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Discover a wide range of professional writing classes in Los Angeles that will help you enhance your writing skills and unlock your creative potential. From screenwriting to copywriting, learn from industry experts and gain the competitive edge you need to succeed in the world of writing.

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Story Time Plus: A Performed Essay Workshop

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Performance essays are all the rage, and in this five-week class, master storyteller Brian Finkelstein will teach you how to be a yarn-spinning pro. You'll do fun, improvised storytelling drills, learn about the structure of performance essays, and explore ways to use your pieces to boost your writing career. Brian will show you how to transform relationships gone bad, family feuds, and life’s minutia into two riveting five-minute pieces. He’ll...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$415

3 sessions

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You in 1200 Words: Personal Essay

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Have you always wanted to write a personal essay but you don’t know where to start? Or have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Salon? Then this five week Los Angeles personal essay class is for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. Published essayist Sophia Kercher (NY Times, Elle) will show...

(59) Beginner 16 and older
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$410

5 sessions

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Writing the First Draft

On the Page @ 12412 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA

Brainstorming the story you want to tell. Outlining without writing a novel. Getting your story out of your head and on the page quickly, efficiently, and creatively. That's what we do in this class. And, we do it in 6 weeks. Week 1: Idea Brainstorming Week 2: Story Outlining Week 3: Scene Crafting Week 4: Page Formatting Week 5: Dialogue Writing Week 6: Script Revising

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$325

6 sessions

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Comics: The Art of Storytelling

Los Angeles City College

Learn the visual arts and techniques of making a comic book. Ever wanted to create your own comic book? From the story, to the characters, to the actual art on the page; learn it all! With an instructor with over a decade of industry experience as an artist and publisher with half a dozen books already in print. Jerrell is classically trained in the visual arts field as an illustrator and has over 15 years of experience in the professional field...

(782) All levels 18 and older
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Introduction to Screenwriting

Santa Monica College @ 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA

Introduction to Screenwriting demystifies how to write for a visual and aural medium. Each class concentrates on different aspects of effective dramatic writing through the use of visual storytelling, conflict, plot, character development and rising action. We will be writing our own scenes from in-class writing prompts, while examining screenplays and scenes from various genres.  Group discussions and lessons will peek behind the curtain...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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$208

6 sessions

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Blog I: A Blogging Workshop

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

You don’t just want to write a post, you want to kick your blog into overdrive and garner legions of followers. Let Jessie Rosen (Time & Forbes Top Blogger, xoJANE) show you how. In this four-week Los Angeles Blogging Workshop, she’ll take you through the ABC’s of blogging.  Through fun writing exercises and targeted feedback, Jessie will help you write stellar personal essays, interviews, reviews, and listicles to make your blog...

(59) Beginner 18 and older
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$310

4 sessions

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Creative Writing Workshop Series

Los Angeles Writers Group

Spend one or several evenings learning and practicing different elements of the creative writing craft.Choose which evenings you’d like to attend this fall, or choose just the fiction classes, or choose to register for the entire series. Each night we meet we’ll focus on a different creative writing topic as listed below.  During the evening we will discuss that particular element and we will give you creative writing...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Fiction & Memoir Writing Workshop

Los Angeles Writers Group

In this multi-week novel and memoir writing workshop, we’ll delve into beginnings. Each week, we will read one participant’s 25-page beginning of a longer work-in-progress (to be turned in the week prior). We’ll provide feedback on what is working and what can be improved, while recognizing the sensitivity of works-in-progress. We’ll discuss and critique through the lens of craft issues–characterization, plot, point of view, voice, dialogue,...

(43) All levels 18 and older
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Read All Day & Get Paid For It

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn how to build a professional portfolio that will land you the most lucrative assignments.If you like to read and have a flair for writing, you can supplement your income as a freelance reader. Film studios and producers need to have hundreds of scripts and books read each day - and freelance readers are paid to do it. Find out where the jobs are and who to contact. You’ll work with reader’s reports, which show how to write coverage that...

(782) All levels 18 and older
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Writing Workshop

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Writers have the chance to unleash memories in hopes of discovering a meaningful story that is part of life. The process of conveying that narrative on paper, however, can prove to be difficult. Explore the variety of memoir structures--including the use of voice, narrative arc, setting, and details--and find out how to identify the most compelling way to tell your story.

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$119

6 sessions

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Effective Business Writing

Out of Bounds Technology @ 70 South Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA

n business writing, the language is concrete, the point of view is clear, and the points are well expressed. Good writing is hard work, and even the best writers get discouraged. However, with practice you can feel more confident about your own writing. This one day workshop will give participants the tools to become better writers. This one-day workshop teaches participants to: Make their writing clear, complete, concise, and correct. How...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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$250
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TV Pilot and New Series Workshop

On the Page @ 12412 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA

Break story on your pilot and construct your new series in this day-long intensive. Spend the day constructing your series and creating your pilot with Pilar Alessandra. Then learn about the business of writing (selling, staffing, representation) with special guest speaker Carole Kirschner. In this class you will: Identify the tone and scope of your series. Break story on your original pilot. Make decisions about structure....

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$250
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Politicos,Jailbirds,Werewolves: Writing the Cable Pilot

Writing Pad

By the end of the class, you'll have crafted a killer pitch, penned a show bible, and formulated a sales plan for your series. Surf board not included. Want to write the next "Orange Is The New Black" or "House of Cards"? Premium cable is the fastest growing producer of cutting-edge programming and has even spawned a new viewing model known as binge watching. Legendary screenwriter Peter Iliff ("Point Break", "Patriot Games", new surf gangster...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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E-Publishing And Self-Publishing

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Learn how to get a book or writing published, using copyright and trademark law, e-publishing and electronic commerce. With new services promising to help writers self-publish or distribute their e-books even better than before, it’s imperative that writers educate themselves about how these services typically operate.

(782) All levels 18 and older
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Screenwriting Bootcamp Level 2

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

You’ve finished that killer outline. What next? In this five-week Los Angeles Screenwriting Bootcamp Level 2, Wayne Powers helps you leap into the deep end by showing you how to take those sparse beats and turn them into powerful scenes that will seduce A-List Actors, Directors, Agents, and Execs alike. Through a mix of detailed lectures illustrated with film clips and in-class workshopping, Wayne covers advanced topics such as trailer moments,...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$595

4 sessions

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Precision Revision: A Los Angeles TV Pilot Revision

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

Finally the phone is ringing. It’s some fast-talking agent from ICM who wants to rep you because of that killer pilot you wrote. How did you get there? You took a 5-week Los Angeles TV Pilot Revision class with TV writer Mike Ellis, that’s how. He’s written for all the big boys, ABC, CBS and The CW and has sold pitches to DreamWorks, Working Title, Revolution Studios, Warner Brothers, Sky Dance Pictures and Universal. In this five-week Los...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$525

5 sessions

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TV Drama Pilot Revision

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Finally the phone is ringing. It’s some fast-talking agent from ICM who wants to rep you because of that killer 1 hour drama or spec script you wrote. How did you get there? You took a rewrite class with Dailyn Rodriguez (Lie to Me, Night Shift), that’s how.  In this 7 week Los Angeles TV Drama Pilot Revision class, Dailyn will help you whip your script into shape. Through analyzing a professional script sample, you’ll see how a first...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$695

8 sessions

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Precision Revision: A TV Comedy Revision Workshop

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Finally the phone is ringing. It’s some fast-talking agent from ICM who wants to rep you because of that killer half-hour comedy pilot or spec script you wrote. How did you get there? You took a rewrite class with TV writer Todd Waldman (Showrunner, Single By 30, Awkward, Happy Endings), that’s how. In this seven-week Los Angeles TV Comedy Revision Workshop, Todd will help you whip your script into shape. Through analyzing professional script...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$720

7 sessions

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Animated TV Comedy 1: TV Comedy Pilot Writing Workshop

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Do you have a great idea for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim or Fox’s Sunday Funday? Then this five-week Animated TV Comedy Pilot Writing Workshop in Los Angeles is for you. Let successful TV writer Mike Benner (Bob’s Burgers, Danger Mouse) share his secrets for developing a hit animated show, finding the funny, developing characters that bring us back, season after season. Through lively craft lectures and Mike’s help on your script idea, you’ll...

(59) All levels 16 and older
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$525

5 sessions

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2-Day Build a Website with WordPress Bootcamp

General Assembly @ Online Classroom, Los Angeles, CA

WordPress is awesome, but often misunderstood. Is it a blogging platform? A CMS? Should you buy a custom theme or develop your own? Wordpress.com vs. Wordpress.org? In this course you’ll develop a custom site starting from scratch. Basically, you’ll take a static front-end HTML/CSS template and do all the necessary magic to have that site running live and dynamic using Wordpress. Afterwards, your clients will be able to edit content themselves,...

(2637) All levels 18 and older
$300

2 sessions

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