Interested in learning about different genres of writing? This class is for you.

I’ll be teaching a new six-week course at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program this fall, which starts on September 30th.

“Introduction to Creative Writing” is designed for students just getting started on the path to becoming writers.  Here’s the course description:

Students work in small breakout sessions with experienced writers and teachers, then attend a lecture by various guest speakers with expertise in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or screenwriting. Short assignments are workshopped in the weekly breakouts. The goal of the course is to expose new writers to a variety of types of writing while getting their creative juices flowing. At the end of the quarter, students will feel more confident about their skills and will be prepared for further study of writing.

So if you’re interested in learning about different genres of writing, this class is for you.

Guest speakers include:

• Cole Kazdin, a writer, performer, and four-time Emmy-nominated television journalist
• Laurel Ann Bogen, an acclaimed poet and author of 11 books
• Michael Buckley, an award-winning author and short fiction writer
• Norman Kolpas, a long-time writer of specialized creative non-fiction, author and editor of more than 40 non-fiction books
• Michael Jann, an emmy-nominated comedy writer whose experience spans from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon
• Lisa Doctor, author of the novel The Deflowering of Rhona Lipshitz, screenwriter, and development executive at major motion picture studios with award-nominated work

I’ll be teaching one breakout section, and the talented teaching team, Judith Prager and Harry Youtt, will be teaching the other. To sign up for a session, click here (mine is Section 356670; theirs is Section 356665).

I look forward to working with you!

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