138 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 WRITING & Writers’ Program Course JOURNALISM Instruction Formats The Writers’ Program courses are offered in both Online and live Remote Instruction formats. Take a look at the advantages of these delivery systems. Online Instruction Remote Instruction • Lectures and coursework are available • Lectures and coursework are delivered at and accessible online at any time specific times and dates • Self-paced with deadlines to keep you • Immediate feedback and workshopping on track live on Zoom • Workshopping is conducted via • Writing process is a more collaborative discussion boards experience • More written feedback • Greater group participation WRITERS’ PROGRAM SCREENWRITING • Writing can be done more independently CREATIVE WRITING 150 Special Topics for Film & Television Writers Click “View Course Options” on our website course page to determine if a course is 138 Basics of Writing available through “Online” and/or “Remote Instruction.” When both options are offered, click on your choice of format for the schedule and instructor information. 140 Special Topics for All Writers FEATURE FILM 152 Beginning Feature FICTION Film Writing 142 Beginning Fiction Writing 154 Intermediate Feature 144 Intermediate Fiction Writing For More Information Film Writing [email protected] | (310) 825-9415 145 Advanced Fiction Writing 154 Advanced Feature uclaextension.edu/instruction-methods CREATIVE NONFICTION Film Writing Reg# 378937 146 Beginning Creative TELEVISION Writers’ Program Fee: $455 No refund after 15 May. Nonfiction Writing 154 Beginning Television Writing ❖ Remote Instruction 6 mtgs 147 Intermediate Creative 155 Intermediate Television Creative Writing Saturday, 1-4pm, May 1-June 12 No meeting on May 29. Nonfiction Writing Writing For help in choosing a course or determining if a course Enrollment limited to 12 students. c 148 Advanced Creative 156 Advanced Television Writing fulfills certificate requirements, contact the Writers’ Brian Sonia-Wallace, author of The Poetry of Strangers. Mr. Program at (310) 825-9415. Sonia-Wallace’s reportage has appeared in Rolling Stone Nonfication Writing and The Guardian, and he writes regularly for the LA County 157 JOURNALISM Department of Cultural Affairs. He is the founder of RENT WRITING FOR YOUNG READERS Basics of Writing Poet, which produces live, custom poetry for events, and he These basic creative writing courses are for students has been the Writer-in-Residence for Mall of America, 148 Writing Picture Books with no prior writing experience. Instruction is exer- Amtrak, and the Boston Harbor Islands. cise-driven; the process of workshopping—in which Reg# 378936 148 POETRY students are asked to share and offer feedback on Fee: $455 each other’s work with guidance from the instruc- No refund after 15 May. tor—is introduced. Please call an advisor at (310) ❖ Remote Instruction 149 EDITING AND PUBLISHING 825-9415 to determine which course will best help you 6 mtgs reach your writing goals. Saturday, 1-4pm, May 1-June 12 No meeting on May 29. For more information call Writers ’ Program (310) 825-9415 WRITING X 400 Enrollment limited to 12 students. c Introduction to Creative Writing Norman Kolpas, author and editor whose several hundred Journalism (310) 825-7093. 2.0 units nonfiction pieces have appeared in many publications, This six-week course is perfect for anyone just getting including Bon Appetit, HOME, Elle, Sunset, Southwest Art, started on their path to being a writer. Students work in and The Times of London. Mr. Kolpas is also the author of WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY small breakout sessions with experienced writers and more than 40 nonfiction books and consults with and ghost teachers, then attend a lecture by various guest speakers writes for many top personalities and brands. with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or screenwriting. Short assignments are workshopped in the weekly breakout sessions. The goal of the course is to expose new writers to “ As a graduate of the UCLA Extension Writers’ a variety of types of writing while getting their creative juices flowing. At the end of the quarter, students feel more Program, I studied with so many incredible, gifted, confident about their skills and are prepared for further study of writing. and generous teachers. The Extension program kkk taught me about creative nonfiction.” — Tembi Locke, former Writers’ Program student whose memoir, From Scratch, is a New York Times Bestseller. Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writing & Journalism 139 Welcome Our New and Returning Writers’ Program Instructors for Spring! New Instructors Mary Gulino, WGA member, Paul Guest, author of four col- Kristen Lepore, journalist whose credits include Upload, lections of poetry, most and producer who currently SMILF, and the digital series recently Because Everything Is oversees the Independent Decoys. Terrible, and a memoir, One Producer Project at KCRW, an Beginning Writing for the More Theory About NPR affiliate in Los Angeles. Half-Hour Spec I Happiness. Narrative Podcast Pilot Page 154. Memoir I Development Part I Page 146. Page 151. Mary Gulino Paul Guest Kristen Lepore Returning Instructors Jon Bernstein, screenwriter Dara Hyde, senior agent at the Eduardo Santiago, author and WGA member who wrote Hill Nadell Literary Agency in of Midnight Rumba and Meet the Robinsons, Ringmas- Los Angeles; represents a wide Tomorrow They Will Kiss, ter, and Beautiful. range of fiction and nonfiction. which was an Edmund White Creative Writing: Screenplay Writing an Effective Debut Fiction Award finalist. Page 140. Query Letter Novel I Page 149. Page 142. Jon Bernstein Dara Hyde Eduardo Santiago For advisement on courses or to learn about our certificates call (310) 825-9415 or email [email protected]. WRITING X 410 Reg# 378939 Fiction: Essential Beginnings Fee: $475 2.0 units No refund after 19 May. Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where to m Online start? This supportive workshop provides you with many May 5-June 15 techniques to motivate and guide you. You learn how to Enrollment limited to 15 students. c transform observation and personal experience into imagina- Marianne Villanueva, MA, author of Jenalyn, Ginseng and tive prose, create dynamic characters and dialogue, and write Other Tales from Manila, The Mayor of the Roses: Stories, from different points of view. By the end of the course, you andThe Lost Language. Her stories have appeared in Juked, will have in hand a series of short sketches or a draft of a Witness, Bluestem, Your Impossible Voice, Café Irreal, Crab short story and the key tools you need to write creatively. Orchard Review, and Bellingham Review. Reg# 378938 Fee: $475 WRITING X 461.2E No refund after 19 May. Power Up Your Writing: Deeper m Online Characters, Deeper Truths May 5-June 15 2.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. c How do writers create work that electrifies readers and stays Writers’ Program David Samuel Levinson, MFA, author of the novel Antonia with them long after they have turned the last page? One Lively Breaks the Silence (Algonquin, 2012) and the story key is that they create characters who live on in the readers’ collection Most of Us Are Here Against Our Will (Viking minds; another is that they dig into their own hearts and Penguin UK, 2005). Mr. Levinson’s short stories have been minds to reveal deeper truths. Whether you’re writing fiction, published in Prairie Schooner, The Brooklyn Review, and The poetry, memoir, or essay, this course helps you to do both. Open House New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories. He was a top finalist The process of being able to create memorable characters for the Flannery O’Connor Short Story Prize. includes building the vivid worlds they live in, and exploring how they reveal who they are—and what they want— Online WRITING X 420 through action and speech, as well as through what they Nonfiction: Essential Beginnings own, wear, value, and desire. The body as a metaphor for Thursday, February 4, 4–6pm 2.0 units feelings about ourselves and others is explored, and visual Sometimes the best stories are true. To help you turn your arts—painting, sculpture, photography—offer pathways to get at your own truths. In revising your work, you gain tools The Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension invites you a virtual Open House event where personal experiences, anecdotes from everyday life, and you can learn more about who we are, what we do, and why we’re the best choice for family stories into compelling narratives, this workshop for going deep into the story to reveal rich, new insights. teaches beginning writers the basic elements of good Suitable for beginners and experienced writers. your writing education. storytelling. You learn how to excavate memories and dis- Reg# 378940 cover fresh or unexpected facets of your life stories. Fee: $475 Whether you’re a prospective student or a current student looking for more information Through weekly exercises, you generate new material and No refund after 19 May. on all the opportunities available, the Open House is here to answer your questions on learn an array of fictional techniques to tell your nonfiction m Online our courses, certificate programs and specializations, competitions, scholarships, men- story, including how to play with voice, focus on a small unit May 5-June 15 torships, events, and more. Learn about our general programs in this interactive Zoom of time, and describe landscape and character. By the Enrollment limited to 15 students. c course’s completion, you have in hand a series of short Rochelle J. Shapiro, author of Miriam the Medium and Kay- session and meet advisors and other writers in small breakout rooms. sketches or a draft of a nonfiction piece. lee’s Ghost. Ms. Shapiro’s essays have been published in The kkk New York Times and Newsweek.