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SCRIPT 700
Screenwriting Accountability Group

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.

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SCRIPT 726.19
Perfecting the Pitch

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…

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SCRIPT X 465.7E
Writing the Film or TV Adaptation

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…

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SCRIPT X 426.6
How to Navigate the Writers' Room

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…

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WRITING 714.10E
The Speed of Time in Narrative

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…

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WRITING 761.13
Applications for MFA in Creative Writing Programs

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…

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WRITING 761.12
Applications for Conferences, Residencies and Fellowships

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…

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WRITING 791.8
Master the Art of Organizing Your Writing Life

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.

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Live Online
SCRIPT 791.9
Ace the Meeting - Navigating TV Staffing Meetings

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

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Live Online
SCRIPT X 415.13
Writing the Biopic

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

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Live Online
SCRIPT X 465.5E
Writing from the Director's POV

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

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Live Online
SCRIPT X 465.6E
Crafting the Thematic Heart and Soul of Your Story

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

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Live Online
WRITING X 424.28E
Writing the Family Narrative

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

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Online
WRITING X 432.20E
The Continuing Poet

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. 

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Live Online
WRITING X 424.27E
Planning Your Memoir (Two-Weekend Workshop)

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

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WRITING 731.6
Writing Occasional Poems

Learn to write poems for specific occasions in this class offering an overview to new and continuing writers.

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Live Online
WRITING 762.20E
Beyond Self-Esteem: 7 Fresh Hacks Around Writer's Block

Explore 7 techniques you can use to eliminate writer's block and get back to putting words on the page.

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Live Online
SCRIPT 726.17
Adapting IP for Film and Television

Get an overview of the process to adapt existing intellectual property (IP) for film and television.

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Live Online
WRITING 731.5
Meaningful Steps Into Poetry

Take a guided approach to writing poetry by reading and discovering what makes poetry tick in this workshop perfect for beginners.  

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WRITING 731.4
Feng Shui Poetry

Learn to build poems that capture emotions in the physical world using the principles of Feng Shui.

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