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WRITING X 424.2E
Creative Alchemy: Finding and Writing Life Stories You Were Meant to Tell

Use real life as a jumping off point for new writing, using activities and techniques that deepen and enrich how the stories are told.

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WRITING X 413.8E
Advanced Novel Revision Techniques

Before an agent ever gets hold of your novel, you must go through numerous revisions to present your best possible effort. As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, writing is rewriting, and the story of…

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WRITING X 413.6E
Write a Novel in 10 Weeks

This ambitious workshop guides you to achieve the unthinkable: a novel draft in just 10 weeks.

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WRITING X 461.9E
Intensive Revision

Get ruthless with your own drafts and discover ways to elevate your writing to its greatest potential in this workshop devoted only to revision techniques.

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WRITING X 461.2E
Power Up Your Writing: Deeper Characters, Deeper Truths

Approach writing from a variety of perspectives to discover new ideas, techniques, and skills in this workshop for writers of all genres.

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Online
WRITING X 461.1E
Emotion Into Art: Infusing Your Writing with Feeling

Learn how to create writing that triggers emotional responses in your reader. Great for beginning and intermediate writers.

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WRITING X 461.14E
Writing the Erotic

Explore the erotic as a genre as you learn to incorporate writing about sex and sexuality artfully into your writing, no matter its subject.

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WRITING X 424.4E
Travel Writing

Apply the techniques of evocative writing to place-based works while learning the skills of the professional travel writers

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WRITING X 424.3E
Writing Out of Your Life

Find stories from your life to turn into written works in this encouraging course that focuses on generating new work instead of revising and critiquing.

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WRITING X 413.9E
Speculative Fiction and Magical Realism

Kickstart your imagination with this introductory course on writing beyond the ordinary and in alternate realities.

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Online
WRITING X 413.7E
Write a Novel in a Month as Part of National Novel Writing Month

Dive right into to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with this workshop designed to help you achieve success with pre- and post-November activities.

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WRITING X 413.1E
Story Structure for the Novel

Develop a solid premise and sketch out your story's structure with the goal of completing a six-page detailed synopsis that you can use to complete a draft of your novel.

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Online
THEATER X 422.12
Voice and Movement for the Screen Actor

This holistic approach to movement, voice, and speech aims at liberating and enhancing the performer's natural capacity for moving, sounding, and speaking as applied to performance on camera.

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THEATER X 407.78
Improvisation Techniques for the Actor: A Course in Spontaneity

Gain experiential understanding of improvisational acting and develop a strong improvisational perspective essential to scripted work through theater games and improvising scenes.

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In Person
THEATER X 407.42
Inside Stanislavski: Applications for the Screen Actor

Learn the historic Stanislavski acting method combining the physical and emotional spheres to build an authentic character and true inner life, as well as how this method becomes the basis of many other acting techniques.

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THEATER X 406.51
Acting for the Non-Professional

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.

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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

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