Fall Courses Announced

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized |

We’ve just announced five new classes beginning this fall.  Check ‘em out, and email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com to sign up:

Mixed Levels Short Fiction and Novel Writing Workshop
(taught by Leslie Parry in Pasadena)

Thursdays,7:30 to 9:30 pm
September 23, 2021 to November 11, 2021 (8 meetings)

This 8-week class is designed for both short story writers and those just embarking on their novels. For the first four weeks, we will do in-class writing exercises and discuss published short fiction and novel excerpts from a craft perspective. We will cover such topics as characterization, pacing, point of view, structure, voice, and scene, and there will be short take-home writing assignments designed to help you progress with your manuscript.   For the final four weeks of the course, we will workshop student work in a serious environment meant to challenge and inspire every member of the class. Each student will have the opportunity to workshop either one short story manuscript or one novel excerpt (maximum 25 pages).

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in Pasadena, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$360 for new students; $320 for returning students.  Payment plans available.

If you’re interested in signing up, email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com

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5-Week Introduction to Fiction Writing Course
(with Edan Lepucki in the Pico-Fairfax district)

Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
September 13, 2021 to October 11, 2021

This 5-week course will introduce beginning writers to the basic techniques of fiction writing such as characterization, dramatization,  dialogue, point of view, and so on.  In class we will discuss published fiction from a craft perspective and we’ll do writing exercises designed to tackle particular techniques.  Each week you will have short writing assignments to do on your own, and you will turn them in for feedback from the instructor.  As this course is designed for very-very beginning writers, there won’t be any formal workshopping.  The class is also open to more experienced writers who simply want to brush up on the basics.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in the Pico-Fairfax area, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$225 for new students; $200 for returning students.  Payment plans available.

If you’re interested in signing up, email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com

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Creative Nonfiction Workshop:  Personal Essay and Memoir
(Taught by Chris Daley in Los Feliz)

Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
September 29th to November 17th (8 meetings)

In this mixed-level course, we will read and discuss published narrative nonfiction as a means to investigate questions of truth and storytelling, and where the two intersect. There will be in-class exercises that address specific craft issues such as scene and voice, among others, and every student will have the opportunity to workshop at least one piece of nonfiction writing in a serious environment meant to challenge and inspire each member of the class.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in Los Feliz, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional delicious snack—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
Course fee: $360 for new students; $320 for returning students (Payment plans available!)

If you’re interested in signing up, email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com

For more information about our Chris, go here.

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Intermediate/Advanced Short Story Workshop
(taught by Edan Lepucki in the Pico-Fairfax area)

Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
September 22, 2021 to December 15, 2021 (10 meetings–no class on 11/10, 11/17, 11/24)

This 10-session course is designed for advanced students who are interested in deepening their understanding of short story craft and technique.

For the first few weeks we will discuss published short fiction and do in-class writing exercises. There will be optional out-of-class writing assignments, and we will hold short critiques of students’ work-in-progress and revisions.  Each student will write two short stories over the course of the class, and one of those stories will be workshopped by the class.  There will be 3 weeks off before we workshop so that students can devote time to finishing their manuscripts.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in the Pico-Fairfax area, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 6 students
$400 for new students; $385 for returning students.  Payment plans available.

This course is by application only. Please email writingworkshopsla@gmail to inquire about submission guidelines.

If you’re interested, email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com

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Intermediate Novel Writing Course
(taught by Edan Lepucki in the Pico-Fairfax area)

Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
October 5, 2021 to December 21, 2010  (10 meetings; no class on 11/16 and 11/23)

This 10-week course is open to more advanced writers who have written between 50-100 pages of a novel. For the first few weeks of this class we will do in-class writing exercises, discuss craft and technique from a novelist’s perspective, and conduct critiques of 1- and 2-page excerpts of students’ works-in-progress.  There will be a weekly page-count requirement to keep you on task, and we will even set aside time for “lab” sessions, where students work seriously in-class, writing their manuscripts.  There will be two weeks off before we begin workshops so that students may commit their time to preparing their manuscripts for workshop.  The final weeks of the course will be devoted to critiquing student novel excerpts in an intense yet compassionate environment designed to challenge and inspire all members of the class.

Course will take place in instructor’s home in the Pico-Fairfax area where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

This course is by application only.  All students who sign up must have the minimum page requirement of a first draft to be eligible for the course. Please email writingworkshopsla@gmail to inquire about submission guidelines.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$410 for new students; $385 for returning students.  Payment plans available

If you’re interested, email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com

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