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UCLA Extension All times quoted in this document’s course desciptions are Pacific Time. Enrollment begins January 31. 1145 Gayley Avenue Monday–Friday, 8am-5pm Summer Quarter 2022 (800) 825-9971 Classes begin June 22. Enrollment begins April 25. 90 Writing & Journalism Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 WRITING & JOURNALISM For more information call Writers’ Program (310) 825-9415 Journalism (310) 825-7093. WRITING X 402 Writers’ Program Creative Writing Finding Your Voice For help in choosing a course or determining if a course fulfills 2.0 units certificate requirements, contact the Writers’ Program at You’ve lived, listened, seen, had a childhood—there’s your raw material. (310) 825-9415. Now it’s a question of channeling and shaping that experience with Written Communication the tools of literary craft. In this beginner’s course, you explore the basics of the three major genres—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—read- For help in choosing a course, contact the Writers’ Program at Basics of Writing ing and practicing within those areas of expression to help you find (310) 825-9415. the modes that best fit your story and your voice. Each week you turn These basic creative writing courses are for students with no in short writing assignments that help you get your feet wet with craft WRITCOM 701.1E prior writing experience. Instruction is exercise-driven; the aspects like description, character, dialogue, etc. These assignments Writing with Confidence process of workshopping—in which students are asked to share culminate in a finished short story, essay, or poem that you present Whether your daily life involves tweets or texts, emails or letters, work and offer feedback on each other’s work with guidance from on the last day of class to a supportive workshop. memos or other professional documents, your daily life involves writ- the instructor—is introduced. Please call an advisor at (310) Reg# 382604 ing! This three-hour introductory workshop serves as launchpad for 825-9415 to determine which course will best help you reach Fee: $475 anyone wishing to increase confidence in their writing and to learn your writing goals. No refund after 15 Nov. about supportive resources available in the Written Communication A Remote Instruction curriculum. Workshop participants engage in discussions and writing WRITING X 400 6 mtgs exercises about potential inhibitions and discomforts when writing, Introduction to Creative Writing Monday, 7-10pm, Nov. 1-Dec. 6 goals for strengthening their writing, and ways to achieve those goals. 2.0 units Enrollment limited to 15 students. Students leave the workshop with a better understanding of how to This six-week course is perfect for anyone just getting started on their c improve writing skills through relevant courses in the Written Com- Rachel Kann, MFA, author of the collection 10 for Everything. Ms. Kann path to being a writer. Students work in small breakout sessions with is an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in various munication curriculum, and to write with greater confidence. All levels experienced writers and teachers, then attend a lecture by various of writers are welcome. anthologies, including Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spo- guest speakers with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or screen- ken Word Revolution. She is the recipient of the UCLA Extension Out- Reg# 383102 writing. Short assignments are workshopped in the weekly breakout standing Instructor Award for Creative Writing. Fee: $0 sessions. The goal of the course is to expose new writers to a variety A Remote Instruction of types of writing while getting their creative juices flowing. At the WRITING X 410 1 mtg end of the quarter, students feel more confident about their skills and Fiction: Essential Beginnings Saturday, 10am-1pm, Sept. 25 are prepared for further study of writing. 2.0 units Daniel Jaffe, MFA, internationally published fiction writer, essayist, and Reg# 382600 Do you aspire to write creatively but don’t know where to start? This literary translator whose latest novel is The Genealogy of Understand- Fee: $475 supportive workshop provides you with many techniques to motivate ing, a Rainbow Award finalist and honorable mention. Mr. Jaffe’s other No refund after 13 Nov. and guide you. You learn how to transform observation and personal A work includes The Limits of Pleasure, selected by ForeWord Magazine Remote Instruction experience into imaginative prose, create dynamic characters and as a Book of the Year Award finalist. 6 mtgs dialogue, and write from different points of view. By the end of the Saturday, 1-4pm, Oct. 30-Dec. 11 course, you have in hand a series of short sketches or a draft of a short WRITCOM x 401 No meeting Nov. 27. story and the key tools you need to write creatively. Enrollment limited to 12 students. Clear and Descriptive Writing c Reg# 382601 4.0 units liz gonzález, MFA, author of Dancing Santa Ana Winds: Poems y Fee: $475 Clear and Descriptive Writing focuses on the basics of sentence and Cuentos New and Selected. Ms. gonzález’s work has appeared in Wide No refund after 17 Nov. paragraph, providing tools to enable clear, focused, and descriptive essays Awake: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, and the San Francisco m Online and other writing objectives. Starting with focused sentence exercises, Chronicle, among others. She is the director and founder of Uptown Nov. 3-Dec. 14 you move toward creating clear, thoughtful, and organized paragraphs Word & Arts, promoting literacy and the arts. Enrollment limited to 15 students. that employ tone, voice, and diction. As well as completing exercises and c Reg# 382599 Jennifer Chukwu, MFA, writer and visual artist from the Midwest. writing assignments, you collect examples of writing—both effective and Fee: $475 ineffective—to present to the class in order to share and examine writing Ms. Chukwu was a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow. Her work has No refund after 13 Nov. appeared in New Delta Review, Black Warrior Review, DIAGRAM, and strategies. Toward the end of the class, students develop one essay-length A Remote Instruction TAYO, and she has presented her writing and art at University of piece of writing. In workshop groups, you hone this piece and help 6 mtgs classmates improve their work. You leave with skills you can apply in Wisconsin-Madison, National Louis University, The University of Saturday, 1-4pm, Oct. 30-Dec. 11 Manchester, and elsewhere. various settings and with different writing projects. No meeting Nov. 27. Reg# 383101 Enrollment limited to 12 students. c Fee: $745 Ron Darian, author and writer/producer whose fiction has appeared No refund after 6 Oct. in Fiction International, Inkwell, and The MacGuffin, among many oth- m Online ers. Mr. Darian is also a WGA member whose television credits include Sept. 22-Dec. 7 Frasier, Mad About You, and 7th Heaven. He was recently nominated Enrollment limited to 15 students. for a Pushcart Prize. Jessica Barksdale, MFA, MA, author of 15 novels including The Play’s the Thing and a poetry collection, When We Almost Drowned.