Company. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 161

room.” All student projects must focus on current FILM TV X 431.6 NEW Television shows from a list provided by the instructor; no pilots. Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour FILM TV X 439.31 This course counts toward the four-course Writer’s Spec II Half-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a Fellowship Prep Specialization. 3.0 units Month: Part 1 Beginning Television Writing Reg# 366790 This workshop guides you to write a solid draft spec 3.0 units Fee: $695 script from your half-hour comedy outline and move as Network and cable half-hour comedies are experiencing Recommended for beginning students who are No refund after 8 Apr. far ahead as you can in polishing it. You begin by the new “Golden Age” of television, and the key to creating m writing a spec script of an existing comedy or mOnline reworking your outline to simplify your story, nail down a strong spec script—regardless of the genre or outlet—is drama series. With the close guidance of the Apr. 3-June 4 the essence of your characters, focus and tighten an airtight story and outline. In this intensive workshop, you instructor, students share and offer feedback in Enrollment limited to 15 students. scenes, create mood and pacing, and punch up dia- learn how to turn the classic three-act story structure a supportive environment focused on assessing Claudia Grazioso, MFA, screenwriter and WGA logue from the blueprint you’ve created. You then move (beginning-middle-end) into a three act show, and more the strengths and weaknesses of the work. ­member whose credits include Are We There Yet?, to the writing and polishing stage. On the business side, specifically how to use the tools of storytelling in a way that starring Ice Cube and Nia Long, Bring It On Again, and you deepen your knowledge of the current comedy meets the demands of an existing half-hour television FILM TV X 430.4 Christmas Bounty. Ms. Grazioso has written several series marketplace and map out basic career building show. You make use of the time, effort, and creative Beginning Writing for the One-Hour pilots for ABC, Sony, Fox, HBO, Lifetime, and CBS, and strategies. Students must bring a complete outline to resources involved in writing a Half-hour comedy episode Spec I television movies for ABC Family. the first class. All student projects must focus on cur- of television, up to the point of completion of the outline, 3.0 units Reg# 366785 rent shows; no pilots. This course counts toward the and just prior to writing an actual script. In short, the hard Modeled directly on how writers write in the real world Fee: $665 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. part. By the end of the course, students will have written of one-hour dramas, this course focuses on what is No refund after 11 Apr. Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the two complete story documents, a blended story document most central to creating a strong script as well as the ❖❖ Classroom Half-Hour Spec I. and beat sheet, and a complete outline that will allow them largest piece (40%) of the writer’s deal with any show: 10 mtgs Reg# 366842 to easily construct an episode of television. This is modeled the story and outline. You learn to choose the best story Saturday, 10am-1pm, Apr. 6-June 15 Fee: $665 on the process used in countless writers’ rooms. All for your spec script, map it out from beginning to end, UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 6 Apr. ­student projects must focus on current half-hour shows; and write a strong outline in proper script format. In the No meeting May 25. ❖❖ Classroom animation is okay, no pilots.tbd process, you learn how to identify and capture the tone, Enrollment limited to 15 students. 10 mtgs Reg# 366633 characters, dialogue, and themes of any one-hour Ron McCants, MFA, TV writer, playwright; WGA mem- Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 1-June 3-10 Fee: $665 drama series—the key to breaking into the field. Also ber who has written for Speechless. His plays have UCLA: Kaplan Hall No refund after 12 Apr. covered are the various genres (police procedurals, been produced in L.A. New York and London. Mjr. No meeting May 27. ❖❖ Classroom medical, legal) and their specific rules; what’s popular McCants has been a writer for the Disney ABC Writing Enrollment limited to 15 students. 4 mtgs in the current marketplace; and how to work within the Program and recipient of multiple playwriting awards Tom Pinchuk, TV writer, comic book writer and WGA Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Apr. 13 & 14; special requirements of timeslots, outlets, and styles. and the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship for­ member, whose credits include Ben 10 (Cartoon Net- May 18 & 19 The course goal is to master the process of constructing children’s television. work) and Gormiti: Nature Unleashed (Mondo World). UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. an airtight story and detailed outline so you are ready to Mr. Pinchuk’s comics include Hybrid Bastards, Max Enrollment limited to 15 students. Advance enrollment write a script for any current show as quickly and FILM TV X 431.4 Steel, Unimaginable, Tales From the Acker-Mansion and required; no admittance at the door. expertly as possible. All student projects must focus on Beginning Writing for the One-Hour Hero Hotel. Phil Kellard, TV writer and WGA member who was an current shows; no pilots. This course counts toward the Spec II Reg# 366843 executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. 3.0 units Fee: $695 and a creative consultant for The Inspectors. He has Reg# 366784 Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in No refund after 8 Apr. written for The Disney Channel, Showtime, and Syfy. He Fee: $695 current episodic series production, this course guides mmOnline has received an Emmy Award and the UCLA Extension No refund after 8 Apr. you to write a solid first draft of your script and work Apr. 3-June 4 Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. mmOnline on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and Enrollment limited to 15 students. Apr. 3-June 4 outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing Jim Staahl, writer, producer, and actor; WGA member; NEW Enrollment limited to 15 students. on capturing the essence of the show through its four- two-time Emmy Award nominee whose comedy feature FILM TV X 439.23 Danny Tolli, TV writer/producer most recently on act structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, char- credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveillance, One-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a Shonda Rhimes’ The Catch. Mr. Tolli’s credits include acters, scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you and Blow Hard. Mr. Staahl also has written sketch/variety Month: Part 2 the Stalker (CBS) and The Ropes, a digital series cre- learn how to develop your career game plan and hear shows for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Howie Mandel. 3.0 units ated by Vin Diesel. He is also a National Hispanic Media from industry guest speakers on the business of the Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in Coalition Writing Fellow and is currently chair of the one-hour drama. Students must bring a complete FILM TV X 439.22 current episodic series production, this course guides WGA’s Latino Writers Committee. outline to the first class. All student projects must focus One-Hour TV Spec Script Writing in a you to write a solid first draft of your script and work Reg# 366781 on current shows; no pilots. This course counts toward Month: Part 1 on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and Fee: $665 the 4-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. 3.0 units outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing No refund after 11 Apr. Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the Network and cable one-hour dramas have never been on capturing the essence of the show through its four- ❖❖ Classroom One-Hour Spec I. better, and the key to creating a strong hour-long spec act structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, char- 10 mtgs Reg# 366795 script—regardless of the genre or outlet—is an airtight acters, scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you Saturday, 10am-1pm, Apr. 6-June 15 Fee: $665 story and outline. In this intensive workshop, you learn learn how to develop your career game plan and hear UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. No refund after 6 Apr. how to turn the classic three-act story structure from industry guest speakers on the business of the No meeting May 25. ❖❖ Classroom (beginning-middle-end) into a five or six act show, and one-hour drama. Students must bring a complete Enrollment limited to 15 students. c 10 mtgs more specifically how to use the tools of storytelling in outline to the first class. All student projects must focus Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member Monday, 7-10pm, Apr. 1-June 10 a way that meets the demands of an existing one-hour on current shows; no pilots. who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. television show. You make use of the time, effort, and Reg# 366845 Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on No meeting May 27. creative resources involved in writing an hour-long Fee: $665 the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files Enrollment limited to 15 students. episode of television, up to the point of completion of No refund after 10 May. and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she Lia Langworthy, MFA, TV writer, essayist; WGA mem- the outline, and just prior to writing an actual script. In ❖❖ Classroom co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX. ber whose credits include, Soul Food, The Shield, short, the hard part. By the end of the course, students 4 mtgs General Hospital and Media. Ms. Langworthy has writ- will have written three complete story documents, a Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, May 11 & 12; FILM TV X 430.6 ten for FX, Showtime, ABC and TvOne. She’s also the blended story document, and a complete outline that June 8 & 9 Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour recipient of the ABC Daytime TV Writing Fellowship and will allow them to easily construct an episode of tele­ UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Spec I the Fox Diversity TV Writing Fellowship. vision. This is modeled on the process used in countless Enrollment limited to 15 students. 3.0 units Reg# 366812 writers’ rooms. All student projects must focus on Advanced enrollment required; no admittance This course teaches you how to create an airtight story Fee: $695 current one-hour shows; no pilots. at the door. and outline—the critical first step in writing a strong No refund after 8 Apr. Reg# 366844 Zac Hug, MFA, television writer/producer, WGA member half-hour comedy spec script and a process that makes mmOnline Fee: $665 whose credits include Drop Dead Diva and Shadow- writing your script much easier, faster, and more suc- Apr. 3-June 4 No refund after 5 Apr. hunters: The Mortal Instruments. Mr. Hug was a former cessful. You begin by learning how to pinpoint what Enrollment limited to 15 students. ❖❖ Classroom director of Digital Content at Disney/ABC Television makes any half-hour comedy show tick, studying the Joan Weiss, TV writer/producer, WGA member who 4 mtgs Group and his other credits include These People, appeal and quirkiness of the main characters, and served as a supervising producer/writer on White Collar, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Apr. 6 & 7; #Adulting, Spooksville, and The Malan Show. identifying the unique spin shows put on their stories. Unforgettable, and Journeyman. Ms. Weiss was a May 4 & 5 You then focus on your own script for a current show, writer/producer on Eureka, Everwood, and Summerland. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. finding the story and identifying the comedy in it, learn- Her other credits include Gilmore Girls; Sabrina, the Enrollment limited to 15 students. ing how to pitch it, and creating a workable outline from Teenage Witch; and Grace Under Fire. Advanced enrollment required; no admittance which to write. Instruction also covers the “need to at the door. know” business aspects of the half-hour show, such as Zac Hug, MFA, television writer/producer, WGA member the current use of spec scripts to get jobs and the whose credits include Drop Dead Diva and Shadow- basics of how a comedy writer works on staff, how hunters: The Mortal Instruments. Mr. Hug was a former freelance writers move onto staff, how a writing staff is director of Digital Content at Disney/ABC Television structured, and how writers work collaboratively “in the Group and his other credits include These People, #Adulting, Spooksville, and The Malan Show. 162 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

captures your original vision and matches a network’s likely requirements. You must bring a completed story Advanced Television Writing outline and first 10 pages to the first day of class. Writers’ Program Advanced-level courses are primarily workshop- This course counts toward the four-course Writer’s driven and are designed for students who are well Fellowship Prep Specialization. into their projects. Admission is by submission only Prerequisite(s): X 442.1 Writing the One-Hour Pilot I or and the selection process is competitive. It is rec- X 431.7 Writing the Half-Hour Pilot I, or equivalent, or ommended that students take intermediate-level consent of instructor. Publication Party courses prior to submitting their work. For instruc- Reg# 366957 tions on submitting work, contact the Writers’ Fee: $665 Program at (310) 825-9415 or go to writers.uclaex- Save the Date! No refund after 9 Apr. tension.edu/continuing-students. The submission ❖❖ Classroom deadline for spring is Mar. 4 at 9am (PST). Visitors Tuesday, June 12, 7–9:30pm 10 mtgs are not permitted in advanced-level courses. Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 4-June 6 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. FILM TV X 432.4B (Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:30pm.) Enrollment limited to 15 students. Writing the One-Hour Drama Pilot: Phil Kellard, TV writer and WGA member who was an Advanced Workshop Admission and parking are free; refreshments will be served. executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, 3.0 units and a creative consultant for The Inspectors. He has Join us for spirited readings, book signings, refreshments, and the opportunity to meet In today’s market, a good original pilot is an essential written for The Disney Channel, Showtime, and Syfy. He sample. Neither pure episodes nor stand-alone screen- fellow writers. has received an Emmy Award and the UCLA Extension plays, one-hour pilots nevertheless must have the Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. The featured readers are Writers’ Program instructors who have published work within feeling of both—all in 55-60 pages. This workshop guides you to develop a drama series premise that the past year. NEW combines your original vision with a network’s likely FILM TV X 442.2 requirements. From the idea to pilot story structure and For More Information Writing the One-Hour Pilot II finished script, your goal is to create a pilot that effec- 3.0 units tively establishes ongoing series elements while bring- (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an ing your characters to life. This course counts toward original pilot script from your one-hour outline created the four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Series. FILM TV X 431.7 in a previous course. You start by reworking your story Prerequisite(s): Spec script or original pilot submittal Intermediate Television idea and outline as needed, fixing story problems and is required. Writing the Half-Hour Pilot I maximizing the drama potential. Special attention is Writing 3.0 units Reg# 366965 paid to refining the world, characters, tone, and story Television executives and showrunners want to read Fee: $755 Courses in this section are for students who have of your pilot. You then move toward completing a first original pilots that demonstrate your unique voice and No refund after 4 Apr. completed at least one draft of a spec script of draft of your script, working on scenes, dialogue, and comedic sensibilities. This workshop shows you how to ❖❖ Classroom an existing series. The focus is on writing and action, until it captures your original vision and matches take your original comedy idea and develop a strong 10 mtgs polishing a solid first draft of an original pilot. a network’s likely requirements. You must bring a story, rife with memorable characters and even funnier Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 11-June 13 Students also gain a better understanding of the completed story outline and first 10 pages to the first jokes. Breaking story in the style of a real writer’s room, UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. business of writing for television. day of class. This course counts toward the four-course you develop a compelling story, brainstorm, and support Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. FILM TV X 442.1 another’s vision. By the end of course, you have strong ­nonrefundable until Apr. 4; no refund thereafter. Writing the One-Hour Pilot I act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first Reg# 366630 Restricted Course. Discount exempt. 3.0 units 10 pages of your original half-hour pilot script. This Fee: $695 Course may be taken as a certificate program core Anyone who wants to work as a professional television course counts toward the four-course Writer’s Fellow- No refund after 8 Apr. requirement or elective. m c writer has to be able to submit top-notch original mate- ship Prep Specialization. mOnline Douglas Steinberg, TV writer/exec producer and WGA rial to agents and showrunners. In this fast-paced Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the Half- Apr. 3-June 4 member, whose credits include The Tonight Show, Wild course, you take your idea for a one-hour TV series and Hour Spec I and X 431.6 Beginning Writing the Half- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Card, St. Elsewhere, and Moonlighting. Mr. Steinberg turn it into an outline, write intensively, and get feed- Hour Spec II, or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose was the creator/exec producer for Combat Hospital and back from the instructor and fellow participants every Reg# 366846 numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; exec producer on Boston Public. He has worked on 10 week. Throughout this process, you learn how to envi- Fee: $665 Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; ensemble dramas as a writer/producer. sion the world of your show, create characters and No refund after 7 Apr. and Walker, Texas Ranger. She received the UCLA Exten- conflict, build a storytelling engine, and nail down your ❖❖ Classroom sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. FILM TV X 432.6B show’s structure, tone, story, and act breaks. By the end 10 mtgs Writing the Half-Hour Comedy Pilot: of course, you have strong act breaks, a full beat out- Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 2-June 4 NEW Advanced Workshop line, and a critique of the first 10 pages of your original UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. FILM TV X 432.7 3.0 units one-hour pilot script. This course counts toward the Enrollment limited to 15 students. Writing the Half-Hour Pilot II A key component of every television writing portfolio is four-course Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. Eric Abrams, screenwriter/producer and WGA member, 3.0 units an original writing sample which illustrates both the Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the whose television credits include Liv & Maddie, Married This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an “voice” and saleable capabilities of a new writer. This One-Hour Spec I and X 431.4 Beginning Writing for with Children, Abby, among many others. Mr. Abrams original pilot script from your half-hour outline created workshop guides you to develop a half-hour premise the One-Hour Spec II, or equivalent, or consent co-wrote the feature film Crocodile Dundee in Los in a previous course. You start by reworking your story that combines your original vision with a network’s likely of instructor. Angeles and has sold pilots to Fox, NBC, CBS and UPN. idea and outline as needed, fixing story problems and requirements. From the idea to pilot story structure and finished script, your goal is to create a half-hour com- Reg# 366849 Reg# 366847 maximizing the comic potential. Special attention is paid edy pilot that effectively establishes ongoing series Fee: $695 Fee: $695 to refining the world, characters, tone, and story of your elements while bringing your characters to life. This No refund after 8 Apr. No refund after 8 Apr. pilot. You then move toward completing a first draft of m course is open to those who wish to write animated mOnline mmOnline your script, working on scenes, dialogue, and action, pilots as well as live action. Apr. 3-June 4 Apr. 3-June 4 until it captures your original vision and matches a Prerequisite(s): Submit a half-hour spec script or Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. network’s likely requirements. You must bring a com- pleted story outline and first 10 pages to the first day original pilot; for instructions on submitting a script visit Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member Barry Vigon, MFA, writer/producer, and WGA member of class. This course counts toward the four-course writers.uclaextension.edu/courses/ who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: who served as a co-exec producer on Malcolm & Eddie Writer’s Fellowship Prep Specialization. advanced-submission-guidelines. Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on and Martin, a producer on Something Wilder, and a the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files supervising producer on Veronica’s Closet. Mr. Vigon Reg# 366631 Reg# 367406 and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she wrote for Soap, Roseanne, and Fame, and created pilots Fee: $695 Fee: $775 co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX. for CBS, NBC, ABC, and The Disney Channel. No refund after 8 Apr. No refund after 2 Apr. Reg# 366848 mmOnline ❖❖ Classroom Fee: $665 FILM TV X 433.7 Apr. 3-June 4 10 mtgs No refund after 9 Apr. Writing the One-Hour or Half-Hour Enrollment limited to 15 students. Tuesday, 7-10pm, Apr. 9-June 11 ❖❖ Classroom Pilot II Andrew Osborne, MA, screenwriter and WGA member UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. 10 mtgs whose indie film credits include On_Line, The F Word, Enrollment limited to 12 students. $100 3.0 units ­nonrefundable until Apr. 2; no refund thereafter. Thursday, 7-10pm, Apr. 4-June 6 This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an and Apocalypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy Restricted Course. Discount exempt. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. original pilot script from your one-hour or half-hour Award for the Discovery Channel program, Cash Cab. Enrollment limited to 15 students. He has developed projects for Warner Bros. HBO, MTV, Course may be taken as a certificate program core outline created in a previous course. You start by requirement or elective. Charlie Craig, MFA, television writer/executive pro- reworking your story idea and outline as needed, fixing and Orion. c Barry Vigon, MFA, writer/producer, and WGA member ducer; WGA member who has served as a showrunner story problems and maximizing the drama or comic who served as a co-exec producer on Malcolm & Eddie for seven cable and network shows, including Syfy’s potential. Special attention is paid to refining the world, and Martin, a producer on Something Wilder, and a Eureka and Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars. Mr. Craig was characters, tone, and story of your pilot. You then move supervising producer on Veronica’s Closet. Mr. Vigon a writer and supervising producer for The X-Files (Fox), toward completing a polished first draft of your script, wrote for Soap, Roseanne, and Fame, and created pilots and as a writer and consulting producer for Invasion working on scenes, dialogue, and action, until it (ABC), among others. for CBS, NBC, ABC, and The Disney Channel.