Summer 2012 Classes

If you’d like to sign up for any of the courses listed below, please email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com to receive an enrollment confirmation.  You must email for a confirmation BEFORE you enroll online.  Thanks!

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NONFICTION

Mixed Levels Creative Nonfiction: Personal Essay and Memoir (taught by Chris Daley in Los Feliz) **CLASS FULL; EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30 PM
July 26, 2012 to September 13, 2012

In this 8-week mixed levels course, students will read, discuss, and write essays (or chapters) that will explore the genre(s) of personal narrative and memoir. The readings will be selected to stimulate thinking, exemplify different techniques and styles, and suggest techniques for engaging personal and creative expression. There will be in-class and homework exercises that address topics such as persona, audience, story, description, memory and truth, and ethical considerations specific to the genre. Students will have the chance to workshop their 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 gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
Course fee: $380 for new students; $340 for returning students (Payment plans available!)

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

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POETRY

Mixed Levels Poetry Writing Workshop (taught by Elline Lipkin in the Fairfax District) **CLASS FULL; EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 24, 2012 to September 18, 2012 (no class 8/7)

This 8-week mixed-levels class is designed to immerse students in the power and pleasure of poetry.  Each week students will consider a particular theme through an in-class writing exercise, read examples of other poems, and be given an assignment sheet of poetry prompts to use during the week.  We’ll explore different types of poetic forms, practice using a variety of writing techniques, and offer feedback on each other’s work.  This class is an opportunity for students to explore the art and craft of poetry at any level with the chance to experiment with words and feel inspired.

This course will take place in the Fairfax District, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$380 for new students; $340 for returning students.  (Payment plans available!)

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

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FICTION

Fiction Writing I (taught by Seth Fischer in Echo Park) **CLASS FULL; EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 25, 2012 to September 12, 2012

This 8-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 students will discuss published fiction from a craft perspective and do writing exercises designed to tackle particular techniques.  Each week students will have short writing assignments to do outside of class, which will be turned in for feedback from the instructor.  As this course is designed for 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 Echo Park, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional gourmet cheese—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$380 for new students; $340 for returning students.  (Payment plans available!)

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

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6-Week Fiction Writing Group (taught by Edan Lepucki in the Pico-Fairfax area) **CLASS FULL**
Sundays, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
July 15, 2012 to August 26, 2012 (no class 7/22)

In this course, students will have the opportunity to be a part of a fiction writers’ group facilitated by a published writer. Within a supportive environment, students will share new and in-process work, write from prompts, take home ideas for new stories, talk about writing, and ask questions about craft, creation and process. We will form our own writing community, giving and receiving feedback from one another, all the while having a good time. This is not a lecture class, nor will there be class assignments.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in the Pico-Fairfax area, where coffee and sparkling water–and the occasional assortment of bagels–will be served

Enrollment Limit: 8 students

Price: $200 (students must pay the full amount up front; no payment plans available for this course)

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

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Fiction Writing II (taught by Edan Lepucki in the Pico-Fairfax area) **CLASS FULL; PLEASE EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 9, 2012 to September 10, 2012 (no class 7/23 and 9/3)

This 8-week intermediate-level class is designed for both short story writers and novelists. For the first four weeks, students will do in-class writing exercises and discuss published short fiction and novel excerpts from a craft perspective. The class 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 students progress with their manuscripts.  For the final four weeks of the course, students will be workshopped 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 Pico-Fairfax area, where wine and sparkling water—and the occasional assortment of sweets—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$380 for new students; $340 for returning students.  (Payment plans available!)

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

Fiction Writing III (taught by Adam Cushman in Beachwood Canyon) **CLASS FULL; PLEASE EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Wednesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 pm
July 11, 2012 to September 12, 2012

This 10-week course is designed for experienced students who are interested in deepening their understanding of fiction writing craft and technique.

For the first few weeks we will discuss published 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 pieces of fiction (a short story or a novel excerpt); one of those stories will be workshopped by the class, and the other will be turned in to the instructor for feedback.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in Beachwood Canyon, where wine and sparkling water—and an occasional assortment of chocolates—will be served.

Enrollment limit: 8 students
$410 for new students; $380 for returning students.  (Payment plans available!)

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

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8-Week Fiction Writing Group (taught by Mary Guterson in North Hollywood)
**CLASS FULL; EMAIL TO GET ON WAIT LIST**
Wednesdays, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Begins July 11, 2012

In this course, students will have the opportunity to be a part of a fiction writers’ group facilitated by a published writer. Within a supportive environment, students will share new and in-process work, write from prompts, take home ideas for new stories, talk about writing, and ask questions about craft, creation and process. We will form our own writing community, giving and receiving feedback from one another, all the while having a good time. This is not a lecture class, nor will there be class assignments.

This class will begin July 11th, and it should meet every Wednesday evening until September 5th.  However, due to Mary’s work schedule, occasional meetings might have to be cancelled and rescheduled, and the class may thus run past September 5th.  Either way, the class will meet a total of 8 times.

This course will take place in the instructor’s home in North Hollywood, where wine, sparkling water, and the occasionl snack, will be served.

Enrollment Limit: 8 students
Price: $250 (students must pay the full amount up front; no payment plans available for this course)

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

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