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128 Writers’ Program Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971Creative Writing: Short Story mXL 137 English 5 units cAvailable for UCLA transferable credit, this workshopcovers the key elements of fiction, including plot,characterization, setting, point-of-view, and variousstory development techniques, as well as publicationmarkets. Your goal is to complete or rewrite three storiesof average length. For technical requirements seepage 4. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256496CAFee: $1,591 (Credit)Reg# 256500CAFee: $760 (Noncredit)Jun 24-Sep 9Wendy Oleson, MFA, PhD, fiction writer, poet, andnonfiction writer whose work has appeared in numerousjournals and anthologies, including The MacGuffin,Washington Square Review, Bluestem, The SummersetReview, Rattle, and The Journal. Ms. Oleson was a VanSickle Fellow, a recipient of a Washington SquareReview Fiction Award, and The Elizabeth Bruss Prize,and was twice a Pushcart Prize nominee.Flash Forward: Writing Micro Fictionand Nonfiction mX 431.2 English 3 unitsFor sale. Baby shoes. Never worn. Ernest Hemingway’sfamous 6-word story captures how a compelling storycan be told in just a few words. It should come as nosurprise that in our fast-paced, Twitter-dominatedsociety, micro stories/flash essays/short-shorts are indemand by publishers. For creative writers, flash proseis often a rewarding form to write. Generally under1,000 words, and often under 500, flash prose piecescan provide a welcome break from longer projects whilekeeping our writing muscles active. In addition, producingmaterial appropriate for publication in a relativelyshort time can foster a sense of tangible accomplishment.In this workshop, you learn how to craft shortprose (nonfiction and/or fiction) for maximum effectthrough the use of helpful prompts; exchange critiquesto help you polish your flash stories and essays forpotential publication; and read examples of effectiveflash prose for class discussion about the craft elementsthat make them successful. Expect to produceseveral flash stories and/or essays in this class and tohave a lot of fun! For technical requirements seepage 4. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256504CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Mieke Eerkens, MFA, nonfiction writer whose work hasappeared in such publications as The Atlantic; The Sun,Best Travel Writing 2011; and Norton’s Fakes: AnAnthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, Found Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts.Ms. Eerkens is a recipient of the 2014 HambidgeCenter Residency’s Elfster Distinguished Fellowship,and was a Pushcart Prize nominee.Novel Writing I: Introduction to NovelWriting mX 462.71 English 3 unitsThat novel is inside you waiting to emerge, but knowinghow and where to start can be daunting. This courseprovides you with weekly assignments, group interaction,and instructor feedback to help you explore variousmethods of writing your first novel while learning thekey craft points of plot, structure, characterization,point-of-view, sense of place, and voice. The goal is tocomplete the first chapter of your novel by establishingan intimacy with your characters as you artfully shapetheir journey, and to develop an overall concept to guideyou through your story. Required for students consideringthe long-fiction sequence. For technical requirementssee page 4. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256502CAThrough Jun 8: $555 / After: $609Jul 8-Sep 9Beth Ann Bauman, MFA, author of the young adultnovels Jersey Angel (Wendy Lamb Books, 2012) andRosie and Skate (Random House), which was selectedfor The New York Times Editors’ Choice list and Booklist’s2009 Top 10 First Novels for Youth. Ms. Baumanalso is the author of the short story collection BeautifulGirls (MacAdam/Cage).Fiction IIThese intermediate-level courses are designedfor students who have fulfilled the prerequisitesstated in each description. Instructionincludes lectures as appropriate but focuseson workshopping. Students continue to shareand offer feedback as they move to deeperlevels of reflection and mastery.Writing the Short Story: IntermediateWorkshop mX 461 English 3 unitsFocusing on close textual analysis and intensive writingpractice, you create two short stories and revise one inthis 10-week workshop. Brief weekly lectures on technique,analysis of published stories, and in-depthinstructor and peer critique develop and deepen yourunderstanding of the art and craft of short story writing.Strategies for approaching the marketplace also arediscussed. For technical requirements see page 4.Prerequisite: At least 2 fiction writing courses or departmentalapproval. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256508CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Charles Wyatt, MFA, MM, fiction writer whose shortfiction has appeared in American Literary Review, TheNew England Review, and New American Writing,among others. Mr. Wyatt is the author of Listening toMozart (winner of the John Simmons Award), and thenovella The Spirit Autobiography of S. N. Jones. His newcollection of short fiction, Swan of Tuonela, was publishedby Hanging Loose Press.Novel Writing II mX 446.7A English 3 unitsArmed with your overall concept and first chapter, youcontinue to develop your knowledge of craft, writingscenes using characters and situations from the projectednovel and workshopping your in-progress work.Mini-lectures on the art of the novel, intuitive creativeprocess, and conventional vs. non-conventionalapproaches to novel structure also are covered. Thegoal is to complete 50 pages of your novel. For technicalrequirements see page 4. Prerequisite: X 462.71Novel Writing I: Introduction to Novel Writing or departmentalapproval. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256509CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Robert Eversz, MFA, author of the novels Zero to theBone, Digging James Dean, and Burning Garbo (Simon& Schuster); Killing Paparazzi (St. Martin’s); and GypsyHearts and Shooting Elvis (Grove Atlantic). Mr. Eversz’snovels have been translated into 15 languages. He hasbeen the finalist judge for the AWP Award Series in theNovel, and co-founded the Prague Summer Programfor writers at Western Michigan University.Course IconsProvideInformationAt-a-Glancem Online course& Textbook requiredC UC credit; may betransferable to othercolleges and universitiesM Meets during daytime hoursNovel Writing III:Works-in-Progress Workshop mX 446.7B English 3 unitsFor those with a minimum of 50 pages of a novel-inprogress,this workshop guides you to generate at least50 new pages as well as learn essential self-editingtechniques, with the instructor and peers reviewingeach participant’s project in detail. Refinements ofcharacter, structure, emotional content, and the developmentof the writer’s voice also are explored. The goalis to produce a substantial portion of your novel. Fortechnical requirements see page 4. Prerequisite:X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introduction to Novel Writingand X 446.7A Novel Writing II or departmental approval.Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256511CAThrough Jun 8: $555 / After: $609Jul 8-Sep 9Jessica Barksdale Inclán, MA, fiction writer and poetwho is the author of twelve published novels, includingHer Daughter’s Eyes and When You Believe. Ms. Inclán’snovel How to Bake a Man was recently published byGhostwoods Books. Her short stories, poems, andessays have appeared in or are forthcoming in Compose,Salt Hill Journal, The Coachella Review, CarveMagazine, Mason’s Road, and So to Speak.Novel Planning:Bringing Order Out of Chaos mX 450.76 English 3 unitsAre there snippets of scenes playing in your head? Isyour mind filled with intriguing ideas, possible plotlines, and characters waiting to be born? Or have youalready been writing scenes and find yourself boggeddown in the quagmire of decisions you have to make?The difference between a published and an unpublishednovel usually comes down to structure. Thiscourse takes you through the process of putting allthese feelings, thoughts, and plans into concrete storytellingterms, all in the context of a framework thatdelivers a riveting tale with texture and depth. Weexamine how the elements of theme, high concept,character planning, and character goals influence yournovel’s plot and subplot, as well as how to balanceresearch and backstory by graphing its framework tocreate a visual representation of pace and suspense.The course goal is to have in hand a novel proposal,which includes a synopsis of the plot, a cast of characters,notes on high concept and theme, a queryletter for marketing the work, and your opening scene.The novel proposal, geared for literary, mainstream,and genre fiction, is a wonderful tool for clarifying thenovel process and eventually marketing the work toagents and publishers. For technical requirements seepage 4. Prerequisite: At least 1 previous fiction writingcourse. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256513CAThrough Jun 8: $555 / After: $609Jul 8-Sep 9Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally bestsellingnovelist with 12 books in print, including her latestbook, Even in Darkness. Ms. Hightower’s books haveappeared on The New York Times “Notable” list, TheLondon Times bestseller list, and have been selectionsof The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. She is arecipient of the Shamus Award and the UCLA ExtensionOutstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing.Story Structure for the Novel mX 488.4A English 3 unitsMany aspiring novelists write and write with the hopeinspiration will come. The result is time wasted on aflabby novel with no clear shape and a sagging pace.On the other hand, story structure gives your novel askeleton; it forms the bones of your story. And just asadding flesh and clothing to a body makes that bodymore unique, so does any creative addition the writermakes to his or her basic structure. In this course, youlearn how to build that skeleton, from a solid premiseline to building the moral argument of your novel. Youensure that your novel has what story structure guruJohn Truby calls the “7 key steps,” and you learn howreversals and reveals, as well as character wants andneeds, can drive your story to a satisfying conclusion.Exercises focus on structural elements such as characterghosts, story world, and more, and by the end ofthe course, you have in-hand a 6-page synopsis thatworks. In addition, for most weeks, you submit 6 pagesof writing that relate to a particular structural element.For technical requirements see page 4. Enrollmentlimited to 15 students.Reg# 256512CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Caroline Leavitt, internationally-published fiction writerof nine novels, including Is This Tomorrow and Picturesof You, a New York Times Trade Fiction Bestseller. Ms.Leavitt’s work has been anthologized in The OtherWoman and Bad Girls, and her new novel, Cruel, BeautifulWorld will be published by Algonquin in 2016. Sheis a recipient of the UCLA Extension OutstandingInstructor Award in Creative Writing.Fiction IIIA manuscript submission is required for theseadvanced-level workshops. At this level,courses are primarily workshop-driven. It isrecommended that students take courses atthe Fiction II level prior to submitting theirwork to an advanced-level course. Forinstructions on submitting a writing samplesee page 133.The Art of the Short Story:Advanced Workshop mX 461.1 English 3 unitsThe short story is one of the most challenging of allliterary forms, requiring the precision and imagisticintensity of poetry combined with such novelistic elementsas structure, setting, and characterization. Thisworkshop helps you to realize your fictional intentionsthrough detailed written critiques and to learn how toprepare your stories for publication in targeted markets.The course goal is to complete two new stories and onerevision. For technical requirements see page 4. Prerequisite:Writing sample plus a 1-2-page synopsis isrequired; for instructions on submitting a writing samplesee page 133. Enrollment limited to 12 students.Restricted course; call (310) 825-0107 for informationregarding the application process.Reg# 256516CAFee: $685Jul 8-Sep 9Adam Prince, MFA, PhD, fiction writer whose shortstory collection, The Beautiful Wishes of Ugly Men, wasrecently published by Black Lawrence Press. Mr.Prince’s work has appeared in The Southern Review,Narrative Magazine, and Missouri Review, among others.He was a Pushcart Prize nominee and a TicknerFellow at the Gilman School in Baltimore.
Enroll at uclaextension.edu or call (800) 825-9971 Writers’ Program 129Novel Writing IV: AdvancedWorkshop mX 446.7C English 3 unitsFor students with at least 100 pages of a novel, thisadvanced workshop focuses on elements of techniqueand vision necessary for a work to be consideredcomplete. You receive intensive instructor andpeer critiques of manuscript chapters and theirrelation to the overall work, including a review asneeded of the effective use of voice, tone, mood,imagery, and metaphor. A major goal of this courseis to give you the self-editing skills to polish andrevise your entire novel within and beyond the courseitself. Please prepare a 1-page, double-spaced synopsisand your novel’s first 5 pages for the first weekof class. For technical requirements see page 4.Prerequisite: X 462.71 Novel Writing I: Introductionto Novel Writing, X 446.7A Novel Writing II, andX 446.7B Novel Writing III: Works-in-Progress Workshop;or equivalent. Writing sample plus a 1-2 pagesynopsis is required; for instructions on submitting awriting sample see page 133. Enrollment limited to12 students. Restricted course; call (310) 825-0107for information regarding the application process.Reg# 256517CAFee: $685Jul 1-Sep 2Lynn Hightower, nationally and internationally bestsellingnovelist with 12 books in print, including her latestbook, Even in Darkness. Ms. Hightower’s books haveappeared on The New York Times “Notable” list, TheLondon Times bestseller list, and have been selectionsof The Literary Guild and The Mystery Guild. She is arecipient of the Shamus Award and the UCLA ExtensionOutstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing.Creative Nonfiction ICourses in this section are recommended forstudents with some writing experience. Instructionis a mix of lecture and workshopping.Under close guidance by the instructor and in asupportive environment, students share andoffer feedback aimed at assessing their works’strengths and areas for improvement and fosteringcreative growth. Those new to writingmight consider courses listed under GeneralInterest: Beginning and Novice Writers.Creative Alchemy: Finding andWriting Life Stories You Were Meantto Tell mX 407.2 English 3 unitsThis course is for anyone who has a story from “reallife” that needs to be told. Sometimes your story isabout a person, place, thing, or some concealed partof yourself, a remembered time or event, or evensomething that will happen as you give account to itsunfolding. Over the span of this course, you identify thiselement of your story’s core fascination and acquire theskills to tell it, including researching and interviewingtechniques; cultivating your own unique writing voice;and constructing your story into a combination of episodesthat advance and present it to best dramatic andimaginative effect. Finally, you investigate possiblevenues where each story might most effectively bepresented. For technical requirements see page 4.Enrollment limited to 15 students.kkkReg# 256518CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Harry Youtt, fiction writer and Pushcart Prizenominatedpoet whose collections include I’ll Always Befrom Lorain and Outbound for Elsewhere. Mr. Youtt ison the editorial board of the international Journal ofConsciousness, Literature and the Arts, and is aco-recipient of the UCLA Extension DistinguishedInstructor Award and the UCLA Extension OutstandingInstructor Award in Creative Writing.Judith Prager, PhD, fiction and nonfiction writer whosenovels include The Newman Factor and Black Water.Dr. Prager’s nonfiction includes Verbal First Aid (PenguinBerkley), The Worst Is Over: What to Say When EveryMoment Counts, and Journey to Alternity. She is aco-recipient of the UCLA Extension DistinguishedInstructor Award and the UCLA Extension OutstandingInstructor Award in Creative Writing.The Lyric Essay:Writing by Associative Leaps mX 440.1 English 3 unitsQuickly emerging as one of the most popular subgenresin essay writing, the lyric essay connects fragmentsof memoir, poetry, epistolary writing, journalism,and other narrative forms to create a prose-mosaic thatcomes not to conclusion, but to question and rumination.Each week, the course pairs a poetry element(such as image, metaphor, allusion) with a prose element(such as narrative control, pacing, verb-tensemanagement) to guide the development of workshoppieces that are associative, sidewinding, juxtaposed,and contemplative. Throughout the quarter, you workwith the art of narrative segmentation, and using weeklywriting prompts, you learn to splinter syntax, disruptdialogue, rattle the image, and tinker with what you“think” you believe, before creating purposefulsequences of cohesions. Ultimately, the course goal isto create 4 polished lyric essays. Enrollment limited to15 students.Reg# 256522CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Kimberly Burwick, MFA, poet whose book, Has NoKinsmen, was published by Red Hen Press and whosepoems have appeared in Water-Stone Review, InternationalPoetry Review, The Indiana Review, Hotel Amerika,and The Literary Review. Ms. Burwick’s second poetrycollection, Horses in the Cathedral (Anhinga Press,2011), won the Robert Dana Prize.Writing the Personal Essay mX 401.30 English 2.5 units“Personal Essay” is a broad term that encompasseshumorous essays, opinion pieces, and essay- andbook-length memoir, but which always details thewriter’s journey through a specific experience. Thisworkshop teaches you how to be a compelling firstpersonnarrator and employ such craft elements astheme, character development, voice, pacing, scenesetting,and exposition to tell your stories. The goal isto complete at least one personal essay (600-2,500words) and develop material for future essays. Fortechnical requirements see page 4. Enrollment limitedto 15 students.Reg# 256520CAThrough Jun 15: $445 / After: $489Jul 15-Sep 2Victoria Zackheim, MA, editor of 6 anthologies ofpersonal essays including The Other Woman, ForKeeps, The Face in the Mirror, He Said What?, ExitLaughing, and Faith: Believers, Agnostics, and AtheistsConfront the Big Questions (Simon & Schuster/BeyondWords 2015.) Ms. Zackheim’s documentary, WhereBirds Never Sang: The Ravensbruck and SachsenhausenConcentration Camps, aired nationwide on PBS.I Got Published!“ I want to extend a thank you to theProgram as a whole, these two incredibleinstructors, and all of my lovely classmates.I have learned so much fromeveryone and grown significantly as awriter. Keep doing what you’re doing!”— Online creative writing studentAlexandra Greene who won theQueen’s University (Ontario, Canada)McIlquham Foundation Prize inEnglish for original poems writtenin her poetry classes with UCLAExtension Instructors Rachel Kannand Kimberly Burwick.You too, can achieve your writing goals.For More Information(310) 825-0107 | writers.uclaextension.eduIntroduction to Writing theMemoir mX 465.33 English 3 unitsMemoir may begin with memory, but then it movesoutward to the world. In order to formulate your storyinto a memoir, you need the tools to transform yourpersonal life story into larger truth-filled stories thatresonate with and illuminate the lives of your readers.Through concrete exercises, studies in craft, and utilizingsuccessful memoirs as models, you obtain theknowledge and confidence to shape your story. Withintensive sessions for manuscript feedback and revision.You create an outline and write 1 or 2 chapters ina safe and nurturing environment. For technical requirementssee page 4. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256521CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Jayanti Tamm, MFA, Pushcart Prize-nominated memoiristand fiction writer whose first book, Cartwheels ina Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult was published byRandom House. Ms. Tamm’s work also has appearedin the anthology Forgotten Borough (SUNY Press),The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, and ThePhiladelphia Inquirer, among others.NEW COURSEWriting Nonfiction Articles and Essayfor the Web mX 401.16 English 3 unitsThis nuts-and-bolts, interactive introductory class isdesigned for aspiring writers who want to publishnonfiction articles and essays online. With a focus ondeveloping the essential craft and marketing skillsrequired for a freelance career in writing nonfiction forthe web, you start out by learning how to conceive anddevelop ideas for publication, and then move on to themechanics of researching, reporting and writing in acompelling manner. You pinpoint where you hope topublish your work and learn how to analyze thesewebsites’ tone, content, and point-of-view, followed bywriting those all-important query letters to editors. Bythe end of the course, you should be ready to send outat least one article. For technical requirements seepage 4. Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256519CAThrough Jun 8: $555 / After: $609Jul 8-Sep 9Ajay Singh, MA, freelance journalist contributing toAsiaweek, Los Angeles Times, Money Magazine, People,Time Magazine, The Times of London, Wall StreetJournal and many others. Mr. Singh’s novel Give ‘EmHell Hari was a Waterstone Book of the Month. He wasalso the editor of AOL’s Patch Media and a Senior Writerfor UCLA’s Office of Media Relations.Alexandra Greene.Creative Nonfiction IIThese intermediate-level courses are designedfor students who have fulfilled the prerequisitesstated in each description. Instructionincludes lectures as appropriate but focuseson workshopping. Students continue to shareand offer feedback as they move to deeperlevels of reflection and mastery.Intermediate Creative NonfictionWriting Workshop mX 401.7 English 3 unitsDesigned for those who have already begun to explorememoir or other narrative nonfiction genres, thisworkshop guides you to take your skills to the nextlevel by focusing on a collection of essays, a singleproject, or other types of nonfiction prose; works-inprogressare welcome. Every week, you read severalshort, stylistically adventurous pieces to expand yourrepertoire and post a new installment of your ownproject for feedback from your instructor and peers.The goal is to generate 40-50 pages of polished newor existing material by the end of the course. Fortechnical requirements see page 4. Prerequisite: oneprevious nonfiction course or consent of instructor.Enrollment limited to 15 students.Reg# 256523CAThrough Jun 1: $555 / After: $609Jul 1-Sep 2Gordon Grice, MFA, nonfiction writer whose first bookof creative nonfiction, The Red Hourglass: Lives of thePredators, appeared on best-of-the-year lists from TheNew York Public Library, Los Angeles Times, and PENUSA. Mr. Grice’s nonfiction has appeared in The NewYorker, Harper’s, and Granta. His latest book, DeadlyKingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals, was publishedby The Dial Press, a Random House division.
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