Primarily for nonactors (as well as beginning actors), use professional acting techniques in a supportive environment. Experience the unfolding of your full potential for self-expression and personal presentation.

Join a critique-free group to keep you on track to reach your writing goals while learning new tools and best practices for getting words on the page.

Written communication is essential in everything we do. We may be asked to write a report for the work we do in our jobs. We may have to write proposals for potential clients. We may need to write a…

What do all the Oscar, BAFTA, or Golden Globe award-winning/nominated features have in common? All share vital underlying similarities in terms of plot and characterization. By analyzing exactly why…

This course is aimed at screenwriters who are interested in where Black television began and how much farther we have to go. We look at the progression of African Americans on TV and their struggles.…

Join a critique-free group to keep you on track to reach your writing goals while learning new tools and best practices for getting words on the page.

In television, the written word is king. But before anyone reads your script, there’s a verbal component to every television writer’s job: the pitch. Every time you meet, Zoom or phone an…

From Oppenheimer to Bridgerton, many great films and television series are adaptations. Adaptation is the craft of taking existing source material and creating a new work in another medium. Virtually…

Modeled on how a writers' room works in the real world, this course gives you an opportunity to participate in a mock writers' room. Together, the class and the instructor create an original…

From summaries covering centuries to slow-motion sequences that represent seconds, from real time to no time, the clock and the calendar are handled in different ways on the page. In this 3-hour…

With over 100 MFA in Creative Writing programs available to choose from across the country (and beyond) each with its own application system and offers, this 3-hour webinar will help narrow the…

Sustaining a writing practice in today’s climate can be both isolating, challenging, and time consuming when dealing with our own life obligations and occupations. You don’t have to do it…

Learn to bring order out of your chaotic writing life by mastering tools that help you stay on top of your many drafts and projects.

Get tips and advice directly from experienced TV writers on how to pitch yourself and your work.

Learn to write a powerful biographical film (a "biopic") in this case ideal for writers with some understanding of feature film structure.    

Enhance your existing script in this course focused on imbuing your story with elements that inspire a director's passion.

Learn how a defined thematic argument is at the heart of every powerful story, and how you can enhance it in your own script.           

Develop a small body of work by exploring different ways to creatively tell stories informed by your ancestral history, both known and unknown.

Perfect for poets not quite ready for advanced workshops, this course sustains and builds on your writing practice with readings, discussions, and prompts to keep you writing and discovering your potential. 

Take the first steps to writing your memoir by identifying your story and planning how you want to tell it.