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Comics & the Graphic Novel

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Discover how to create a strong, compelling storyline, how to create characters, illustrate body language and facial expression, and how to match words and pictures. Working in small groups to enable each student to receive individual attention, we’ll cover basic drawing and storytelling techniques, and will reference a broad range of comic book styles. There will be a demo of all materials and an expanded list available in the first day of class....

(1062) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$350

6 sessions

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Poetry with Eléna Rivera

92nd Street Y

Unleash the power of your words and discover the magic of poetry in this immersive workshop at 92nd Street Y. Join us as we embark on a journey to explore the boundless possibilities of crafting and sharing poems while delving into the depths of our inner worlds. Let the soundhouse of your whole body resonate with the joy of poetic expression.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$400

4 sessions

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Writing Memoir

92nd Street Y

Memoir is not autobiography, which is intended to cover the whole life to date, but a short and significant stretch of a life—like a novel. It’s also different from “autofiction:” it takes its obligation to truth seriously and it’s almost always written in the first person. Memoirists employ a reliable or unreliable narrator to tell their stories. Why and how does a story become a memoir? Why do some books seem as if they had to be written...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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$600

13 sessions

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Academic Writing Course

Learn to Succeed

For Students and Professionals Course Description: No experience in Academic Writing! Do not Worry! In this course, students will learn about how to write academic assignments (Essay, Thesis, Dissertations, Research papers, Lab reports, Book reports, etc.) in the shortest possible time.

(1) All levels 15 and older
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Humor Writing with Patricia Marx

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

A workshop for anyone who wants to write funny.  Read, listen to and watch comedic samples from well-known and lesser-known humorists and complete weekly writing assignments. Students already working on projects are welcome to develop them here.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$385

3 sessions

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Poetry with Wo Chan

92nd Street Y

Experience the beauty and power of poetry as you explore the art of gratitude and daily practice. Join us for a four-week workshop where you'll discover how to infuse your writing with vulnerability, immediacy, and the magic of everyday moments. No prior writing experience is required.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$400

4 sessions

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Fiction with Emily Adrian

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Unlock the secrets of creating compelling characters, crafting gripping plots, and developing a unique voice in this fiction workshop at the renowned 92nd Street Y. Dive into the essential elements of storytelling and learn from published authors such as Curtis Sittenfeld and Kazuo Ishiguro. Discover how to breathe life into your narratives and captivate readers with your words.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$400

4 sessions

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Poetry with Molly Peacock

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Explore poetry and visual art in this online seminar with an in-person museum visit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing. Immerse yourself in the works of American women poets like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Gwendolyn Brooks, while discovering the art of their contemporaries. This course is perfect for anyone, from beginners to experienced artists.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$400

5 sessions

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Poetry-writing with Omotara James

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

The space of the poem offers you the opportunity to free yourself. The work of the poem is to tell the truth: at all costs, in every place, no matter what. It has been said that the poet is the undoing of the family, because the poem reveals its secrets. The craft of undoing is necessary to the work of constructing meaning, no matter your subject matter. Poetry is not only where we go to confront the past, but to free ourselves of it. In this...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$385

4 sessions

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Fiction Bootcamp

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Are you an aspiring writer who is just getting started? A practicing writer who wants to recharge your creative battery? Focus on brainstorming and new writing. Each class is split between guided writing exercises, discussions of published stories from the perspective of craft and creative problem-solving discussions. Get a handle on voice, character, pacing and how to generate ideas when you’re feeling stumped. Writers of all levels are welcome....

(1062) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$250

4 sessions

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Reading Toni Morrison

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

92Y brings together a group of the nation’s most celebrated Black scholars, critics and writers for a year-long series on all the novels of Toni Morrison—from The Bluest Eye (1975), which she wrote between her day job as a book editor and her life as a single mother; to God Help the Child, from which she read on our stage in 2015, the last of many 92Y appearances over the years. Morrison was The Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities,...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Online Class: Comedy Writing

Primary Stages ESPA

A solid grasp of the mechanics of comedy writing for the stage is a powerful tool in the hand of any playwright. While comedy is a main element of an over-the-top farce or a burning satire, it is just as essential to delicately lace comic elements into the most serious drama. This class might be for you if you are: A playwright in any stage of your career interested in the comedic form. Looking to infuse your playwriting of any genre with smart,...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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$520

8 sessions

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The Editor’s Eye Level I: Two Day Intensive

Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference

Every writer needs a good editor to push the work to its best possible state. But your work won’t reach a professional editor unless it’s already in excellent shape. A dilemma, to be sure. That’s why you need to be a skilled editor of your own work. Perhaps your great ideas and stories are clouded by such things as clunky language, pallid verbs, excessive wordage, lack of emotion, and other amateur mistakes. Perhaps your work is fairly good,...

(745) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$200

2 sessions

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Memorable Memoir: 7 Wk Online Memoir Writing Workshop

Writing Pad

You know your story. It's about you, after all. But how do you make your tale so engaging that it pulls the reader in page after page? In this five week class, successful memoirist Monica Holloway takes you behind the scenes, exploring techniques for making the truth more compelling than fiction. Though in-class lectures, writing exercises, and targeted workshopping sessions, you'll explore the essential ingredients of memoir: voice, story structure,...

(60) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$395

7 sessions

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Writing for Children: Finding Your Voice

Continuing Professional Studies at Bank

Unlock your creativity and embark on a journey of storytelling with the Writing for Children course at Continuing Professional Studies at Bank. Discover your unique voice as you delve into the art of crafting captivating characters, engaging dialogue, and beautiful language. Join us and find pleasure in the world of children's literature.

(17) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$460

7 sessions

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How to Write the Funny

Santa Monica College @ Online Classroom, Los Angeles, CA

In a hands-on workshop featuring lectures, in-class writing exercises, and supportive feedback, discover how to write a comedic piece that is part story, part essay, part dialogue, and entirely, uniquely you. Learn all about the tools, techniques, and tricks that comedy writers use to get laughs in prose, screenplays, sitcoms, blogs, stories for live performance and even business presentations.  You'll also make an exciting discovery: There...

(513) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$149

8 sessions

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Poetry Writing & Reading Workshop

Santa Monica College

Improve your writing by reading exciting poets! If you're a beginning reader of poetry or an already practicing poet, come discover the secrets of poetic form, metaphor, imagery, rhythm, and much more by looking deeply into the works of a wide range of poets – from Shakespeare and the classics to the best international, American, and LA poets—such as Kaveh Akbar, Nick Laird, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Charles Bukowski, Wallace Stevens,...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$108

6 sessions

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TV Comedy II: TV Comedy Draft

Writing Pad

You have all the elements of a great TV Comedy: a great premise, clear characters, an engaging world, and a solid beat sheet. Unfortunately, the thought of actually writing the pilot fills you with dread every time you stare down at the blank screen. No problem! Jack Kukoda (Superstore, Mr. Pickles) will take you through the paces in this 8-week Online TV Comedy Pilot Draft Writing Workshop. He will help you hone your beat sheets, turn them...

(60) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,140

8 sessions

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The 90-Day Rewrite

L.A. Writers' Lab

THE PROCESS OF REVISION The 90-Day Rewrite is a guide through the second pass of your manuscript. The workshop will take you through an analysis of your material beginning with a new outline, and then dive into an examination of the story, character, dialogue, and prose. My goal as a teacher is to help you stay connected to your original impulse by asking the right questions. In the rewrite, it is often tempting to sterilize the complexity or...

(2) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,450

12 sessions

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You in 1200 Words: An Online Personal Essay

Writing Pad

Have you always wanted to write a personal essay but you don’t know where to start? Or have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Salon? Then this six week live online personal essay writing class is for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we’ll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. NY Times Modern Love alum Kalle Mattila (NY Times,...

(60) All levels 16 and older
No upcoming schedules
$440

6 sessions

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