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COMPARATIVE & ENGLISH WRITERS’ PROGRAM POETRY FEATURE FILM WRITING LITERATURE WRITERS STUDIO 166 Poetry 170 Feature Film Writing I 159 Comparative Literature (Beginning) 162 Writers Studio WRITING FOR THE YOUTH MARKET 159 English Composition 172 Feature Film Writing II 167 Writing for the Youth Market 159 Literature CREATIVE WRITING (Intermediate) 163 General Interest: Beginning CREATIVE NONFICTION 172 Feature Film Writing III JOURNALISM and Novice 167 Creative Nonfiction I (Advanced) 159 Journalism 163 General Interest: Special (Beginning) Subjects and Themes TELEVISION WRITING 168 Creative Nonfiction II 173 Television Writing I FICTION (Intermediate) (Beginning) 165 Fiction I (Beginning) 169 Creative Nonfiction III 174 Television Writing II 165 Fiction II (Intermediate) (Advanced) (Intermediate) 166 Fiction III (Advanced) 175 Television Writing III (Advanced)

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY “I had a great experience with the Writers’ Program…the deadline of having something due helped pull two incredible pieces out of me.” — Sam Polk, former Writers’ Program student and author of For the Love of Money: A Memoir Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 161

UCLA Extension Writers’ Program Presents Writers Studio 2017 4-Day Intensive Workshops in Screenwriting & Creative Writing Thursday–Sunday, February 9–12, Westwood: 1010 Westwood ­Center

What Is the Writers Studio? Writers Studio 2017 Workshops Writers Studio Fee Push aside the demands and deadlines of This year’s workshops offer a rich variety of The $886 discounted fee* includes: daily life and dive into your writing at the learning experiences. Writers Studio. • Registration in one 4-day workshop During 4 intensive days, you learn and Creative Writing • Continental breakfast on Thursday morning write in a workshop equivalent to a regular Courage and Craft: A Writing Workshop • Complimentary coffee available throughout 10-week Writers’ Program course. to Jumpstart Your Creativity the day Select 1 workshop from a choice of 10, each with Barbara Abercrombie • Special guest on Saturday taught by a Writers’ Program instructor Writing the Memoir Sunday reception with light refreshments who is also an accomplished screenwriter, • with Samantha Dunn novelist, short fiction writer, editor, creative­ Refund Policy nonfiction writer, or literary agent. Making a Scene: Essential Elements with Daniel M. Jaffe A $150 administrative fee is withheld from all refunds. Refund requests must be post- Writing from Below the Neck: marked or phoned in by January 9, 2017. No A Theatrical Approach to refunds are available after that date (full Creating Characters refund if workshop is canceled, discontin- Writers Studio instructor Leon Martell with Leon Martell ued, or rescheduled). Writing the First Novel * Fee is $985 after January 9. How to Enroll with Mark Sarvas Online True Fiction: Visit uclaextension.edu/writersstudio Writing Stories Inspired by Our Lives for full information on the Writers Studio. Follow the links to complete your secure with Steven Wolfson enrollment. Screenwriting Phone Writing Your First Feature Film Enrollment by phone is highly recom- mended as you will find out immediately with Jon Bernstein which workshops are available. Call Creating the Half-Hour TV Pilot (800) 825-9971 and have your American and Series Express, ­Discover, JCB, MasterCard, or VISA ready. Writers Studio instructor Phil Kellard with Phil Kellard Creating the One-Hour TV Pilot Other Requirements and Series Attendees will be emailed detailed logisti- with Richard Manning cal information beginning in November. Please provide your email address when Creating Powerful Scenes for Writers Studio instructor Samantha Dunn Film and TV you register. with Billy Mernit Pages 162–163.

Praise from One of Last Year’s Participants “ I recommend the Writers Studio because you get practical tools, techniques, and confidence to hone your craft—no matter what stage you are at.” — Marlene Garcia, Woodland Hills, CA, 2016 Writers Studio participant

For More Information About the Writers Studio [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu/writers-studio 162 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 NEW ENGL X 462.76 Creating the Half-Hour TV Pilot ENGL X 448.9C Writing the First Novel and Series Writers’ Program Writing from Below the Neck: 3.0 units 3.0 units A Theatrical Approach to Creating Writing the first novel can be daunting, at times, even Today, you need that original half-hour pilot script in Characters downright lonely. Though being a writer means being your portfolio to break into the business of writing alone, writing on your own, it’s good to come out of the 3.0 units television comedy. In this lively workshop, discover the cave and seek the company of other like-minded Writers Studio Many novels, short stories, screenplays, and plays ingredients you need to create great sitcoms, learn individuals for inspiration, support, and to brainstorm stagnate because they originate and get bogged down contemporary techniques to give comic conventions a NEW ideas. In this class, you are part of a small group of in ”ideas.” While ideas are important, they are most fresh feel, and then set about turning your pilot concept writers working towards the same goal—to write an ENGL X 400.03B compelling when their effects are manifested in the into a show that has the ”legs” to last five years. In a amazing first novel. Together, we explore the elements True Fiction: characters’ behavior. This course starts with exercises professional writing room atmosphere, find and select of successful novel writing, develop three-dimensional Writing Stories Inspired by Our Lives that smash through ”writer’s block,” exploring the the ideas to build that outline and unearth the unique characters, and understand structure, plot, and scene 3.0 units behavior of character and the irritants that provoke ingredients you bring to the mix: your own comic sen- dynamics. This intensive workshop consists of reading The old adage ”write what you know” too often negates action. It then moves to uncovering the story that sibility, your experience, your creative inspiration, your assignments (where you will learn what it means to the truth that a part of what we ”know” is in our imagi- already exists in the writer’s creative unconscious and cousin who runs the network. Okay, not everyone has ”read like a writer”), in-class exercises, assigned writ- nation. It is the blending of our personal experiences shaping it into presentable form. Taking a theatrical a useful cousin, but you will leave the workshop with a ing, lectures on craft, and the give-and-take of critique and what we can imagine that helps to create some of approach to discovering ”driven” characters, you write solid outline and encouragement to write the script that workshops. The goal is for you to create a solid outline our most powerful narratives. In this intensive writing from physical impulses and use concrete sensory might be your ticket into the business of writing half- of your novel (or a solid plan for finding your way to the workshop, for beginner and non-beginner alike, you images to spark writing that is dense and rich in hour shows. heart of your story), write a first chapter, and acquire study important elements such as turning-point stories, observable clues. Once the specific characters are Reg# 350222 the tools you need to keep you going when you return the complexities of character emotions, and the quest developed, you discover—rather than impose—a struc- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not to your cave. for organic conflict, all through a series of in-class ture for your piece of fiction, screenplay, or play. permitted. writing exercises. You learn to build a firm foundation Reg# 350234 Reg# 350225 $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. for your fiction, one amazingly rooted in what you have Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not Phil Kellard, writer-director; WGA member who was actually lived. The goal of the workshop, whether you’re permitted. permitted. executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, writing drama or comedy, is to find a deeper authentic- $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. and producer on Doogie Howser, MD, and who has ity in your writing while completing several new works Mark Sarvas, writer, author of the novel Harry, Revised Leon Martell, MFA, playwright, actor, and director, written pilots for The Disney Channel, Showtime, FBC, of short fiction. (Bloomsbury), a finalist for the SoCal Independent whose plays include STEEL: John Henry and the and Syfy. Mr. Kellard received an Emmy Award for Booksellers Association’s Fiction Award, and the forth- Reg# 350224 Shaker, winner of two 2002 Ovation Awards, and who instructional programming and the UCLA Extension coming Memento Park (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Mr. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not directed String of Pearls at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Martell’s Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting, and is a Sarvas’s literary blog, The Elegant Variation, was a permitted. work is performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the contributing author to Inside the Room (Gotham Books/ Forbes magazine Best of the Web pick, and a Los $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. Hollywood Bowl, and he is a regular participant in the Penguin). Currently he is serving as a creative consul- Angeles Magazine ” Top L.A. Blog.” Steven Wolfson, MFA, award-winning playwright, and Library Girl fiction reading series. He is a recipient of tant for CBS’s The Inspectors. Fee: $985 founding member of The Mark Taper Forum’s Mentor the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Fee: $985 ❖❖ Classroom Playwrights Project. Mr. Wolfson’s latest play, The Creative Writing. ❖❖ Classroom 4 mtgs Absence of Wanting, premiered in Portland in 2012, Fee: $985 4 mtgs Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 followed by its European premiere in Berlin. A WGA ❖❖ Classroom Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, member, Mr. Wolfson is the recipient of two UCLA 4 mtgs Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, February 10-12 Extension Outstanding Instructor Awards in Creative Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 February 10-12 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Writing and Screenwriting. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Fee: $985 February 10-12 ❖❖ Classroom 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. ENGL X 441.2I FILM TV X 436.8WS 4 mtgs Writing the Memoir Writing Your First Feature Film Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 ENGL X 423.23 3.0 units 3.0 units Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Making a Scene: Essential Elements Humorous coincidences, extreme trauma, famous Screenwriting is a fun yet complex process that com- exploits--these are often mistaken as the ingredients February 10-12 3.0 units bines creativity and disciplined craft. It’s storytelling with necessary for memoir writing. Not true. The real work 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Just as the scene is the building block of the stage play rules. In this fun, friendly, and inspiring workshop, we of memoir is about turning life into art, the kind of lit- or screenplay, the scene is also the cornerstone of the first focus on the story. Is it original and compelling? erature that speaks to the humanity of us all. This ENGL X 400.01 short story and novel; in these prose forms, the writer Does the protagonist have a strong desire and a mean- four-day intensive class is unlike any other in the way Courage and Craft: explores what is first discovered from moments of ingful journey with many obstacles to overcome? Is there it helps writers enter the psychological space where A Writing Workshop to Jumpstart character behavior at a specific time in a particular an emotionally resonant theme? And most importantly, their deepest stories lie. It then provides them the tools Your Creativity space. In this workshop, you examine the Six Essential do we care? Then we focus on the rules. What is the for rendering those stories in compelling prose. Special 3.0 units S’s of Scene Building: Setting, Situation, Structure, inciting incident? What is the act one break that spring focus is given on how to forge an involving story line Whether you’re an experienced writer currently feeling Subtext, Summary, and Suspense. By focusing on boards into the central problem of the story? What is the out of the unwieldy mass of life experience. You learn stuck, or taking your first steps into a writing career, discrete scenes within the context of your whole story midpoint reveal that provides new, vital information? to employ fictional techniques, like characterization, this workshop helps jumpstart your creativity into or novel, you have the opportunity to explore the effect What is the act two break in which your hero’s greatest dialogue and plot, to transform personal experience into concrete literary form and offers you what writers need and impact of scenic construction and the way scenes fear is realized? Is your resolution surprising, and does artful stories relevant to readers. Self-revelation, per- most: courage. By exploring fiction, memoir, and essays, can be used to build an intellectually coherent and it reinforce the main theme? Through a series of lec- haps the form’s greatest challenge, is explored in depth. you discover how each literary genre can inform and emotionally engaging narrative. In addition, you study tures, writing exercises, and story boarding with note You also learn how to transfer the people in your life enrich the others, and which is most suited for your scenes by published authors, then concentrate on writ- cards, you learn the basics of screenwriting while craft- onto the page with integrity and honesty. Finally, the story. Writing exercises help you break through blocks ing scenes and sharing them with your fellow writers ing your idea into a feature-length screenplay outline. course will provide the insight and experience of guest and forge new directions in your work, whether fiction for discussion and analysis, culminating in the comple- By the end of the course, you will have a professional- authors, which also serves as a great networking or nonfiction. By the end of the workshop, you will have tion of a draft short story or novel excerpt. style outline that is the blueprint for your screenplay. No opportunity. previous screenwriting experience necessary. completed a first draft of a personal essay, short story, Reg# 350257 Reg# 350207 or chapter of a novel or memoir. No previous writing Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not Reg# 350279 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not experience is required. permitted. Course may be taken as a certificate core permitted. Reg# 350211 $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. requirement. $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not Daniel Jaffe, MFA, internationally published fiction Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not Samantha Dunn, author of the memoirs Faith in Carlos permitted. writer, essayist, and literary translator whose latest permitted. Gomez: A Memoir of Salsa, Sex, and Salvation (Henry $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. novel is The Genealogy of Understanding, a Rainbow $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. Holt and Co.) and Not by Accident: Reconstructing a Barbara Abercrombie, author of 15 books, including Award finalist and honorable mention. Mr. Jaffe’s other Jon Bernstein, screenwriter, WGA member who wrote Careless Life, as well as the novel Failing Paris. Ms. Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story, A Year work includes The Limits of Pleasure, selected by Meet the Robinsons, Ringmaster, and Beautiful (starring Dunn’s articles have appeared in Los Angeles Times, O of Writing Dangerously, and Kicking in the Wall. Ms. ForeWord Magazine as a Book of the Year Award final- Minnie Driver directed by Sally Field). Mr. Bernstein has (Oprah), Ms., and Glamour, among many others. She is Abercrombie is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Dis- ist, and Jewish Gentle and other Stories of Gay-Jewish worked on film and TV projects for Paramount, Dream- a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor tinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension Living. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Out- Works, 20th Century Fox, NBC/Universal and the CW. Award in Creative Writing. Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. standing Instructor Award in Creative Writing. He recently wrote and directed the hit stage musical Fee: $985 Fee: $985 Fee: $985 McCready. Current film projects include The Unraveling ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom (Neil Abramson, director) and Brian Wonders (Victor 4 mtgs 4 mtgs 4 mtgs Robert, director). He is a contributing author to Cut to Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, Fee: $985 February 10-12 February 10-12 February 10-12 ❖❖ Classroom 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. 4 mtgs Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, February 10-12 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 163

FILM TV X 435.8WS Creating the One-Hour TV Pilot and Series Creative Writing The Writers’ Program Congratulates 3.0 units Choose the right course for you. For advisement If you want to break into the business of writing one- on on-site creative writing courses, call Phoebe hour dramas, you need at least one pilot script in your Lim at (310) 825-9416 or Carla Janas at (310) Our 2016 Phyllis Gebauer portfolio. In this fast-paced, exciting workshop, you 267-4888. Many creative writing courses also are develop your rough idea into an original television offered online. For advisement on online creative series. Brainstorming with other writers in a creative writing courses, call Ani Cooney at (310) 825-0107 Scholarship in Writing and positive environment, you test your franchise to see or Nutschell Windsor at (310) 794-1846. if it can generate 100 episodes, build compelling characters, ”break” a strong pilot story, and draw upon your own sensibilities, unique voice, and life experi- General Interest: Recipients ences to make your work stand out in the crowd. On the business side, you practice pitching your pilot ideas, Beginning & Novice gain insights into the ever-expanding TV marketplace, and experience the creative benefits (and the fun) of These basic creative writing courses are for participating in a collaborative, supportive TV ”writers’ students with little or no prior writing experi- Saul Alpert-Abrams Mara Marski room”—working the same way that professional writers ence. Instruction is exercise-driven; the pro- do. By the end of four days, you’ll have a clear, concise cess of “workshopping,” where students are Mia Altieri Xenia Shin pitch for your original series plus a solid story outline asked to share and offer feedback on each for your pilot episode. Bring to class two-to-three origi- others’ work with guidance from the instruc- nal concepts that you want to develop. tor, is introduced. These courses may be used Kathryn Canty Brian Spellman Reg# 350285 to fulfill Creative Writing certificate require- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not ments; contact the Writers’ Program at (310) Robert Carey Samuel Temblador permitted. 825-9415 for details. $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. Richard Manning, MFA, television writer/producer; WGA ENGL X 448.4 Shanrica Evans Leah Yananton member whose credits include Farscape; Star Trek: Fiction for Absolute Beginners The Next Generation; When Calls the Heart; TekWar; 2.0 units Beyond Reality (which he co-created); Sliders; Fame; This course offers you the chance to get your feet wet Each recipient is given the opportunity For more information about the Knightwatch; as well as features, TV pilots, animation, by learning the basic elements of story, characters, to enroll in 3 full-length Writers’ Program Phyllis Gebauer Scholarship, visit webisodes, and a web series pilot. He is a contributing conflict, point-of-view, and dialogue. You write a short courses during a 1-year period.* writers.uclaextension.edu/scholarship. author to Inside the Room (Gotham Books/Penguin). piece that focuses on the craft element being explored Fee: $985 each week, and leave the course with a mini-portfolio Applications for the 2017 Scholarship will ❖❖ Classroom in hand. be available in March. 4 mtgs Reg# 350338 Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Enrollment limited to 15 students. * Some restrictions apply. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, No refund after February 21. c February 10-12 Tantra Bensko, MFA, fiction writer, poet, and award- 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. winning author with hundreds of creative writing pub- lications, four chapbooks, one Slipstream novella from FILM TV X 435.38WS ELJ Publications, and two full-length fiction books. A Creating Powerful Scenes for graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Ms. Bensko Film and TV has a psychological suspense series, The Agents of the General Interest: Special ENGL X 481 3.0 units Nevermind published by Insubordinate Books. Creating Memorable Characters The secret to success as a screenwriter or TV episodic Fee: $455.00 Subjects & Themes mm 2.0 units writer is being able to write powerfully constructed Online Vivid, complex characters are at the heart of good fic- scenes populated by original characters that compel a February 15-March 29 Unless otherwise noted in the description, courses in this section are open to students of all tion. Whether we choose to render our characters reader to want to keep reading. This intensive workshop through spare details or extensive description, we need analyzes highly successful scenes and sequences as levels who want to focus on a specific area of study. These courses may be used to fulfill Cre- to know them thoroughly. Why are some protagonists well as provides structured writing assignments and more memorable than others? What distinguishes one review of your work in order to provide the tools neces- ative Writing certificate requirements; contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415 for details. fictional villain from another? Which aspects of charac- sary to conceive, write, and edit professional-caliber terization should we contemplate as we develop our scenes and sequences. By working on emotional con- characters? The goals are to develop an understanding text, narrative intensity, organic escalations, and high- ENGL X 406.25 Emotion into Art: Infusing Your of the techniques involved in creating and developing impact pacing, you create memorable scenes essential memorable characters, and to produce a lengthy char- for any successful screenplay or pilot. Throughout the Writing with Feeling acter sketch (2,000-4,000 words) that can serve as the course, you hear your scenes workshopped, and receive 2.0 units foundation for a short story or other work of fiction. feedback on the dynamics of your work. You leave the How do writers make you laugh and cry? This course course with a set of scenes written/re-written, new is designed for beginners and those who want to juice Reg# 350334 writing tools, and fresh insights into your work, includ- Course Icons up their writing and gain mastery to do both. You begin Enrollment limited to 15 students. ing a scene-writing checklist that you are able to use by exploring emotion-packed fiction, short prose, and No refund after February 21. c as a ”scene enhancer” for years to come. poems to discover tips, tricks, and strategies to make Daniel Jaffe, MFA, internationally published fiction Provide readers ache, cheer characters on, or hold their sides writer, essayist, and literary translator whose latest Reg# 350289 novel is The Genealogy of Understanding, a Rainbow Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not with laughter. You also learn about gesture, pacing, Award finalist and honorable mention. Mr. Jaffe’s other permitted. Information tone, juxtaposition, hyperbole, personification, double work includes The Limits of Pleasure, selected by $150 nonrefundable; no refund after January 9. entendres, and more. Through stimulating writing ForeWord Magazine as a Book of the Year Award final- , MFA, screenwriter and novelist; WGA At-a-Glance exercises, you are encouraged to find your own voice Billy Mernit ist, and Jewish Gentle and other Stories of Gay-Jewish member who is a story analyst for Universal Pictures and create short writing (prose or poems) about yourself Living. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension and the author of Writing the Romantic Comedy and/or fictional characters that can attract the attention m ONLINE COURSE Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. (Harper/Collins) and Imagine Me and You (Shaye Are- of readers and editors. Technical requirements, page 4 Fee: $455 heart/Random House). Mr. Mernit is a recipient of the Reg# 350337 mmOnline UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor Award and the g HYBRID COURSE, page 4 Enrollment limited to 15 students. February 15-March 29 Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. He is No refund after February 7. c & also a contributing author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4 Rochelle J. Shapiro, writer whose novel, Miriam the Books/Penguin). c Medium, was nominated for the Harold U. Ribelow Fee: $985 v ON-GROUND COURSE Award, and its sequel Kaylee’s Ghost was an Indie ❖❖ Classroom Award Finalist. Ms. Shapiro’s essays have been pub- 4 mtgs & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED lished in The New York Times and Newsweek. Her short Thursday, 9am-5:30pm, February 9 Visit our website for textbook story collection What I Wish You’d Told Me, was pub- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10am-6pm, information. lished by Shebooks, and her poetry was published in February 10-12 The Iowa Review, Sedge, and Moment. She won the 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. C UC CREDIT Branden Memorial Literary Award. 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ENGL X 456.25 Reg# 350624 Finding Your Story: An Introductory Enrollment limited to 20 students. Creative Writing Workshop No refund after February 3. & Don’t Just Take , best-selling true crime writer, novelist, 2.0 units Lowell Cauffiel The scariest part of writing is staring at that blank page! screenwriter, and film and television producer. Mr. This workshop is for anyone who has wanted to write Cauffiel has appeared on MSNBC, Court TV and A&E, but doesn’t know where to start, or for writers who feel and has produced and appeared in dozens of documen- Our Word for It! stuck and need a new form or jumping off point for taries about his books. He was also named an award- unique story ideas. The course provides a safe, playful winning writer for The Detroit News and Detroit Monthly atmosphere to experiment with different resources for Magazine. stories, such as life experiences, news articles, inter- Fee: $415 “ I recommend the Writers Studio because you views, history, and mythology. A series of in-class exer- ❖❖ Classroom get better in such an intense and immersive cises explore or introduce different writing forms, such 6 mtgs as short stories, personal essay, plays, and even poems Wednesday, 7-10pm, February 1-March 8 environment; there is no way to fade into or songs, and generate a notebook filled with unique UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. the background. Plunge into it and let it work story ideas from which you craft several short pieces. NEW its magic.” Reg# 350557 Enrollment limited to 20 students. ENGL X 432 — Jennifer Carson, Santa Monica, CA No refund after February 20. Micro Fiction: 2016 Writers Studio Participant Laurel Ollstein, MFA, award-winning playwright whose A Course In The Really Short Story play Cheese was published by Original Works Publish- 2.0 units ing. Ms. Ollstein’s work has been produced around the Micro fiction contains all the elements of fiction-plot, 2017 Writers Studio country, including Esther’s Moustache, Blackwell’s dialogue, structure, character, point of view-in a maxi- Thursday-Sunday, February 9–12 Corner, Insomniac, and The Dark Ages, among others. mum of 250 words or one typed page. The brevity of She is a former member of the Actor’s Gang, currently the form and its immediacy allow you to get to the heart For more information see page 162. is an artistic associate of Playwrights Arena, and her of the story and to come up with a complete and fin- Jennifer Carson essays have been published by Freshyarn.com and Tiny ished work every time. Through reading assignments, Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative. discussions of craft elements that will help you write Fee: $415 tight and solid stories, and a safe, supportive workshop ❖❖ Classroom atmosphere, you write as many as four micro fiction a scene feel real? When and how do you reveal infor- ENGL X 407 6 mtgs stories and revise one. No previous creative writing mation? In this workshop, you answer these questions Writer as Witness to Life Thursday, 10am-1pm, February 16-March 23 experience required. 3.0 units by drafting and revising individual scenes that will build 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Reg# 350623 ”A writer’s work is to witness things,” states essayist into a short story or novel chapter. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Edward Hoagland. But how do you write creatively about Reg# 350305 ENGL X 452.22 No refund after February 24. events and experiences that are personal and important & Enrollment limited to 15 students. Finding Your Voice Ian Wilson, MFA, MA, fiction writer and poet whose to you without getting too self-absorbed, sentimental, No refund after January 24. 2.0 units work has appeared in North American Review, The preachy, or narrow? Through reading like a writer, dis- c Carmiel Banasky, MFA, author of the novel The Sui- You’ve lived, listened, seen, had a childhood–there’s Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and The cussions, lessons on craft techniques, and practicing cide of Claire Bishop (Dzanc Books, 2015). Ms. Ban- your raw material. Now it’s a question of channeling Boston Literary Review, among many others. Mr. Wil- those techniques in your writing, you learn to enhance asky’s fiction has been featured in Prairie Schooner, and shaping that experience with the tools of literary son’s story collection, Hunger and Other Stories, and your observational abilities, strengthen your descriptive Slice Magazine, PEN America, American Short Fiction, craft. In this beginner’s course, you explore the basics his novella Great Things Are Coming, were published skills, and write artfully on a human, universal level. Glimmer Train Stories, The Rumpus, and on NPR, of the three major genres–fiction, nonfiction, and by Hollyridge Press. Some topics you might explore as a ”witness to life” among others. poetry–reading and practicing within those areas of Fee: $415 include memories, the life or death of a loved one, Fee: $640 expression to help you find the modes that best fit your ❖❖ Classroom family history, socio-political or historical events, or a mm Online story and your voice. Each week you turn in short writ- 6 mtgs specific time or place. This course is appropriate for January 18-March 29 ing assignments that help you get your feet wet with Wednesday, 7-10pm, February 22-March 29 fiction and memoir writers. The course goal is to have craft aspects like description, character, dialogue, etc. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. a revised draft of a short story or chapter, the beginning ENGL X 457 These assignments culminate in a finished very short of a short story or chapter, or a series of sketches. Writing Fantasy story or essay or poem that you present on the last day ENGL 770 Prerequisite(s): One previous beginning creative writing 3.0 units of class to a supportive workshop. Taking the Mystery out of the course. The fantasy genre goes well beyond popular stereo- Reg# 350560 types of elves, dragons, and magic. And while stories Mystery: How to Write the Reg# 350303 Enrollment limited to 20 students. featuring these elements fall within the genre, this Mystery Novel Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after February 23. No refund after January 24. course opens up fantastic literature’s vast possibilities & This course is a one-day crash course in how to put Ryan McIlvain, MFA, author of Elders: A Novel (Hogarth/ c for aspiring writers. You first learn how the basic ele- your dream on paper with a commitment of just 15 liz gonzález, MFA, author of the volume of poems, Random House). Mr. McIlvain’s stories and essays have ments of fiction--such as point of view, world-building, minutes a day. You learn how to determine which Beneath Bone. Ms. gonzález’s work has appeared in appeared in The Paris Review, The Believer, Potomac description, character, and plot--are used by fantasy mystery sub-genre best suits your style and interests, Wide Awake: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Review, Chattahoochee Review, Post Road, The Rum- writers to conjure rich, deep, and uncanny universes. explore the basic tools of storytelling, and develop your Inlandia: A Literary Journey, BorderSenses Literary & pus, and FiveChapters, among others. A former Stegner You then explore the major tropes of fantastic literature, sleuth, sidekick, and villain. Through helpful exercises, Arts Journal, Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University, his second novel and through a series of writing exercises, put that tips, and tricks to overcome the inevitable roadblocks Angeles, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among oth- is forthcoming from Hogarth/Random House. ers. She was recently awarded an Irvine Fellowship at knowledge into practice. Finally, you build your own (full-time job, family obligations, or attacks of self- Fee: $415 fantasy short story or the opening chapter of a novel, doubt), you gain the confidence and tools to start your the Lucas Artists Residency Program, and is the orga- ❖❖ Classroom workshop it, and utilize feedback to execute and resub- journey to publication. You also get frank and helpful nizer and host of the Uptown Word Reading and Arts. 6 mtgs mit a substantial revision of your original submission. advice on what will be expected of you, the author, in Fee: $640 Tuesday, 7-10pm, February 21-March 28 mm The course goal is to have in hand 20-25 pages of terms of self-promotion and marketing, including the Online UCLA: Humanities Bldg. January 18-March 29 polished prose. importance of a website and building a social platform. Note: Although the course is geared toward the mystery Reg# 350295 NEW genre, it can equally apply to mainstream fiction. ENGL X 459 Enrollment limited to 15 students. ENGL X 472 Reg# 350566 Scene Writing: No refund after January 24. c Breathing Life into Page Paul Witcover, MA, author of six novels, including The No Nonsense Writing: Putting Advance enrollment required; no enrollment at the 3.0 units Watchman of Eternity, and a collection of short stories, Professional Principles to Work door. What makes a scene a scene? The scene is the bed- Everland and Other Stories. Mr. Witcover was a finalist 2.0 units No refund after February 24. rock of fiction and something that many writers know for the World Fantasy, Nebula, and Shirley Jackson Many people aspire to write, but few achieve profes- Hannah Dennison, novelist and author of the bestsell- intuitively, yet when they sit down to write, that knowl- Awards. His critical essays and book reviews have sional status. Distractions, inadequate research, style ing Vicky Hill mystery series (Constable Crime) and edge can become difficult to translate onto the page. appeared in Locus, Realms of Fantasy, and The New concerns, reliance on inspiration, and self-doubt Honeychurch Hall Mysteries (Minotaur). Ms. Dennison One answer to this question is change. In this way, you York Review of Science Fiction. With writer Elizabeth prevent many writers from producing their most pro- is a member of Sisters in Crime and serves on the can think of a scene as a micro story. But what is Hand, he co-created and co-wrote the DC Comics ductive, saleable work. In this workshop, you learn six board of Mystery Writers of America. series Anima. professional principles drawn from the instructor’s Fee: $175 change? In this workshop, for short story writers and ❖❖ novelists, you break down these abstractions into Fee: $640 lengthy writing career and the work habits of other Classroom manageable, understandable parts: dialogue, subtext, mmOnline top writers. Through course assignments and class 1 mtg setting, conflict. And above all, the element that informs January 18-March 29 discussions, you cultivate the attitudes and practices Saturday, 9:30am-5pm, February 25 the others: character. Each scene has a purpose: to proven to yield results in any writing form or genre. UCLA: Dodd Hall deepen character, to move the plot forward, or, with any This is a powerful course for students beginning their luck, both. Through close-reading of published fiction, writing journey, as well as for those writers having you interrogate what a scene is, why it works, and what difficulty with low or inconsistent productivity. you can steal for your own writing. Where do you begin kkk and end a scene? 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ENGL XL 138 ENGL XL 137 Reg# 350329 Creative Writing: Screenplay Creative Writing: Short Story Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fiction II (Intermediate) No refund after January 24. 5.0 units 5.0 units c These intermediate-level courses are designed Alyx Dellamonica, author of The Town on Blighted Sea, Available for UCLA transferable credit and designed This workshop covers the key elements of fiction writ- for students who have fulfilled the prerequisites a Year’s Best Science Fiction pick, and Indigo Springs, specifically for creative writers, this workshop intro- ing, including plot, characterization, setting, point-of- stated in each description. Instruction includes which won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature duces you to writing the feature-length screenplay. To view, and various story development techniques, as well lectures as appropriate, but focuses on work- of the Fantastic. Ms. Dellamonica’s latest, A Daughter ground your understanding of what distinguishes this as publication markets. Your goal is to complete or shopping. Students continue to share and offer of No Nation, is up for the 2016 Prix Aurora award for narrative form from long and short fiction and plays, rewrite three stories of average length. feedback as they move to deeper levels of reflec- Best Novel. She has published short fiction at Tor.com, you study screenplay form and theory as well as pub- Reg# 350333 tion and mastery. lished screenplays. Through weekly writing assign- Enrollment limited to 15 students. in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, SciFi.Com, and Realms of Fantasy. ments, you learn key elements of feature film writing, No refund after January 10. & c ENGL X 431.2 including story, plot, structure, characterization, dia- c Fee: $640 Adam Prince, MFA, PhD, fiction writer whose short mm Flash Forward: logue, and visual storytelling; and you build your critical story collection, The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, was Online skills through the process of giving and taking critiques. January 18-March 29 Writing Micro Fiction and Nonfiction published by Black Lawrence Press. Mr. Prince’s work 3.0 units The course goal is to complete one full treatment and Reg# 350549 has appeared in The Southern Review, Narrative Maga- For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn. Ernest Hemingway’s the first 10 pages of one feature. Enrollment limited to 15 students. zine, and Missouri Review, among others. He is a famous six-word story captures how a compelling story No refund after January 26. Reg# 350554 Pushcart Prize nominee and a Tickner Fellow at the can be told in just a few words. It should come as no Melanie Thorne, MA, award-winning author of the Enrollment limited to 20 students. Gilman School in Baltimore. surprise that in our fast-paced, Twitter-dominated society, c novel Hand Me Down (Dutton/Plume), named a Kirkus No refund after January 12. Fee: $799 micro stories/flash essays/short-shorts are in demand by c mm Reviews’ Best Fiction Book of 2012. Ms. Thorne’s short Jon Bernstein, screenwriter, WGA member who wrote Online publishers. For creative writers, flash prose is often a fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Global City Meet the Robinsons, Ringmaster, and Beautiful (starring January 4-March 29 rewarding form to write. Generally under 1,000 words, Review, Susurrus, and The Nervous Breakdown, among Minnie Driver directed by Sally Field). Mr. Bernstein has Reg# 350553 and often under 500, flash prose pieces can provide a others. She was awarded the Maurice Prize in Fiction, worked on film and TV projects for Paramount, Dream- Enrollment limited to 20 students. welcome break from longer projects while keeping our the Alva Englund Fellowship, and a Hedgebrook resi- Works, 20th Century Fox, NBC/Universal and the CW. No refund after January 13. c writing muscles active. In addition, producing material c dency, and was a 2014 PEN Center USA Emerging He recently wrote and directed the hit stage musical Michael Buckley, MFA, fiction writer and author of the appropriate for publication in a relatively short time can Voices Mentor. McCready. Current film projects include The Unraveling short story collection, Miniature Men. Mr. Buckley’s foster a sense of tangible accomplishment. In this work- Fee: $699 (Neil Abramson, director) and Brian Wonders (Victor work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The shop, you learn how to craft short prose (nonfiction and/ ❖❖ Classroom Robert, director). He is a contributing author to Cut to Best American Non-Required Reading 2003, The or fiction) for maximum effect through the use of helpful 10 mtgs the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). Southern California Review, Rip Rap, Watermark, and prompts; exchange critiques to help you polish your flash Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 Fee: $710 Spot Literary Magazine, among others. He has been stories and essays for potential publication; and read UCLA: Royce Hall ❖❖ Classroom nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice. examples of effective flash prose for class discussion 12 mtgs Fee: $710 ENGL X 482 about the craft elements that make them successful. Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 10-March 28 ❖❖ Classroom Expect to produce several flash stories and/or essays in UCLA: Rolfe Hall 12 mtgs Writing the Horror Novel this class and to have a lot of fun! 3.0 units Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 11-March 29 Reg# 350332 UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. The horror novel is on one of its upswings, and Amer- ica has a huge interest in vampires, zombies, para- Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 350551 normal activity, and Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Horror No refund after January 24. Enrollment limited to 20 students. c Fiction is both highbrow (Penguin Classic is re-issuing Mieke Eerkens, MFA, nonfiction writer whose work has No refund after January 16. c c Thomas Ligotti’s collections) and low-brow (Tales appeared in publications such as Creative Nonfiction, Colette Sartor, MFA, fiction writer whose work has from the Crypt has returned). This course provides The Atlantic, The Rumpus, Guernica, Best Travel Writing appeared in Kenyon Review Online, FiveChapters, Fiction I (Beginning) aspiring horror writers with a broad understanding of 2011, and the Norton Anthology Fakes, among others. Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Colorado Review, Ms. Eerkens has been the recipient of distinguished Courses in this section are recommended for the modern horror scene and its roots, and helps you Harvard Review, and elsewhere. Ms. Sartor has won a fellowships at VCCA, the James Merrill House, The students with some writing experience. Instruc- figure out how your vision and style fit into it. You Writers@Work Fiction Prize, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, and was a Pushcart tion is a mix of lecture and workshopping. Under discover what you’re good at, learn the pitfalls and Schooner Award, a Reynolds Price Award, a Press 53 Prize nominee in 2013. She currently teaches creative the instructor’s close guidance and in a support- obstacles you must avoid to create the well-paced Open Award, an honorable mention in Best American writing to undergraduates at the University of Iowa. Her ive environment, students share and offer feed- novel that will sell, and acquire the skills and tech- Short Stories, and a Truman Capote fellowship from the book, All Ships Follow Me: A Family’s Inheritance of War, back aimed at assessing their works’ strengths niques you need to scare the pants off your readers. Iowa Writers’ Workshop. is forthcoming from Picador. and areas for improvement and fostering creative The course goal is to create an outline for your entire Fee: $710 Fee: $640 growth. Those new to writing might consider project, craft the perfect beginning for your horror ❖❖ Classroom mmOnline courses listed under General Interest: Beginning novel and receive expert advice about selling it. 12 mtgs January 18-March 29 and Novice Writers. Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm, January 12-March 30 Reg# 350177 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Enrollment limited to 15 students. ENGL X 403A Tuesday, 6:30-9:30pm, January 24-February 7 No refund after January 24. c Introduction to Short Fiction Writing UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Don Webb, Author of 24 books including a St. Martin’s 3.0 units Press mystery series, five nonfiction books on the It is said that all of us have locked inside at least one ENGL X 462.71 occult, a volume of poetry, and collections of horror, good story to tell. Through lectures on craft, short writ- Novel Writing I: western, and science fiction stories. Mr. Webb is the ing exercises, assignments, and discussion, you learn winner of both the Fiction Collective and Death Equinox how to tell yours. Topics include plot, point-of-view, Introduction to Novel Writing Awards, and has been nominated for the International 3.0 units setting, description, conflict, characterization, dialogue, Horror Critics Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and That novel is inside you waiting to emerge, but knowing tension, rewriting, and submission strategies. The the Rhysling Award. how and where to start can be daunting. This course course goal is to draft and revise at least one short Fee: $640 Course Icons provides you with weekly assignments, group interac- story. This course is a prerequisite for students who are mmOnline tion, and instructor feedback to help you explore various continuing in the short-fiction sequence. January 18-March 29 Provide methods of writing your first novel while learning the Reg# 350327 key craft points of plot, structure, characterization, Information Enrollment limited to 15 students. point-of-view, sense of place, and voice. The goal is to No refund after January 24. c complete the first chapter of your novel by establishing Wendy Oleson, MFA, Ph.D., fiction writer, poet, and an intimacy with your characters as you artfully shape At-a-Glance essayist whose work has appeared in numerous jour- their journey, and to develop an overall concept to guide nals and anthologies including Copper Nickel, Baltimore you through your story. Required for students consider- m ONLINE COURSE Review, PANK, and The Journal. Ms. Oleson was a Van ing the long-fiction sequence. Sickle Fellow and a recipient of a Washington Square Technical requirements, page 4 Review Fiction Award, the Elizabeth Bruss Prize, and the Reg# 350328 Enrollment limited to 15 students. storySouth Million Writers Award. Her recent work g HYBRID COURSE, page 4 No refund after January 24. appears in Carve, Cherry Tree, The Normal School, c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4 Calyx, Quarterly West, Hotel Amerika, and Memorious. Jessica Barksdale, MFA, MA, fiction writer and poet is the author of fourteen published novels, including her c Fee: $640 v ON-GROUND COURSE mmOnline latest, The Burning Hour, as well as Her Daughter’s January 18-March 29 Eyes and When You Believe. Her short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming in & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Compose, Salt Hill Journal, The Coachella Review, Visit our website for textbook Carve Magazine, Mason’s Road, and So to Speak. information. Fee: $640 mmOnline C UC CREDIT January 18-March 29 May be transferable­ to other colleges and universities. kkk 166 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

ENGL X 461 Fee: $699 Reg# 350158 Writing the Short Story: ❖❖ Classroom Fiction III (Advanced) Enrollment limited to 12 students. 10 mtgs Visitors not permitted. Intermediate Workshop A manuscript submission is required for these Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 $100 nonrefundable; no refund after 3.0 units advanced-level workshops. At this level, courses UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. January 24. Focusing on close textual analysis and intensive writing are primarily workshop-driven. It is recom- c & Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally best-selling practice, you create two short stories and revise one in mended that students take courses at the Fiction ENGL X 446.7B novelist with 14 books in print. Ms. Hightower’s books have this 10-week workshop. Weekly lectures on technique, II level prior to submitting their work to an appeared on The New York Times ”Notable” list, The analysis of published stories, and in-depth instructor Novel Writing III: advanced-level course. and peer critique develop and deepen your understand- Works-in-Progress Workshop London Times best seller list, and have been selections of ing of the art and craft of short story writing. Strategies 3.0 units For instructions on applying to the advanced level The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. She also is a for approaching the marketplace also are discussed. For those with a minimum of 50 pages of a novel-in- courses, contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825- recipient of the Shamus Award, and her latest book, Even Prerequisite(s): At least two fiction writing courses or progress, this workshop guides you to generate at least 9415. The submission deadline for winter is December in Darkness, was published by Severn House. departmental approval. 50 new pages, as well as learn essential self-editing 5 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). All applicants will be Fee: $750 notified regarding their enrollment at least two weeks mmOnline Reg# 350153 techniques, with the instructor and peers reviewing prior to the first day of class. If you are accepted, you January 18-March 29 Enrollment limited to 15 students. each participant’s project in detail. Refinements of will be required to enroll at that time; full payment of No refund after January 24. character, structure, emotional content, and the devel- c & course fees are due upon acceptance. The Writers’ ENGL X 446.8 Charles Wyatt, MFA, MM, and fiction writer whose opment of the writer’s voice also are explored. The goal Program is not responsible for submissions lost due to short fiction has appeared in American Literary Review, is to produce a substantial portion of your novel. Novel Writing V: Internet or mechanical failure. No comments or cri- The New England Review, and New American Writing, Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction A Continuing Writer’s Workshop tiques are provided on student submissions. Occasion- among others. Mr. Wyatt is the author of Listening to to Novel Writing and X 446.7A Novel Writing II, or 3.0 units ally submission deadlines are extended; contact the Mozart (winner of the John Simmons Award), and the departmental approval. For students who have completed Novel Writing IV, this Writers’ Program office at (310) 825-9415 for the most novella The Spirit Autobiography of S. N. Jones. His Reg# 350543 intensive workshop is specifically directed toward refin- up-to-date information. collection of short fiction, Swan of Tuonela, was pub- Enrollment limited to 15 students. ing an advanced manuscript into a publishable novel. lished by Hanging Loose Press, and his poetry collec- No refund after January 11. The focus is on structural and thematic aspects and the ENGL X 461.1 maintenance of the author’s unique voice. You work tion, Goldberg-Variations, was the winner of the 2014 No mtg. January 16; February 20. c Carolina Wren Press Poetry Series Competition. Tony DuShane, columnist at the San Francisco The Art of the Short Story: closely with your peers and the instructor to assess Fee: $640 Chronicle and author of the novel Confessions of a Teen- Advanced Workshop portions of individual manuscripts. Emphasis is given to mmOnline age Jesus Jerk. Mr. DuShane’s work has appeared in 3.0 units developing and perfecting self-editing techniques. The January 18-March 29 Mother Jones, The Believer, Penthouse, The Bold Italic, The short story, one of the most challenging of all liter- overall goal of the course is for each novel to reach a ary forms, requires the precision and imagistic intensity professional level appropriate for eventual publication. Reg# 350545 SFGate.com, and The Rumpus, among many others. of poetry combined with novelistic elements of struc- Prerequisite(s): At least one quarter of X 446.7C Novel Enrollment limited to 15 students. Fee: $699 ture, setting, and characterization. This workshop helps Writing IV: Advanced Workshop, or equivalent. No refund after January 26. ❖❖ Classroom c you to realize your fictional intentions through detailed Ben Loory, MFA, author of the collection Stories for 10 mtgs Reg# 350561 written critiques and to prepare your stories for publica- Nighttime and Some for the Day (Penguin), winner of Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 Restricted course; call (310) 825-9416 for informa- tion in targeted markets. The course goal is to complete the 2012 Nobbie Award for Book of the Year, and the UCLA: Haines Hall tion regarding the application process. two new stories and one revision. children’s book The Baseball Player and the Walrus (Dial Reg# 350156 Enrollment limited to 12 students. Prerequisite(s): X 403A Introduction to Short Fiction Books for Young Readers, 2015). Mr. Loory’s stories Enrollment limited to 15 students. Visitors not permitted. Writing or XL 137 Creative Writing: Short Story, and X have been published in The New Yorker, The Antioch No refund after January 24. $100 nonrefundable; no refund after c 461 Writing the Short Story: Intermediate Workshop, or Review, Gargoyle Magazine, The Rattling Wall, and The Nancy Woodruff, MFA, author of My Wife’s Affair and January 17. equivalent. c Los Angeles Review of Books, among others, and Someone Else’s Child, and co-author of the nonfiction Mark Sarvas, writer, author of the novel Harry, Revised performed on NPR’s This American Life. book Shards: A Young Vice Cop Investigates Her Darkest Reg# 350546 (Bloomsbury), a finalist for the SoCal Independent Fee: $699 Case of Meth Addiction—Her Own. Ms. Woodruff is a Restricted course; call (310) 825-9416 for informa- Booksellers Association’s Fiction Award, and the forth- ❖❖ Classroom recipient of the Ragdale Foundation Residency and was tion regarding the application process. coming Memento Park (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Mr. 10 mtgs a winner of the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award Enrollment limited to 12 students. Sarvas’s literary blog, The Elegant Variation, was a Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 She currently teaches writing at New York University. Visitors not permitted. Forbes magazine Best of the Web pick, and a Los UCLA: Rolfe Hall Fee: $640 $100 nonrefundable; no refund after Angeles Magazine ”Top L.A. Blog.” mmOnline January 19. & Fee: $735 ENGL X 446.7A January 18-March 29 Paul Mandelbaum, MFA, whose short stories have ❖❖ Classroom Novel Writing II appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The 10 mtgs 3.0 units ENGL X 488.4A Barcelona Review, Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, The Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 Armed with your overall concept and first chapter, you Story Structure for the Novel Massachusetts Review, The Southern Review, and UCLA: Rolfe Hall continue to develop your knowledge of craft by writing 3.0 units others. Mr. Mandelbaum has edited two anthologies, scenes using characters and situations from the pro- Many aspiring novelists write with the hope that inspira- First Words and 12 Short Stories and Their Making and jected novel and workshopping your in-progress work. tion will come. The result is time wasted on a flabby is the author of two novels-in-stories, Garrett in Wed- Mini-lectures on the art of the novel, intuitive creative novel with no clear shape and a sagging pace. On the lock and Adriane on the Edge. He is a recipient of the Poetry process, and conventional vs. non-conventional other hand, story structure gives your novel a skeleton; UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Cre- approaches to novel structure also are covered. The it forms the bones of your story. And just as adding flesh ative Writing. ENGL XL 136 goal is to complete 50 pages of your novel. and clothing to a body makes that body more unique, Fee: $735 Creative Writing: Poetry Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction so does any creative addition the writer makes to his or ❖❖ Classroom 5.0 units to Novel Writing, or departmental approval. her basic structure. This course teaches you how to 10 mtgs Available for UCLA transferable credit, this workshop build that skeleton, from a solid premise line to building Thursday, 7-10pm, January 26-March 30 combines writing assignments with an exploration of Reg# 350154 UCLA: Rolfe Hall Enrollment limited to 15 students. the moral argument of your novel. You ensure that your contemporary poetry. You look at forms ranging from novel has what story structure guru John Truby calls the the sonnet to prose poems, and develop your own No refund after January 24. c ENGL X 446.7C Robert Eversz, MFA, author of the novels Zero to the ”seven key steps,” and you learn how reversals and voice. Each week the work of a contemporary poet is Bone, Digging James Dean, and Burning Garbo (Simon reveals, as well as character wants and needs, can Novel Writing IV: Advanced Workshop discussed and writing assignments are critiqued. The 3.0 units & Schuster); Killing Paparazzi (St. Martin’s); and Gypsy drive your story to a satisfying conclusion. Exercises course goal is to finish with a number of polished and For students with at least 100 pages of a novel, this Hearts and Shooting Elvis (Grove Atlantic). Mr. Eversz’s focus on structural elements such as character ghosts, completed poems and understand the demands and advanced workshop focuses on elements of technique novels have been translated into 15 languages. He has story world, and more, and by the end of the course, rewards of living an inspired life through poetry. and vision necessary for a work to be considered been the finalist judge for the AWP Award Series in the you have in-hand a six-page synopsis that works. In Reg# 350167 complete. You receive intensive instructor and peer Novel, and co-founded the Prague Summer Program addition, for most weeks, you submit six pages of writ- Enrollment limited to 15 students. critiques of manuscript chapters and their relation to for writers at Western Michigan University. ing that relate to a particular structural element. No refund after January 10. c the overall work, including a review as needed of the c Fee: $640 Reg# 350157 Rachel Kann, MFA, author of 10 for Everything, a col- effective use of voice, tone, mood, imagery, and meta- mmOnline Enrollment limited to 15 students. lection of short stories. Ms. Kann also is an award- phor. A major goal of this course is to give you the January 18-March 29 No refund after January 24. & winning poet whose work has appeared in various c self-editing skills to polish and revise your entire novel Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author anthologies, including Word Warriors: 35 Women Reg# 350542 within and beyond the course itself. Please prepare a Caroline Leavitt has published 11 novels, including her Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution (Seal Press), Enrollment limited to 15 students one-page, double-spaced synopsis and your novel’s latest, Cruel Beautiful World. A critic for The San Fran- and So Luminous the Wildflowers (Tebot Bach Press). No refund after January 26. first five pages for the first week of class. c cisco Chronicle and People, Ms. Leavitt is a recipient of She has performed her poetry nationwide, including at Linzi Glass, author of the award-winning novel The Year Prerequisite(s): X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Walt Disney Concert Hall, Royce Hall, and the San the Gypsies Came (Henry Holt), which was nominated to Novel Writing, X 446.7A Novel Writing II, and X Creative Writing. Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. for the U.K. Carnegie Medal in Literature and voted one 446.7B Novel Writing III: Works-in-Progress Workshop, of the best books by the American Library Association. Fee: $640 mm or equivalent. kkk Ms. Glass’s second novel, Ruby Red, was shortlisted for Online the Carnegie Medal in Literature, and her third novel, January 18-March 29 kkk Finding Danny, was published by Harper Collins/Walden Pond Press (2010) and Scholastic Books (2011). kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 167

Fee: $799 ENGL X 470.5 mmOnline Writing Picture Books for Children January 4-March 29 2.0 units Reg# 350550 Five hundred words. Five hundred words to grab your Enrollment limited to 20 students. readers by their overalls, enthrall them with a story, and No refund after January 13. leave them panting on the playroom floor, begging, Laurel Ann Bogen, MPW, award-winning poet and “Again!” But how? Designed for beginning picture book author of 11 books, including a forthcoming anthology writers, this fun, fast-paced course surveys the genre’s of her work (Red Hen Press, Fall 2014). Ms. Bogen’s breathtaking possibilities, exploring its art, craft, and work has been included in California Poetry from the publishing practices (what are editors looking for?). You Gold Rush to the Present, The Outlaw Bible of American compare a wide variety of picture book structures, Poetry, Stand-Up Poetry, and Spot Literary Magazine. characters, and themes, and learn how to use voice, She received the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor poetic and muscular language, point-of-view, repetition, Available for Award in Creative Writing. and more. Through a balance of lecture, writing assign- Fee: $710 ments, feedback, and the 10 books you read each ❖❖ Classroom week, you gain a clear sense of your own writing 10 mtgs strengths, the ability to give and receive valuable cri- UCLA Transfer Credit Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 11-March 15 tiques, and knowledge of the submission process—all UCLA: Rolfe Hall in a nurturing community of writers. By the end of the course, you have completed a draft of at least one ENGL X 423.31 picture book and are bursting with more ideas, because Creative Writing: Short Story m Creative Writing: Poetry Intermediate Poetry Workshop you understand the art and the business of writing 3.0 units picture books for children. Bring writing materials and Instructor: Adam Prince, MFA Instructor: Laurel Ann Bogen, MPW For those with some previous training in poetry, this one favorite picture book to the first class. Page 165. Page 167. intensive workshop focuses on creating work which Reg# 350570 emphasizes lyrical and innovative language, personal Enrollment limited to 20 students. Creative Writing: Short Story Creative Writing: Poetry m insight, and individual voice. In addition, you refine your No refund after January 12. c & Instructor: Rachel Kann, MFA knowledge of a number of the craft’s formal elements, April Halprin Wayland, author of seven picture books, Instructor: Michael Buckley, MFA including structure, imagery, metaphor, and pace, in including More Than Enough: A Passover Story (Dial), Page 165. Page 166. order to stretch the boundaries of your creative experi- It’s Not My Turn to Look for Grandma! (Knopf), and New ence. The goal is to produce work which is ambitious Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story (Dial), named Creative Writing: Short Story m Creative Writing: Screenplay and resonant. Best Jewish Picture Book and winner of the Sydney Instructor: Jon Bernstein Prerequisite(s): X 422.3 Introduction to Poetry Writing, Taylor Gold Book Award. Ms. Wayland won the Myra Instructor: Colette Sartor, MFA XL 133A Creative Writing: Poetry, or equivalent. Cohn Livingston Award for Girl Coming In for a Landing: Page 165. Page 165. Reg# 350168 A Novel in Poems and has won seven poetry awards Enrollment limited to 15 students. from the SCBWI. She is a recipient of the UCLA Exten- sion Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. No refund after January 24. c Rick Bursky, MFA, poet and author of the poetry col- Fee: $415 lections I’m No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance ❖❖ Classroom (BOA Editions); Death Obscura (Sarabande Books); The 6 mtgs Soup of Something Missing, which won the Dorothy Tuesday, 10am-1pm, January 10-February 14 For More Information Brunsman Prize; and The Invention of Fiction. Mr. 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. Bursky’s work has appeared in American Poetry Review, (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu Iowa Review, Harvard Review, Black Warrior Review, and ENGL X 462.80 Prairie Schooner. Writing the Young Adult Novel Reg# 350160 3.0 units Fee: $640 Creative Nonfiction Enrollment limited to 15 students. mmOnline The young adult novel is one of the fastest-growing and No refund after January 25. January 18-March 29 exciting genres in publishing today. With complex young c Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whose characters, realistic dialogue, and gripping prose, read- novels include The Newman Factor and Black Water. ers young and old can’t get enough of these novels. In Creative Nonfiction I Dr. Prager’s nonfiction includes Verbal First Aid (Penguin a supportive and inspiring environment, you explore the (Beginning) Berkley), The Worst Is Over: What to Say When Every elements of a YA novel’s plot, character, language, Moment Counts (Revised Edition, 2014), and Journey Writing for the setting, and voice-all enhanced by in-depth lectures, Courses in this section are recommended for to Alternity. She is a co-recipient of the UCLA Extension discussions, manuscript workshopping, and generative students with some writing experience. Instruc- Youth Market Distinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension writing exercises. Also covered is the current market- tion is a mix of lecture and workshopping. Under Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. place for young adult fiction and how to query agents. the instructor’s close guidance and in a support- ENGL X 470.51B Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prize-nomi- You leave the class with a completed first chapter and ive environment, students share and offer feed- Introduction to Writing Picture Books nated poet whose recent collections include I’ll Always a rough outline of your entire book, as well as the tools back aimed at assessing their works’ strengths 2.5 units Be from Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt to continue writing on your own. and areas for improvement, and fostering cre- Designed for the beginning writer, this eight-week work- ative growth. Those new to writing might con- is on the editorial board of the international Journal of shop investigates the fundamental craft skills used in Reg# 350571 sider courses listed under General Interest: Consciousness, Literature and the Arts and is a co- writing picture books, including plot and structure, Enrollment limited to 20 students. Beginning and Novice Writers. recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Distin- characterization, language, the role of illustration, and No refund after January 27. guished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension voice. You explore different types of picture books, includ- Francesca Lia Block, author of Love in the Time of ENGL X 407.2 Instructor Award in Creative Writing. ing fiction, nonfiction, concept books, and poetry. Short Global Warming (Henry Holt and Co.) and many best- Creative Alchemy: Finding and Fee: $640 writing exercises and weekly readings help further your selling and award-winning novels, including The Ele- Writing Life Stories You Were Meant mmOnline understanding of the genre and prepare you to undertake mentals, Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books, January 18-March 29 your main project for the course: a completed picture Necklace of Kisses, Roses and Bones, Quakeland, The to Tell 3.0 units Reg# 350536 book manuscript. You engage in an ongoing feedback Hanged Man, Pretty Dead, The Frenzy, and Wood This course is for anyone who has a story from ”real Enrollment limited to 20 students. process overseen by the instructor, which provides a Nymph Seeks Centaur: A Mythological Dating Guide. life” that needs to be told. Sometimes your story is about No refund after January 31. ”safe zone” for discussion of student work and helps you Ms. Block received the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime c a person, place, thing, or some concealed part of your- Fee: $555 hone your own critique skills. The course goal is to Achievement Award. self, a remembered time or event, or even something ❖❖ Classroom complete a draft of a picture book manuscript. Fee: $555 10 mtgs ❖❖ Classroom that will happen as you give account to its unfolding. Reg# 350169 Over the span of this course, you identify this element Saturday, 11am-2pm, January 28-April 1 Enrollment limited to 15 students. 10 mtgs UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. Wednesday, 11:30am-2:30pm, January of your story’s core fascination and acquire the skills to No refund after January 24. c & tell it, including researching and interviewing techniques; Terry Pierce, MFA, author of 17 children’s books 25-March 29 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. cultivating your own unique writing voice; and construct- including Blackberry Banquet, Laughin’ Jammin’ Slam- ing your story into a combination of episodes that min Jokefest, and Tae Kwon Do!. Ms. Pierce has advance and present it to best dramatic and imaginative received an Association of Educational Professionals effect. Finally, you investigate possible venues where Distinguished Achievement Award and was an AEP each story might most effectively be presented. Golden Lamp Finalist for Mother Goose Rhymes. Fee: $590 kkk mmOnline January 18-March 15 168 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 350162 Reg# 350528 ENGL X 460.29 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 20 students. Art of Memoir: A Weekend Workshop Learn the Art No refund after January 24. c & No refund after January 27. c 1.5 units Yelizaveta Renfro, MFA, PhD, short story writer whose Norman Kolpas, author and editor whose several The essence of a great memoir is the writer’s voice and & Business of collection, A Catalogue of Everything in the World, won hundred nonfiction pieces have appeared in many how he or she brings the reader into a scene with the St. Lawrence Book Award. Ms. Renfro’s essay col- publications, including Bon Appetit, HOME, Elle, Sunset, sensory details. Vivid characters, evocative settings, and lection, Xylotheque, was published in the University of Southwest Art, and The Times of London. Mr. Kolpas pitch-perfect dialogue are essential for the reader to Entertainment New Mexico Press in April 2014. A Pushcart Prize also is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books and remain interested. In this two-day workshop, you learn nominee, she is the editor of Keeping Track: Fiction of consults with and ghost-writes for many top personali- the essentials of character development, dialogue, and Each quarter, top Hollywood Lists (Main Street Rag, 2012). ties and brands. structure through in-class writing exercises and excerpts professionals teach courses in: Fee: $640 Fee: $530 of published memoirists such as Mary Karr, Abigail mmOnline ❖❖ Classroom Thomas, and Myra Shapiro. You also work to uncover Acting January 18-March 29 10 mtgs your truth, develop insight into the larger themes of your Cinematography Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 25-March 29 story, and cast yourself as a compelling character. ENGL X 401.39 UCLA: Rolfe Hall Reg# 350626 Directing The Art of Creative Nonfiction Enrollment limited to 20 students. Entertainment Development 3.0 units ENGL X 465.33 No refund after March 3. This course explores the unlimited possibilities of creative Introduction to Writing the Memoir Maureen Murdock, MA, MFT, PhD, internationally Post-Production nonfiction, which embraces forms of creative writing such 3.0 units published author whose works include Unreliable Truth: Producing as personal essay, memoir, profiles, and more. Working Memoir may begin with memory, but then it moves On Memoir and Memory, The Heroine’s Journey, Spin- with the same techniques as fiction, including artful outward to the world. In order to formulate your story ning Inward, Fathers’ Daughters, and the e-book The Film Scoring language choices, dialogue, character development, into a memoir, you need the tools to transform your Emergence of Bipolar Disorder: A Mother’s Perspective. structure, and plot, you are guided to transform factual personal life story into larger truth-filled stories that Music Business Ms. Murdock is the editor of Monday Morning Memoirs: events and experiences into a complete, imaginative resonate with and illuminate the lives of your readers. Women in the Second Half of Life and is a recipient of Music Production narrative. This course includes several readings from a Through exercises, studies in craft, and utilizing suc- the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in variety of nonfiction authors. The course goal is to pro- cessful memoirs as models, you obtain the knowledge Creative Writing. Courses start on page 33. duce one complete and revised narrative essay, as well and confidence to shape your story. You create an Fee: $335 as additional material to develop further. outline and write one or two chapters in a safe and ❖❖ Classroom Reg# 350163 nurturing environment, with intensive sessions for 2 mtgs Enrollment limited to 15 students. manuscript feedback and revision. Saturday, Sunday, 9:30am-5pm, March 4-5 ENGL X 450.86 No refund after January 24. c & Reg# 350164 UCLA: Rolfe Hall Sojourns through Memory: Gordon Grice, MFA, nonfiction writer is the author of Enrollment limited to 15 students. Writing Out of Your Life four books including, The Red Hourglass: Lives of the No refund after January 24. c 3.0 units Predators, and Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Danger- Liz Stephens, PhD, author of the memoir The Days Are Creative Nonfiction II Writing out of your life can be a process of self-revela- ous Animals. Mr. Grice’s shorter pieces have appeared Gods (University of Nebraska Press). Ms. Stephens’ tion, a way of tending to the soul and discerning the in The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ, and others. essays appear in Brief Encounters: An Anthology of (Intermediate) pattern of your life even while you’re in the midst of Fee: $640 Short Nonfiction (W.W. Norton, 2015), and Dirt: An These intermediate-level courses are designed mm living it. Whether you want to write a memoir or trans- Online Anthology (New England University Press, 2015). She for students who have fulfilled the prerequisites mute your life into fiction or poetry, this workshop helps January 18-March 29 has served as managing editor and contributor to Brev- stated in each description. Instruction includes you mine the rich vein of material that is yours alone. Reg# 350533 ity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction and has written lectures as appropriate but focuses on work- The focus of this workshop is on production, pleasure, Enrollment limited to 20 students. there extensively on current nonfiction craft and ethics shopping. Students continue to share and offer and encouragement. Using a combination of weekly issues. She has been nominated for both the Annie No refund after January 30. c feedback as they move to deeper levels of reflec- prompts and assignments, instructor feedback, and Liz Stephens, PhD, author of the memoir The Days Are Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award and the Duke Univer- tion and mastery. group interaction, you write a series of autobiographical Gods (University of Nebraska Press). Ms. Stephens’ sity Documentary Essay prize. narratives. For both beginners and seasoned writers essays appear in Brief Encounters: An Anthology of Fee: $640 ENGL X 401.49 who want to get in touch with their personal voice. Short Nonfiction (W.W. Norton, 2015), and Dirt: An mmOnline Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Reg# 350326 Anthology (New England University Press, 2015) . She January 18-March 29 3.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. has served as managing editor and contributor to Brev- Designed for those who have already begun to explore ENGL X 401.72 No refund after January 24. c ity: A Journal of Concise Nonfiction and has written memoir or other narrative nonfiction genres, this work- Lynn Lauber, fiction writer, essayist, and ghostwriter there extensively on current nonfiction craft and ethics Introduction to Writing the Memoir shop guides you to take your skills to the next level by who has published the autobiographical fiction books, issues. She has been nominated for both the Annie 3.0 units focusing on a collection of essays, a single project, or White Girls and 21 Sugar Street, and a memoir/writing Dillard Creative Nonfiction Award and the Duke Univer- A memoir is a book-length narrative that is told from other types of nonfiction prose; works-in-progress are book, Listen to Me: Writing Life into Meaning, all with sity Documentary Essay prize. the writer’s point of view and that captures a meaning- welcome. Every week, you read several short, stylisti- W. W. Norton. Ms. Lauber’s short stories and essays Fee: $555 ful slice of the writer’s life. If you have a story to tell and cally adventurous pieces to expand your repertoire and have been anthologized and have appeared in numer- ❖❖ Classroom would like to figure out how best to tell it, this course post a new installment of your own project for feedback ous publications, including The New York Times. 10 mtgs helps you get started. In-class writing exercises help from your instructor and peers. The goal is to create Fee: $640 Thursday, 7-10pm, January 26-March 30 you identify significant moments from your life, decide two new essay-length works of creative nonfiction and mmOnline UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. on a workable structure for telling your story, and polish your skills for publication. January 18-March 29 determine what, exactly, your story is about. You also Prerequisite(s): At least one previous nonfiction writing ENGL X 401.16C focus on the habits and tools you need to establish and course, or consent of instructor. maintain a writing practice and read excerpts from a ENGL X 457.93 Writing Short-Form Nonfiction: Reg# 350569 range of memoirs for inspiration and guidance. By the Using Found Texts: Your Pathway to Publication Enrollment limited to 15 students. end of the course, you have a title for your memoir, a Deepening Your Writing 3.0 units No refund after January 27. short soundbite to describe it, a summary of the whole c 3.0 units Short, well-focused articles provide one of the surest Alison Singh Gee, MA, memoirist and nonfiction writer story, and a draft of at least one chapter. Have you ever wondered what story your ”to do” list might pathways for breaking into publication. It’s easier than who has written for Marie Claire, In Style, International tell about your life? Have you ever had the urge to write a you might think--if you know how the print and online Reg# 350534 Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. Ms. Gee short story based on diary entries—either yours or anoth- publishing worlds work, understand the needs and Enrollment limited to 20 students. was a staff writer and correspondent for People maga- er’s? In this course, you explore the richness of ”found demands of particular markets, and put some effort into No refund after January 26. zine and her memoir, Where the Peacocks Sing (St. texts” in the world and discover ways to incorporate them polishing your skills. In this enjoyable 10-week course, Tom Fields-Meyer, journalist and author of Following Martin’s Press), was named a National Geographic into your fiction and nonfiction writing projects. You engage you achieve all those goals while you produce weekly Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Traveler Book of the Month. She is the recipient of in a series of writing exercises designed to get you working assignments of 250-500 words in specific nonfiction Autism and Love from His Extraordinary Son (NAL/ Amnesty International’s Feature Writing Award. with a variety of texts, including advertisements, ”to do” genres, including personal essay, how-to story, inter- Penguin), which was a finalist for the National Jewish Fee: $699 lists, emails, recipe collections and menus, historical docu- view/profile, reviews, trends stories, ghostwriting, nar- Book Award. Mr. Fields-Meyer was a senior writer for ❖❖ Classroom ments, social media texts, timelines, and diaries. Short rative nonfiction, and research essays--which are then People and his work has appeared in The New York 10 mtgs weekly reading assignments illustrate inventive ways that workshopped in class. You gain valuable experience in Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and The Monday, 6:30-9:30pm, January 23-March 27 writers in different genres have made use of found texts. thinking and writing like a pro, all while having fun in a Washington Post. UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. Lorrie Moore has used a ”how to” guide in her work, Jen- positive, supportive, constructive environment. The Fee: $555 Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm, February 23 nifer Egan incorporated a PowerPoint presentation in her course goal is to write and begin polishing at least eight ❖❖ Classroom UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. novel, and Laura Esquivel framed her book with recipes. short nonfiction pieces while gaining a clearer under- 10 mtgs How will you use found texts to enrich your own writing? standing of what editors look for, how they think, and Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 By the end of the course, you learn to incorporate found how to pitch to them. UCLA: Bunche Hall texts in your storytelling to give it more depth, edge, inven- tion, and nuance. The course goal is to complete a short kkk story, personal essay, or a chapter of your novel or memoir that makes use of one or more found texts. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 169

ENGL X 401.31A Fee: $699 Intermediate Personal Essay ❖❖ Classroom 3.0 units 10 mtgs In The Art of the Personal Essay, Philip Lopate writes, Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 ”The personal essayist looks back at the choices that UCLA: Rolfe Hall were made, the roads not taken, the limiting familial Reg# 350166 and historic circumstances, and what might be called Enrollment limited to 15 students. the catastrophe of personality.” This course is designed No refund after January 24. c & for those familiar with the personal essay form and who Shawna Kenney, MFA, award-winning author of the are ready to delve deeply into that ”catastrophe of memoir I Was a Teenage Dominatrix (optioned for film personality.” The course focuses on guiding students in by FX), co-author of Imposters, and editor of the anthol- the writing and revision of one or more personal essays ogy Book Lovers. Ms. Kenney’s work has been pub- to be submitted for publication, as well as the study of lished in The New York Times, Playboy, Ms., Narratively, Enter the Feature Film markets and the manner in which those stories which Bust, Creative Nonfiction, The Rumpus, and The Florida sometimes appear to be the smallest moments expand Review, among others. to become memoirs. For those ready to stop regaling Fee: $640 friends with their tales and to, instead, commit these to mmOnline the page. January 18-March 29 and TV Writing Prerequisite(s): At least one personal essay or creative nonfiction course, or by departmental or instructor consent. Creative Nonfiction III Reg# 350531 (Advanced) Enrollment limited to 15 students. Competitions by April 1! No refund after January 11. A manuscript submission is required for these No mtg. January 16; February 20. c & advanced-level workshops. It is recommended Antonia Crane, MFA, author of the memoir Spent and that students take courses at the Creative Nonfic- Industry exposure, individual mentoring, and more could be yours when senior editor of The Citron Review and Word Riot. Ms. tion II level prior to submitting samples. At this Crane’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, level, courses are primarily workshop-driven. For you enter to win the UCLA Extension Feature Film Competition and the Playboy, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Rumpus, Salon, complete instructions on submitting a sample, UCLA Extension Television Writing Spec and Pilot Competitions. These three and The Heroin Chronicles, and on CNN.com among see Fiction III on page 166. many others. She is a two-time winner of The Moth competitions recognize the highest level of student screenwriting. Slam, and has appeared on This Is Life with Lisa Ling ENGL X 422.19 and the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. Advanced Nonfiction Workshop Applications for this year’s competitions are now available. Deadline is April 1. Fee: $699 3.0 units Please visit uclaextension.edu/swcomp for details and to submit. ❖❖ Classroom Designed for writers with either a memoir-in-progress 10 mtgs or personal essays in hand, this advanced workshop Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 focuses on helping you polish your writing and find its UCLA: Public Affairs narrative’s energy and unique voice. Marketing strate- Reg# 350165 gies, as well as the best of current memoirs and essays Enrollment limited to 15 students. are also discussed. The course goal is to have two No refund after January 24. c memoir chapters and a book proposal, or two short For More Information Victoria Zackheim, MA, editor of six anthologies of essays, ready to submit to publishers. personal essays including The Other Woman, For Prerequisite(s): One course in memoir or the personal [email protected] | (310) 206-1542 Keeps, The Face in the Mirror, He Said What?, Exit essay. Laughing, and Faith, and author of The Bone Weaver, Reg# 350539 a novel. Ms. Zackheim’s documentary, Where Birds Restricted course; call (310) 825-9416 for informa- Never Sang: The Ravensbruck and Sachsenhausen tion regarding the application process. Concentration Camps aired nationwide on PBS. She is Enrollment limited to 12 students. a 2010 San Francisco Library Laureate. Visitors not permitted. Fee: $640 $100 nonrefundable; no refund after January 2. mmOnline No mtg. February 8. c 10 mtgs Barbara Abercrombie, author of 15 books, including January 18-March 29 Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life into Story, A Year of Writing Dangerously, and Kicking in the Wall. Ms. ENGL X 441.22 Abercrombie is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Dis- Intermediate Memoir Writing tinguished Instructor Award and the UCLA Extension 3.0 units Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. Designed for the serious writer committed to participat- Fee: $760 ing in a structured writing regimen as well as engaging ❖❖ Classroom in ongoing critiques and craft discussions, this course 8 mtgs guides you to examine key issues in your work, create Wednesday, 10am-2pm, January 11-March 8 an involving storyline out of your life experience, and 1010 Westwood Center: 1010 Westwood Blvd. cast yourself as a compelling character readers want Finishing Your to follow. You also develop the self-editing skills you need to polish and revise your material at a level appropriate to submit to publishers. Includes discussion of current marketplace. The course goal is to complete 50 well-crafted pages of your project. Certificate? Prerequisite(s): Previous creative nonfiction or memoir writing course, or by departmental approval. Reg# 350541 UCLA Extension Enrollment limited to 15 students. Certificate Graduation Ceremony No refund after January 11. No mtg. January 16; February 20. c & Friday, June 30 at Royce Hall Erika Schickel, writer and performer whose memoir, You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Make sure you’re eligible to take part! Mom, was a People pick. Ms. Schickel is the author of m the award-winning radio drama Wild Amerika, produced ONLINE COURSE, page 4. For details, contact your certificate advisor. by LA Theatre Works for ”The Play’s the Thing,” and her essays and commentary have appeared in the Los g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. Angeles Times, LA Weekly, LA City Beat, Salon, and The WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. Rattling Wall. c kkk v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED Learn more about Extension Certificates at C UC CREDIT, page 9. graduation.uclaextension.edu. 170 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 350343 Reg# 350345 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 15 students. No refund after January 24. c & No refund after January 24. c Don’t Just Take , MFA, JD, screenwriter; WGA member , writer/director; WGA member whose Daniel Sussman Ron Wilkerson who served as a staff writer for ABC’s The Practice. Mr. numerous writing credits include multiple episodes of Sussman most recently sold his big-budget disaster Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star feature Galveston to Warner Bros. Pictures. He has sold Trek: Voyager. He is currently developing Dreamland, a Our Word for It! other scripts to production companies including Polaris miniseries for ABC Studios. Mr. Wilkerson wrote and Pictures and NBC Television Network. He was also a TV directed the independent feature Trade Show and is a Writing Fellow for ABC/Disney Studios. recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Fee: $640 Award in Screenwriting. “ I recommend the Writers Studio because it mmOnline Fee: $640 manages to give you both a very realistic January 18-March 29 mmOnline Reg# 350344 January 18-March 29 and a fascinating, exhilarating idea of what Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 350347 writing actually is: work, work, work! And a No refund after January 24. c & Enrollment limited to 15 students. work that one does because they love it.” Ernie Contreras, screenwriter and WGA member No refund after January 24. c whose credits include the HBO drama Walkout and the Andrew Osborne, MA, screenwriter; WGA member — Elisabeth Sancey, Paris, France feature films Fairy Tale: A True Story and The Page- whose indie film credits include the Sundance Film 2016 Writers Studio Participant master for 20th Century Fox. Mr. Contreras has written Festival premiere On_Line, the Tribeca Film Festival and developed scripts for Walt Disney, Sony, Universal, premiere The F Word, and his directorial debut Apoca- Fox Searchlight, Paramount, DreamWorks, TNT, and lypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy Award for the 2017 Writers Studio Starz/Encore. Discovery Channel program Cash Cab. He has devel- Fee: $640 oped projects for Warner Bros., HBO, MTV, and Orion. Thursday-Sunday, February 9–12 mmOnline Fee: $640 For more information see page 162. January 18-March 29 mmOnline Elisabeth Sancey Reg# 350923 January 18-March 29 Enrollment limited to 20 students. Reg# 351014 No refund after January 20. c & Enrollment limited to 20 students. Andrew Guerdat, writer-producer; WGA member who No refund after January 20. c Reg# 350938 has sold feature screenplays to 20th Century Fox, Donald H. Hewitt, screenwriter; WGA member whose Screenwriting Enrollment limited to 20 students. MGM, Walt Disney Studios, Village Roadshow Produc- feature film credits include the English-language screen- Choose the right course for you. For advisement No refund after January 19. c & tions/Warner Bros., Disney Sunday Movie, and NBC and play for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film Spirited on screenwriting courses call Chae Ko at (310) Laurence Rosenthal, independent producer and the play Red Remembers. A recipient of the UCLA Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and the Oscar-nominated 206-2612 or Jeff Bonnett at (310) 206-1542. development executive; WGA member who, as an Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwrit- Howl’s Moving Castle. Mr. Hewitt has written for Pixar, executive at Woods Entertainment, supervised the ing, Mr. Guerdat is a contributing author to Cut to the Working Title, Miramax, New Line, and Disney. development of Scream, Beautiful Girls, Things to Do in Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). Fee: $555 Denver When You’re Dead, Copland, and Citizen Ruth. Fee: $555 ❖❖ Classroom Feature Film Writing Mr. Rosenthal is a recipient of the UCLA Extension ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting and a 10 mtgs Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 contributing author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham Books/ Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Feature Film Writing I Penguin). He is also the writer and co-producer of the UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. (Beginning) newly released Spanish language raunchy rom-com Reg# 350983 film No Manches Frida. Reg# 350969 Enrollment limited to 20 students. Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after January 24. FILM TV X 440A Fee: $555 c No refund after January 23. Chris Webb, screenwriter whose credits include Toy Writing the First Screenplay I ❖❖ Classroom c & 10 mtgs Philip Eisner, screenwriter-director and WGA member Story II for Pixar Animation Studios, Bruno the Kid: The 3.0 units who wrote Event Horizon for Paramount Pictures and Animated Movie, and episodes of the television series The first in a four-part sequence designed to take you Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. Firestarter 2: Rekindled for USA Networks. Mr. Eisner Duckman. An alumnus of The Second City in Chicago, through the full process of writing a feature film screenplay, also has worked as a contract screenwriter for Scott Mr. Webb has won numerous awards for his satirical this course grounds you in the key craft elements of story Reg# 350977 Rudin Productions, Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Produc- short films The Civil War Parody, a satire of the Ken structure, plot, scene development, character, theme, Enrollment limited to 20 students. tions, Edward R. Pressman, TriStar, Universal Pictures, Burns series The Civil War, and Camcorder Blues, a genre, and dialogue, and shows you how they work No refund after January 19. c & and The Jim Henson Company. He is a contributing parody of home videos. Andrew Knauer, MFA, screenwriter; WGA member who together to grip an audience’s emotions. You learn how to author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). Fee: $555 wrote The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. create and evaluate story ideas; explore how characters’ Fee: $555 ❖❖ Classroom inner wants and immediate goals shape and drive a Mr. Knauer wrote the independent feature Ghost Team ❖❖ Classroom 10 mtgs screenplay’s action; see what constitutes compelling plots One distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures. He 10 mtgs Saturday, 10am-1pm, January 21-March 25 and subplots; and learn how to construct a scene. also wrote a Sci-Fi/Action feature for Universal Pictures Thursday, 7-10pm, January 19-March 23 UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. Throughout the course, you complete a series of exercises and is currently adapting the comic book 5 Days to Die UCLA: Rolfe Hall which serve as the basis for your script outline, a prose (Andy Schmidt) for Circle of Confusion. FILM TV X 440C description of your screenplay. The course goal is to learn Fee: $555 FILM TV X 440B how to write effective, compelling scenes and to create a ❖❖ Classroom Writing the First Screenplay III 3.0 units four-to-five-page outline that clearly delineates your script’s 10 mtgs Writing the First Screenplay II 3.0 units The third in a four-part sequence in writing a feature beginning, middle, and end. The ability to write an effective Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 This second in a four-part sequence in writing a feature film screenplay, this course focuses on the greatest outline is a critical skill for the professional screenwriter, UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. film script has you hit the ground running. You begin by challenge facing screenwriters: writing the second act. serves as the basis for most pitches, and is required for Reg# 350342 pitching your story based on your outline and revising As you write these crucial 60 pages, you refine your admission into X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. Enrollment limited to 15 students. it to make sure the premise can carry the entire movie. story outline; flesh out main and secondary characters; Reg# 350941 No refund after January 24. c & Armed with a workable outline, you then flesh it out into continue to develop the art of the scene as it pertains Enrollment limited to 20 students. Ronald Raley, screenwriter; WGA member whose either a beat sheet or treatment (at the instructor’s to type, choice, structure, and placement; and begin to No refund after January 11. credits include Edge of Sanity, Dorian, Cupid and Cate, discretion) and begin writing your screenplay. Personal- discover each character’s unique voice. You also learn No mtg. January 16; February 20. c & The Runaway, and The Locket, for which he received a ized feedback along with mini-lectures on key craft the habits you need to sustain the work of writing a Matthew Harrison, director whose feature film credits Camie Award. Mr. Raley has worked as a development points, including character development, story structure, screenplay. The goal is to write Act II. May be repeated include Rhythm Thief (Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festi- executive for Cannon Pictures and Hallmark Hall of and conflict, help you to meet the course goal, which for credit. val), Kicked in the Head (executive producer Martin Fame Productions, and has developed screenplays for is to write Act I (approximately 30 pages). May be Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I Scorsese), Spare Me, and The Deep and Dreamless Glenn Close, Vanessa Redgrave, Chuck Norris, Anthony repeated for credit. and X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II. Students Sleep, and whose television directing credits include Perkins, Malcolm McDowell, and others. Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I. must bring their beat sheets or treatments and Act I to Sex and the City, Popular and Dead Last. Mr. Harrison Fee: $640 Students must bring a four-to-five-page outline they the first class meeting and be prepared to write. mm received the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Online created in Writing the First Screenplay I to first class kkk Award in 2008. January 18-March 29 meeting and be prepared to pitch it. Fee: $555 kkk ❖❖ Classroom kkk 10 mtgs Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. kkk Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 171

Reg# 350348 FILM TV X 445.2 FILM TV X 431.99 FILM TV X 433.6 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Is It a Movie? The Art and Craft of Writing Your Feature Film from the Creating Characters from the No refund after January 24. c Creating a Successful Story Concept Story Analyst’s POV Inside Out Michael Janover, MFA, screenwriter; WGA member 2.0 units 3.0 units 3.0 units who wrote the feature films The Philadelphia Experi- Since a strong, compelling story concept is arguably Story analysts are the gatekeepers of the Hollywood Whether it’s Jack Sparrow or Jack Ryan, your charac- ment and Hardly Working, as well as the Mr. Boogedy the most important element required in getting a movie studio system who decide whether a screenplay goes ters are the most important components to your and Bride of Boogedy for Disney. Mr Janover’s other made, you don’t want to waste your valuable screen- further up the pipeline for greenlighting. The typical screenplay. Through them, we experience the journey, projects include a horror/comedy script for Cheech and writing time and energy on developing a project that’s studio reader has covered and analyzed thousands of the challenges, and the catharsis that a good film must Chong, and a horror pilot for Aaron Spelling Produc- weak in its conception. So what are the essential screenplays and treatments--and thus knows in volu- offer its audience. They’re memorable, they’re quotable, tions. He also was a writer on the original Hawaii Five-O aspects of a distinctive, ultimately marketable movie minous detail what works, what doesn’t, and why. and even with their worst flaws, they’re relatable. It is series. premise? How can you be sure that your story concept Designed for writers with a solid grounding in feature the character’s journey that we follow, that dictates Fee: $640 will seed a story that can sustain interest as a theatrical film writing basics, this course, taught by a veteran structure and elicits the viewer’s emotional response mm Online feature? In this six-week course, you learn how to studio story analyst, teaches you proven principles to that makes the effort worthwhile for everyone. This January 18-March 29 develop your movie idea’s characters, conflict, genre, clear the most important hurdles to your screenplay’s course is designed to assist you in developing and Reg# 351019 theme, world, and originality for maximal viability in our success. You learn how to create different kinds of harnessing the power of character to break through Enrollment limited to 16 students. extremely competitive industry, and you ultimately conflict, construct the world of the story, write effective road blocks in creating the marketable screenplay. The No refund after January 20. c workshop your pitch to ensure that your winning story backstories that layer the characterization, craft char- goal is to complete a detailed 10-page outline focusing Ed Horowitz, MFA, screenwriter; WGA member whose concept is good to go. acters that exemplify the story’s theme, and fashion on the character’s wants, needs, and journey. feature film credits include Exit Wounds, starring Steven Reg# 351026 vivid scene descriptions that can lure a studio reader Reg# 351204 Segal and DMX, On Deadly Ground and K9:PI starring Enrollment limited to 30 students. into receptivity of your screenplay. Come armed with a Enrollment limited to 15 students. Jim Belushi. Mr. Horowitz’s television credits include La four-to-five page outline, and by the end of this course, No refund after January 19. c No refund after January 24. c Femme Nikita and more than a half-dozen pilot scripts Billy Mernit, MFA, screenwriter and novelist; WGA you leave with a five-to-seven page treatment that Jim Staahl, writer, producer, actor; WGA member, two- for various networks. He has also written more than 50 member who is a story analyst for Universal Pictures provides the emotional tone of the screenplay, layers time Emmy Award nominee whose comedy feature short plays and one musical. He previously has taught and the author of Writing the Romantic Comedy the characterization, enlarges on the plot and subplots, credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveil- screenwriting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and (Harper/Collins) and Imagine Me and You (Shaye Are- and serves as a much more detailed plan of the screen- lance, and Blow Hard. Mr. Staahl also has written Television. heart/Random House). Mr. Mernit is a recipient of the play, which makes the first draft of the screenplay sketch/variety shows for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Fee: $699 UCLA Extension Distinguished Instructor Award and the easier to write. Howie Mandel. ❖❖ Classroom Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. He is Reg# 350795 Fee: $640 10 mtgs also a contributing author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham Enrollment limited to 15 students. mmOnline Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 Books/Penguin). No refund after January 24. c January 18-March 29 UCLA: Rolfe Hall Fee: $415 Kate Marciniak, MA, writer, professional story analyst ❖❖ Classroom who has worked on both studio features and indepen- FILM TV X 430.59 FILM TV X 440D 6 mtgs dent movies for over two decades, for companies such Writing for Emotional Impact Writing the First Screenplay IV Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-February 21 as Disney, HBO, Miramax, Dreamworks SKG, Warner 3.0 units 3.0 units UCLA: Rolfe Hall Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Amazon Studios. Ms. Great writing is about creating an emotional experience In the last of a four-part sequence in writing a feature Marciniak also produced programming for National in the reader--including producers, directors, or anyone film screenplay, you reach FADE OUT. In the process of FILM TV X 432.87 Public Radio and C-SPAN, and oversaw the Los Angeles in the position to advance your script--so that their writing Act III, you hone in on structuring conversations, Feature Film Essentials: Cutting the Downtown Film Festival. attention is riveted and they keep turning pages. explore how to maximize your story’s visual implica- Intimidation and Confusion of Writing Fee: $640 Designed for those familiar with the basic elements of tions, deepen scene writing skills, assemble scenes to mmOnline a screenplay and who have at least an outline in hand, form powerful sequences, ensure your script’s central a Full-Length Script Down to Size 3.0 units January 18-March 29 this workshop focuses exclusively on how to craft your conflict is resolved, and work on theme and imagery. Are you intimidated by the thought of writing a screen- words for emotional impact. Through analyses of pro- Also covered are revision techniques and the business play? Confused by conflicting advice on what to do and FILM TV X 431.87 fessional examples, workshop discussions, and lec- aspects of feature film writing. The goal is to complete not to do? This course introduces a new way of acquir- Writing the Films Audiences tures, you learn how to test your concept at the writing your first feature film script. ing the nuts and bolts of feature film writing and helps Want to See: Film Genre and emotional level; grab the reader through powerful Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, you cut the job down to size by guiding you to answer storytelling devices; humanize your main characters, X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, and X 440C Structure Workshop the big, scary questions: ”What should I write about? 3.0 units create emotionally gripping scenes, energize descrip- Writing the First Screenplay III. Students must bring What should I say about it? How do I say it?” Along with Audiences have definite expectations of horror, tions; and turn flat, on-the-nose dialogue into individu- their beat sheets or treatments and Acts I and II to the every topic and craft issue you explore-from screenplay romance, thriller, sci-fi, and other film genres, and this alized speech that leaps off the page. first class meeting and be prepared to write. structure and its ”rules,” to the best ways to mine your course helps writers of any level to ”give ’em what they Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, Reg# 350349 story for gold, to avoiding common character traps-you paid for”--and a lot more. Through an in-depth explora- or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 15 students. also get the best bits of a number of screenwriting tion of specific genres, you unleash new and powerful Reg# 350839 No refund after January 24. c books, and the shiniest gems of several screenwriting film writing skills, including how to generate original Enrollment limited to 15 students. Martin Copeland, PhD, award-winning screenwriter gurus, all distilled in a fun, relatable way. You also learn story ideas and how to tackle narrative and story No refund after January 24. c who has written feature films in both the U.S. and how joke writing translates into writing for a living and structure in fresh ways. The course goals are ambitious Karl Iglesias, MFA, screenwriter and script doctor, who Europe, among them Texas Rangers for Miramax; fast-tracks your writing practice (hint: the ability to write but doable for the motivated writer: you create three is the author of The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Handyman, a 2006 Buena Vista International co-pro- in a focused way that sells.) Your takeaway by the end new solid screenplay story ideas based in specific Screenwriters, Writing for Emotional Impact, and a duction; The Heavenly Kid; and The Sinking of the of the course: an evaluation by your instructor and genres and learn how to use the film genre in the contributor to Now Write! Screenwriting. Mr. Iglesias is Rainbow Warrior. peers on your story concept, a logline that sings, a tool construction of a screenplay; you complete rough a former development executive for Samson Entertain- Fee: $640 kit of strategies and best practices, and confidence to outlines and/or synopses of screenplay ideas, one in ment. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstand- mm Online forge ahead. each genre; you write the first 10 pages of an original ing Instructor Award in Screenwriting, and a contributing January 18-March 29 Reg# 351039 screenplay of one of the stories in a chosen genre; and author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). Reg# 351020 Enrollment limited to 20 students. by the end of the course, you have in hand more than Fee: $640 Enrollment limited to 16 students. 10 stories that you will want to write. mmOnline No refund after January 19. c No refund after January 24. c Michael Jann, Emmy-nominated television writer; WGA Reg# 350775 January 18-March 29 Warren Lewis, MFA, screenwriter/producer; WGA member who served 22 years as a comedy monologue Enrollment limited to 15 students. member who wrote Black Rain directed by Ridley Scott writer for The Tonight Show Starring with Jay Leno. Mr. No refund after January 24. c and The 13th Warrior starring Antonio Banderas. Mr. Jann most recently served as a comedy writer for The Jule Selbo, MFA, PhD, screenwriter; WGA member who Lewis wrote, produced, and directed the documentary Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and has written fea- has written films for the Jim Henson Company and Walt Coming to Light. He has also sold and developed both tures and TV pilots for major studios. He has also written Disney Studios. Dr. Selbo’s feature credits include features and pilots for Warner Bros., FOX, Paramount, for the National Lampoon and Cosmopolitan magazines. Columbia Pictures Hard Promises, as well as screenplays Ensemble Entertainment, and Sony Pictures, among Fee: $555 for Paramount, Universal, and HBO. She is the author of many others. ❖❖ Classroom Film Genre of Screenwriters and co-editor of the ground- Fee: $699 10 mtgs breaking Women Screenwriters International Guide. ❖❖ Classroom Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 Fee: $640 10 mtgs UCLA: Rolfe Hall mmOnline Saturday, 10am-1pm, January 21-March 25 January 18-March 29 UCLA: Rolfe Hall m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 9. 172 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 350810 FILM TV X 432.20 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Advanced Feature Film No refund after January 24. c Writing Workshop A 1-on-1 Approach to , MA, screenwriter; WGA member Andrew Osborne 3.0 units whose indie film credits include the Sundance Film This advanced workshop is designed to take writers Festival premiere On_Line, the Tribeca Film Festival who are approaching professional status from an origi- premiere The F Word, and his directorial debut Apoca- nal idea through first draft. In a workshop setting, you Your Writing Education lypse Bop. Mr. Osborne received an Emmy Award for the are challenged to push the limits of your imagination Discovery Channel program Cash Cab. He has devel- and encouraged to develop your individual voice, with oped projects for Warner Bros., HBO, MTV, and Orion. the goal of creating screenplays that are unique, pas- Fee: $640 sionate, and commercial. mm Full-length courses not your thing? Then take your project to the next level Online Prerequisite(s): This course requires a script submis- through our unique mentorship and consultation services, in which you work January 18-March 29 sion; for instructions on submitting a script click here. 1-on-1 with a published or produced writer. FILM TV X 431.102 Reg# 351049 Feature Film Writing Workshop: For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit Mentorships: Appropriate for novelists who have a complete manuscript or screenwriters our advanced submission page . Acts II and III Enrollment limited to 12 students. who have written at least 1 screenplay, you communicate with the instructor via email 3.0 units Visitors not permitted. Monday-Friday for 4 full weeks. This workshop guides you to complete your current $100 nonrefundable until January 17; no refund project. You focus on developing a successful second thereafter. Consultations: Submit your work for careful review by an instructor who sends you a and third act, with special attention given to structure, Tom Lazarus, screenwriter-director; WGA and Drama- character development, emotional content, and cine- written evaluation. You then meet with the instructor in person, over the phone, via tist Guild member, whose credits includes Stigmata, email, or via video conferencing to discuss your work. matic style. You also acquire self-editing techniques seven other features, eight TV movies, 100 hours of TV. essential for the professional writer. This is not a rewrite Mr. Lazarus is the author of three books on screenwrit- course; you must be working toward the completion of ing including The Last Word-Definitve Answers to All a feature-length script and have your outline and Act I Your Screenwriting Questions (Michael Wiese Pulishers). For More Information of your script in hand. Recently, he wrote and directed the sold out theatre (310) 825-9415 | writers.uclaextension.edu Prerequisite(s): X 430.101 Feature Film Writing Work- production of The Princess of Kings Road. shop: Outline and Act I, or equivalent, or consent of Fee: $735 instructor. ❖❖ Classroom Reg# 351281 FILM TV X 478.39 Reg# 351048 10 mtgs No refund after March 10. Writing Coverage: Enrollment limited to 16 students. Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 24-March 28 Brittany and Brianna Winner, aka The Winner Twins, Story Analysis for Film No refund after January 19. UCLA: Rolfe Hall science fiction writers best known for their award- c 3.0 units Michael Barlow, producer and screenwriter; WGA winning The Strand Series. The Winner Twins are Designed for both aspiring story analysts and screen- member who, as an executive at Paramount Classics, FILM TV X 432.25 contributing writers for Penguin’s educational writers who want to accelerate their careers, this course oversaw Black Snake Moan and Mad Hot Ballroom. Mr. Advanced Rewriting Workshop helps you master the methods used by story analysts publication“Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Barlow worked as vice president of production at vari- Horror: Speculative Genre Exercises from Today’s Best 3.0 units who evaluate submissions to production companies, ous major studios, including Orion Pictures (No Way This advanced rewriting workshop is for writers who agencies, and studios. You learn how to do an in-depth Writers and Teachers.” They have received three Pin- Out, House of Games, and Back to School). His writing nacle Awards for excellence in teaching from the Center want to take an already good script and make it great. analysis of the three-act structure, as well as dramatic credits include the miniseries Kidnapped and the ABC Through the process of analyzing and rewriting your and comic scene construction. You also learn the pre- for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, and have drama Family. been presenters at Comic Con since 2009. script, you develop a ”rewriting strategy” with the goal cise terminology used in story sessions, the foundations Fee: $699 of preparing your script for the marketplace and for great dialogue, and how to find original approaches Fee: $175.00 ❖❖ ❖❖ Classroom screenplay competitions. You must have a completed to established genres. These and other principles Classroom 10 mtgs 1 mtg first draft of a screenplay. become synthesized into coverage written to the high- Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 Prerequisite(s): Submit a sample feature-length screen- est professional standards, in preparation for a job as Saturday, 10am-5pm, February 4 UCLA: Bunche Hall UCLA: Dodd Hall play you intend on rewriting in the class. either a story analyst or screenwriter who needs to Reg# 350816 critique his or her own scripts effectively. Reg# 351250 Enrollment limited to 15 students. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Reg# 350353 No refund after January 24. c $100 nonrefundable until January 11; no refund Enrollment limited to 15 students. Feature Film Writing II Jim Staahl, writer, producer, actor; WGA member, two- thereafter. c No refund after January 24. c (Intermediate) time Emmy Award nominee whose comedy feature Michael Barlow, producer and screenwriter; WGA Barney Lichtenstein, MA, professional story analyst credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Under Surveil- member who, as an executive at Paramount Classics, who assists in training new analysts for the Sundance FILM TV X 431.101 lance, and Blow Hard. Mr. Staahl also has written oversaw Black Snake Moan and Mad Hot Ballroom. Mr. Institute and production companies, and whose Story Feature Film Writing Workshop: sketch/variety shows for Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Barlow worked as vice president of production at vari- Analyst’s Top Ten List of Effective Screenwriting Meth- Outline and Act I Howie Mandel. ous major studios, including Orion Pictures ( No Way ods has been featured in Creative Screenwriting, and 3.0 units Fee: $640 Out, House of Games, and Back to School). His writing on Script Magazine’s website. Mr. Lichtenstein was the Designed for writers with at least one screenplay under mmOnline credits include the miniseries Kidnapped and the ABC recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor their belts, this workshop guides you to launch and January 18-March 29 drama Family. Award in Screenwriting. make significant headway on a new project. The goal Fee: $750 Fee: $640 is to develop a strong premise that sustains your entire mmOnline mm Online script, create and refine the story outline, and write Act Feature Film Writing III January 18-March 29 January 18-March 29 I. Brief lectures on craft issues based on the demands of the participants’ work supplement the workshop. (Advanced) NEW Prerequisite(s): X 440A Writing the First Screenplay I, A script submission is required for these FILM TV 785.47 X 440B Writing the First Screenplay II, X 440C Writing advanced-level workshops which are primarily Creating Your Own Franchise: the First Screenplay III, and X 440D Writing the First workshop-driven. It is recommended that stu- From Idea to Sale Screenplay IV, or departmental approval. dents take courses at the intermediate level prior Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Hunger Reg# 351042 to submitting their work to an advanced-level Games, Harry Potter. Complex connected universes, Enrollment limited to 16 students. course. sequels, and spin-offs have now become the pop culture No refund after January 19. Instructions for Submitting to an Advanced-Level norm and are the models for Hollywood’s most coveted c Dan Vining, screenwriter and novelist; WGA member Course franchises. Because of the popularity and profitability of whose feature film credits include Black Dog for Uni- successful franchises, publishers and Hollywood studios versal Pictures and Plain Clothes for Paramount. Mr. For instructions on applying to advanced level courses, alike live and die by how many they have in their port- Vining has written screenplays for Walt Disney Pictures, contact the Writers’ Program at (310) 825-9415. folio. The Winner Twins, award-winning and national MGM, Paramount, and Showtime and his novels include The submission deadline for winter quarter is Decem- bestselling authors, show you how simple it is to create The Quick, The Next, and his latest, Among the Living ber 5 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). All applicants will be a complex universe of your own. Learn how to structure (Penguin-Putnam). He is a contributing author to Cut to complicated stories and timelines, create compelling notified regarding their enrollment at least two weeks m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). prior to the first day of class. If you are accepted, you characters with interesting back stories, overcome Fee: $699 dreaded writer’s block, and successfully navigate the ❖❖ will be required to enroll at that time; full payment of g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. Classroom course fee is due upon acceptance. The Writers’ Pro- different paths to bringing your universe to life. The goal 10 mtgs WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. of the course is to help turn your novel, television series, gram is not responsible for submissions lost due to Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 Internet or mechanical failure. No comments or cri- c or film idea into a successful franchise that will get UCLA: Rolfe Hall v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. the attention of studio execs. The course will feature tiques are provided on student submissions. kkk guest speakers including authors, showrunners, and/or Occasionally submission deadlines are extended; & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED producers who have successfully brought their own contact the Writers’ Program office at (310) 825-9415 universes to life on paper and on the screen. for the most up-to-date information. C UC CREDIT, page 9. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 173

Reg# 351088 Television Writing Enrollment limited to 20 students. No refund after January 19. c , MFA, writer-producer, WGA member who Don’t Just Take Barry Vigon Television Writing I served as a supervising producer on Veronica’s Closet; a co-executive producer on Malcolm & Eddie and (Beginning) Martin; and a producer on Something Wilder. Mr. Vigon wrote for Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; Soap; Roseanne, FILM TV X 430.4 Our Word for It! and Fame, and created pilots for CBS, NBC, ABC, and Beginning Writing for the One-Hour The Disney Channel. Spec Drama: Building the Story and Fee: $555 the Outline ❖❖ Classroom “ For the record, Billy Mernit is an exceptional 3.0 units 10 mtgs teacher. He is humble and unassuming, but Modeled directly on how writers write in the real world Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 of one-hour dramas, this course focuses on what is UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. extremely knowledgeable and invested. So most central to creating a strong script as well as the Reg# 350866 many things he said during the four days of the largest piece (40%) of the writer’s deal with any show: Enrollment limited to 15 students. the story and outline. You learn to choose the best story Studio were transformative for me and I will be No refund after January 24. c for your spec script, map it out from beginning to end, Claudia Grazioso, MFA, screenwriter; WGA member referencing my notes for a long time to come.” and write a strong outline in proper script format. In the whose credits include Are We There Yet?, starring Ice — Joanna Roy, Canada process, you learn how to identify and capture the tone, Cube and Nia Long, Bring It On Again and Christmas characters, dialogue, and themes of any one-hour Bounty. Ms. Grazioso has written several pilots for ABC, 2016 Writers Studio Participant drama series--the key to breaking into the field. Also Sony, Fox, HBO, Lifetime and CBS as well as feature covered are the various genres (police procedurals, films for most major studios. She has also written 2017 Writers Studio medical, legal) and their specific rules; what’s popular television movies for ABC Family. in the current marketplace; and how to work within the Fee: $640 Thursday-Sunday, February 9–12 special requirements of timeslots, outlets, and styles. mm Online Joanna Roy The course goal is to master the process of construct- January 18-March 29 For more information see page 162. ing an airtight story and detailed outline so you are ready to write a script for any current show as quickly FILM TV X 433.584 and expertly as possible. All student projects must focus TV Pilot Essentials and the FILM TV X 431.65 FILM TV X 430.73 on current shows; no pilots. TV Business Lights! Camera! Comedy! Writing Funnier and Better Using Reg# 350871 2.0 units 3.0 units Improv Comedy Techniques Enrollment limited to 15 students. What is a pilot? Most people think of a pilot as the first Geared to feature film and TV writers who want to cre- 2.0 units No refund after January 24. c episode of a series, which it often is--but not always. ate sketches, scenes, and/or webisodes, this short-form Taught by a successful writer and seasoned improvisa- Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose In this comprehensive course, you explore how a pilot comedy writing workshop teaches you to come up with tional player, this workshop introduces you to the basic numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; is different from a regular episode of a series; define fresh premises, create iconic characters, build a joke, principles of improv comedy performance and applies Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; and elements of a great pilot and how those differ from a and structure a three-to-five minute piece. In the those principles to writing for television and film. As a Walker, Texas Ranger. Ms. Byrne also served as a staff feature film; and discover why some pilots get ordered environment of a sketch comedy show’s writers’ room, comedy writer, you gain so much through learning writer and has written many produced docudramas as well to series and others, even great ones, do not. In addi- you also learn how to budget your time and production improv techniques, a greater understanding of the ele- as animated scripts. She was the recipient of the UCLA tion, you discuss real-world pilots and series, and dis- costs in order to create funny, performance-quality ments of a scene and character and knowing how to Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting. sect their conceptual strengths and weaknesses, as material. To help you get your work ”on its feet,” a find comedic moments within a scene. Improv also Fee: $640 well as specific execution (for those publicly available) troupe of professional comedic actors attend class gives you greater confidence in yourself and your abili- mm Online as it relates to the associated networks’ brand. Through twice. In the first of these two sessions, the actors ties, and can be an effective tool in overcoming writing January 18-March 29 this process, you gain a better understanding of the perform your work, which is recorded and used for blocks, working with other writers on a writing staff, and Reg# 351073 differences between a network pilot and a cable pilot, class discussions designed to guide your rewrites. pitching stories to producers and development execu- Enrollment limited to 20 students. a franchise show, and a mythology show, and see how Several weeks later, the actors return to perform your tives. In a comfortable and supportive environment, you revised, punched-up, and polished piece which you can actively participate in improv exercises, games, and No refund after January 20. c those ideas fit within existing network brand identities. Cynthia Hsiung, producer, writer, director, and execu- Course also includes insight into the business of televi- use to promote your work. scenes. The goal is to learn the basics of comedy tive who served as a producer and head of production sion development and network programming/schedul- Reg# 351031 sketch writing, and you leave the course with three for Young Hercules starring Ryan Gosling. Ms. Hsiung ing. During the course, each student’s one original pilot Enrollment limited to 20 students. completed sketches/scenes (each three-to-five pages). was part of the team which launched The Larry Sanders idea is evaluated to determine its most suitable No refund after January 20. Reg# 351022 Show and Taxi Cab Confessions at HBO, and was a network(s) based on its creative content and the net- Lisa Medway, screenwriter; WGA member whose Enrollment limited to 16 students. creative executive for MTV’s The Real World and Road work brands as identified in class. Each student is also credits include Silver Spoons, Duet, The Nanny, Baby No refund after January 20. Rules. Additional credits include her award-winning responsible for creating and presenting an original Talk, and pilots for NBC, Fox, and Disney Channel. Ms. Mark Steen, writer/producer and WGA member whose feature Shades of Love, as well as the TV series FanAd- network schedule. Medway has written in numerous comedy genres, writing credits include sitcom, animation, and sketch dicts! and Catching Hell. Reg# 351097 including animation, feature films, and humorous prose, comedy programs. He has performed with various improv Fee: $555 Enrollment limited to 35 students. and is the co-author of ME 101 (Warner Books Publish- groups in Los Angeles, including The Groundlings, Funny ❖❖ Classroom No refund after January 19. ing). She is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstand- You Should Ask, and The Company of Angels. 10 mtgs Lee Hollin, M.E.I.M., vice president of Current Pro- ing Award in Screenwriting. Stephen Mazur, screenwriter; WGA member whose Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 gramming at CBS Entertainment, who currently over- Fee: $555 credits include co-writing the feature films Liar, Liar; UCLA: Rolfe Hall sees the CBS series Madam Secretary, The Odd Couple, ❖❖ Classroom The Little Rascals; and Heartbreakers. Mr. Mazur also Jane The Virgin, and Criminal Minds. Mr. Hollin previ- 10 mtgs wrote the teleplays The Crooked E: The Unshredded FILM TV X 430.6 ously served as director of Drama Development at CBS Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 Truth about Enron for CBS and Wedding March for E. Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour TV Studios and was responsible for CBS’s Extant, Ele- Extension Gayley Center: 1145 Gayley Ave. He is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Spec Comedy: Building the Story and mentary, Under the Dome, and Unforgettable among Instructor Award in Screenwriting and a contributing the Outline many others. author to Cut to the Chase (Gotham Books/Penguin). 3.0 units Fee: $440 Fee: $485 This course teaches you how to create an airtight story ❖❖ Classroom ❖❖ Classroom and outline—the critical first step in writing a strong 8 mtgs 8 mtgs half-hour comedy spec script and a process that makes Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 7 Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 8 writing your script much easier, faster, and more suc- UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. UCLA: School of Public Affairs Bldg. cessful. You begin by learning how to pinpoint what makes any half-hour comedy show tick, studying the appeal and quirkiness of the main characters, and identifying the unique spin shows put on their stories. You then focus on your own script for a current show, finding the story and identifying the comedy in it, learn- ing how to pitch it, and creating a workable outline from which to write. Instruction also covers the ”need to know” business aspects of the half-hour show, such as the current use of spec scripts to get jobs and the basics of how a comedy writer works on staff, how freelance writers move onto staff, how a writing staff is structured, and how writers work collaboratively ”in the room.” All student projects must focus on current shows from a list provided by the instructor; no pilots. kkk 174 Writing, Journalism & Literature Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971

Reg# 351115 Television Writing II Enrollment limited to 16 students. No refund after January 11. Turn Your Novel or (Intermediate) No mtg. January 16; February 20. c , television writer/producer, WGA mem- FILM TV X 431.4 Eunetta Boone ber who created and executive-produced the UPN’s Writing the One-Hour Spec comedy series One on One. Ms. Boone served as co- Drama Script executive producer for My Wife and Kids and The Screenplay Idea into a 3.0 units Hughleys. She was also a supervising producer on the Mirroring the process that professionals undergo in The Parent Hood; a producer on Living Single; and a current episodic series production, this course guides story editor/consultant on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, you to write a solid first draft of your script and work Roc, and Getting By. on polishing it. You begin by refining your story idea and Fee: $699 Profitable Franchise! outline as needed, and then write your script, focusing ❖❖ Classroom on capturing the essence of the show through its four- 10 mtgs act structure, plot and story, multiple storylines, char- Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 With the help of Hollywood industry execu- acters, scenes, and dialogue. On the business side, you UCLA: Rolfe Hall learn how to develop your career game plan and hear Reg# 350874 tives, bestselling and multiple award-winning from industry guest speakers on the business of the Enrollment limited to 15 students. one-hour drama. Students must bring a complete science fiction novelists Brianna and Brittany No refund after January 24. outline to the first class. All student projects must focus Eunetta Boone, television writer/producer, WGA mem- Winner (aka The Winner Twins), show you on current shows; no pilots. ber who created and executive-produced the UPN’s how it’s done. Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the One- comedy series One on One. Ms. Boone served as co- Hour Spec Drama: Building the Story and Outline. Creating Your Own Franchise: From Idea to Sale executive producer for My Wife and Kids and The Reg# 351107 Hughleys. She was also a supervising producer on the Page 172. Enrollment limited to 16 students. The Parent Hood; a producer on Living Single; and a No refund after January 19. The Winner Twins c story editor/consultant on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Richard Manning, MFA, television writer/producer; Roc, and Getting By. WGA member whose credits include When it Calls the Fee: $640 Heart, Farscape, Star Trek: The Next Generation, mmOnline FILM TV X 433.888 FILM TV 785.97 TekWar, Beyond Reality (which he co-created), Sliders, January 18-March 29 Creating a Web Series Writing Compelling Scenes and Fame, as well as features, TV pilots, animation, and 3.0 units Sequences for Television webisodes, and a web series pilot. He is a contributing FILM TV X 430.7 With the explosion of web-based content and distribu- Successful television writing requires a different form author to Inside the Room (Gotham Books/Penguin). Writing the Original One-Hour tion platforms coming online faster than the speed of a of scene construction than feature film writing--which Fee: $699 ❖❖ Classroom Drama Pilot pixel, writers have incredible opportunities to create and is why agents and managers can tell after reading a 3.0 units 10 mtgs distribute their original creative content direct to the scene or two of a spec if an aspiring TV writer under- Before they hire you to write for television, executives Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 17-March 21 viewer. Writing a fiction or nonfiction web series comes stands how to write for this medium. This one-day class and showrunners want to read an original spec pilot UCLA: Bunche Hall with its own set of creative advantages and demands, teaches you how to conceive, write, and edit profes- that shows your unique perspective and demonstrates including limited budgets and a variety of viewing sional-caliber scenes and sequences for television Reg# 350891 solid writing skills. In this workshop, learn how to take devices, and in this workshop, you learn how to create pilots and spec episodes. By analyzing great scenes Enrollment limited to 15 students. your original idea for a one-hour drama pilot and your own web series, with each episode no longer than from both comedy and drama shows, you come to a No refund after January 24. c develop a strong ”hook,” break the story into acts, and five minutes. Through exploration and experimentation, deeper understanding of how to weave emotional Erica Byrne, screenwriter and WGA member whose create powerful character arcs and voices. Breaking you organically conceive your idea with audience context, narrative intensity, visceral stakes, essential numerous credits include episodes of La Femme Nikita; story in the style of a real writer’s room, you learn how demands and patterns in mind, write an episode, and context, organic escalations, and high-impact pacing Nowhere Man; Silk Stalkings; Hunter; Knots Landing; to develop a compelling story, brainstorm, and support execute a simple production. Also covered are ways to together to write the kind of scenes that can truly make and Walker, Texas Ranger. Ms. Byrne also served as a another’s vision. By the end of course, you have strong add a web-based element to existing traditional media you stand out. The course also covers how scenes are staff writer and has written many produced docudramas act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first projects. There are no prerequisites for this course. put together to form sequences, the backbone of any as well as animated scripts. She was the recipient of 10 pages of your original spec script. Reg# 350911 successful TV pilot or spec script. Perfect for both the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Prerequisite(s): X 430.4 Beginning Writing for the One- Enrollment limited to 15 students. experienced writers and beginners. Screenwriting. Hour Spec Drama: Building the Story and Outline and No refund after January 24. Reg# 351301 Fee: $640 X 431.4 Writing the One-Hour Spec Drama Script, or c mm Bill Taub, screenwriter; WGA and WGC member who Advance enrollment required; no enrollment at the Online equivalent, or consent of instructor. January 18-March 29 won an WGA Award for 101 Best Written TV Series door. Reg# 351121 including Barney Miller and Hill Street Blues. Mr. Taub No refund after February 11. Enrollment limited to 16 students. has written for Magnum P.I, Newhart, In the Heat of the Corey Mandell, MFA, award-winning screenwriter and FILM TV X 431.6 No refund after January 20. c Night, Relic Hunter, Dark Shadows, and Friday the 13th: playwright who has written projects for Ridley Scott, Writing the Half-Hour Spec Laurence Walsh-Hodson, screenwriter; WGA member The Series. He has written pilots for NBC, Columbia, Wolfgang Petersen, Harrison Ford, John Travolta, War- Comedy Script who has written for such hit network shows as CSI: Warner Bros., and Paramount, and is the author of ner Brothers, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Working Title, 3.0 units Miami and NCIS. Ms. Walsh co-produced and wrote on Automatic Pilot. Paramount, Live Planet, Beacon Films, Touchstone, This workshop guides you to write a solid draft spec the critically acclaimed Syfy series The Dresden Files Fee: $640 Trilogy, Radiant, Kopelson Entertainment, and Walt script from your half-hour comedy outline and move as and Against the Wall. She has sold two shows that she mmOnline Disney Pictures. far ahead as you can in polishing it. You begin by co-created for Mar Vista Entertainment and FX, and is January 18-March 29 Fee: $175 reworking your outline to simplify your story, nail down currently in development on her third. ❖❖ Classroom the essence of your characters, focus and tighten Fee: $699 1 mtg scenes, create mood and pacing, and punch up dia- ❖❖ Classroom Saturday, 10am-5pm, February 11 logue from the blueprint you’ve created. You then move 10 mtgs UCLA: Dodd Hall to the writing and polishing stage. On the business side, Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 you deepen your knowledge of the current comedy UCLA Extension DTLA: 261 S. Figueroa St. series marketplace and map out basic career building strategies. Students must bring a complete outline to the first class. All student projects must focus on cur- rent shows; no pilots. Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for Half-Hour Spec Comedy: Building the Story and Outline. kkk

m ONLINE COURSE, page 4. g HYBRID COURSE, page 4. c WEB-ENHANCED COURSE, page 4. v ON-GROUND COURSE, page 4. & TEXTBOOK REQUIRED C UC CREDIT, page 9. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing, Journalism & Literature 175

FILM TV X 442.1 FILM TV X 433.7 Writing the Original One-Hour Drama Finishing the Original One-Hour Pilot: Intermediate Workshop Drama or Half-Hour Comedy Pilot Save the Date 3.0 units 3.0 units Anyone who wants to work as a professional television This workshop guides you to write a solid draft of an writer has to be able to submit top-notch original mate- original pilot script from your one-hour or half-hour UCLA Extension rial to agents and showrunners. In this fast-paced outline created in a previous course. You start by course, you take your idea for a one-hour TV series and reworking your story idea and outline as needed, fixing Certificate Graduation Ceremony turn it into an outline, write intensively, and get feed- story problems and maximizing the drama or comic back from the instructor and fellow participants every potential. Special attention is paid to refining the world, Friday, June 30 at Royce Hall week. Throughout this process, you learn how to envi- characters, tone, and story of your pilot. You then move sion the world of your show, create characters and toward completing a polished first draft of your script, Make sure you’re eligible to take part! conflict, build a storytelling engine, and nail down your working on scenes, dialogue, and action, until it cap- show’s structure, tone, story, and act breaks. By the end tures your original vision and matches a network’s likely For details, contact your certificate advisor. of the course, you have in hand a rough draft of your requirements. You must bring a completed story outline original one-hour drama pilot. and first 10 pages to the first day of class. Prerequisite(s): Students must have an idea for a series, Prerequisite(s): X430.7 Writing for the Original One- and have completed one TV spec, TV pilot, or equivalent Hour-Drama Pilot or X431.7 Writing the Original Half- experience. Hour Comedy Pilot, or equivalent, or consent of Reg# 350902 instructor. Enrollment limited to 15 students. Reg# 351125 No refund after January 24. c Enrollment limited to 16 students. Joan Weiss, television writer/producer, WGA member No refund after January 11. who served as a supervising producer/writer on White No mtg. January 16; February 20 Collar, Unforgettable, and Journeyman. Ms. Weiss was Phil Kellard, writer-director; WGA member who was a writer/producer on Eureka, Everwood, and Summer- executive producer on The Wayans Brothers and Martin, Learn more about Extension Certificates at land. Her other writing credits include Gilmore Girls; and producer on Doogie Howser, MD, and who has Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; and Grace Under Fire. She written pilots for The Disney Channel, Showtime, FBC, uclaextension.edu/programs was also a staff writer on Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night. and Syfy. Mr. Kellard received an Emmy Award for Fee: $640 instructional programming and the UCLA Extension mmOnline Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting, and is a FILM TV X 433.58 FILM TV X 441.2 January 18-March 29 contributing author to Inside the Room (Gotham Books/ Professionally Polishing Your Advanced Pilot Writing Boot Camp Penguin). Currently he is serving as a creative consul- Finished One-Hour Drama Pilot: 3.0 units FILM TV X 431.7 tant for CBS’s The Inspectors. Advanced Workshop In this advanced workshop, you turn an idea for an Writing the Original Half-Hour Fee: $665 2.0 units original one-hour drama or half-hour comedy into a first Comedy Pilot: Intermediate Workshop ❖❖ Classroom The difference between a first draft and a winning script draft that introduces your show’s unique world, char- 10 mtgs sale is the level of professional, practical feedback you acters, tone, and style. You focus on creating the first 3.0 units episode pilot and receive intensive weekly guidance and Television executives and showrunners want to read Monday, 7-10pm, January 9-March 27 receive. But how do you gain this kind of access? UCLA: Humanities Bldg. Instructor Victoria Wisdom, who has represented mul- feedback The course goal is to write a full first draft that original pilots that demonstrate your unique voice and can be developed ultimately to sell to a television net- comedic sensibilities. This workshop shows you how to tiple Academy Award-winning writers in both television and film, provides solid support for this development work. Those students who submit a finished pilot at the take your original comedy idea and develop a strong end of class receive a one-on-one individual consulta- story, rife with memorable characters and even funnier Television Writing III process. In this course, you put the final polishing touches on your finished one-hour pilot, strengthening tion session with instructor. jokes. Breaking story in the style of a real writers room, Prerequisite(s): Writing sample of a spec script or origi- you develop a compelling story, brainstorm, and support (Advanced) structure, characters, and dialogue, as well as honing the clarity of your original idea. The classroom is nal pilot submittal is required. another’s vision. By the end of course, you have strong FILM TV X 432.4B act breaks, a full beat outline, and a critique of the first designed to resemble a professional story meeting Reg# 350912 10 pages of your original half-hour pilot script. Writing the One-Hour Drama Pilot: where ideas are vetted, shared, and evolved to support For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit Prerequisite(s): X 430.6 Beginning Writing for the Half- Advanced Workshop the writer’s process. Take the time to finish your pilot our advanced submission page . Hour Spec Comedy: Building the Story and Outline and 3.0 units at a more sophisticated level and see the results of your Enrollment limited to 12 students. X 431.6 Writing the Half-Hour Spec Comedy Script, or In today’s market, a good spec pilot is an essential new insights. $100 nonrefundable until January 11; no refund equivalent, or consent of instructor. sample. Neither pure episodes nor stand-alone screen- Prerequisite(s): Submit a one-page synopsis, along with thereafter. c plays, one-hour pilots nevertheless must have the the first 20 pages of your one-hour pilot that you will Jacqueline Zambrano, writer/producer; WGA member Reg# 350898 feeling of both--all in 55-60 pages. This workshop polish in the course; for instructions on submitting a and multiple award nominee, Ms. Zambrano has written Enrollment limited to 15 students. guides you to develop a drama series premise that script click here. for numerous shows, including CSI: Crime Scene No refund after January 24. c combines your original vision with a network’s likely Investigation and Star Trek. She also has created and Kevin Kelton, Emmy-nominated television writer and Reg# 352115 requirements. From the idea to pilot story structure and For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit executive produced dramatic television series for Fox, producer whose writing credits on numerous network finished script, your goal is to create a pilot that effec- CBS, Pax, and Showtime, and the Internet. series include Saturday Night Live, Boy Meets World, Night our advanced submission page. tively establishes ongoing series elements while bring- Enrollment limited to 12 students. Fee: $750 Court, and A Different World. Mr. Kelton has written and ing your characters to life. mmOnline produced for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, FX, AMC and the WB. Visitors not permitted. Prerequisite(s): Spec script or original pilot submittal is $100 nonrefundable until January 25; no refund January 18-March 29 He also has written screenplays for Warner Bros., original required. pilots for HBO and FX, and articles for National Lampoon. thereafter. c Fee: $640 Reg# 351147 Victoria Wisdom, producer/manager and former liter- mmOnline For instructions on submitting a writing sample, visit ary agent at ICM, who represented the Academy Award- January 18-March 29 our advanced submission page. winning careers of Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Business Writing Enrollment limited to 12 students. Suspects), Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond), and Reg# 351118 Visitors not permitted. directors Bryan Singer (X-Men), and Lone Scherfig (An For more information see page 79. Enrollment limited to 16 students. $100 nonrefundable until January 19; no refund Education). Ms. Wisdom also was a partner at Becsey No refund after January 20. c thereafter. Wisdom Kalajian Agency (BWK), and sold the hit CBS , television writer/executive producer; WGA c Joe Fisch Greg Elliot, television writer; WGA member whose drama series Criminal Minds. member who served as a co-executive producer for 3rd credits include Star Trek: Voyager, for which he was Fee: $465.00 Rock from the Sun and Boston Common, and as a nominated for a Sci-Fi Universe Award. Mr. Elliot was a ❖❖ Classroom showrunner for ROC and Just for Kicks. Mr. Fisch was story editor on the WB series Savannah, an executive 6 mtgs a writer/producer for Step By Step, A Different World, story editor on the WB series Charmed, and wrote for Tuesday, 7-10pm, January 31-March 7 and Who’s The Boss. He has written/produced pilots for the Disney Channel series In a Heartbeat. He is the UCLA: Haines Hall HBO and FOX and sold pilots for NBC, Showtime, recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Lifetime, Universal, and Dreamworks. Award in Screenwriting. Fee: $699 Fee: $699 ❖❖ Classroom Thursday. 7-10pm, January, 26-March 30 10 mtgs UCLA: Rolfe Hall Wednesday, 7-10pm, January 18-March 22 UCLA: Rolfe Hall