UCLA Extension Writers' Program presents a free
CyberOpenHouse - June 2-5, 2008 - a free one-week event
This CyberOpenHouse is conducted entirely online and features 30 instructors (accomplished, published, and experienced) ready to engage in spirited discussions about the craft, all genres and publishing.
Join in the conversation at anytime, from home, work or abroad, on any day, 24/7 from June 2 to June 5th.
Online presentations encompass all writing levels from beginning, intermediate, advanced. Discussions range from getting started, works in progress, rewrites, inspiration, plot, dialogue, taking an idea forward, and polished and professional manuscripts.
Topics discussed include
Creative Writing
Fiction
Non fiction
Poetry
Playwriting
Poetry
Television Writing
Feature Film Writing
Niche Markets: Romance, Children’s Literature, Youth Market and more
Publishing
Live Chat Times
Tuesday, June 3rd – 7-8 pm (PST) - Screenwriting
Moderated by Barney Lichtenstein
MA, former story analyst for Amblin Entertainment, New Line Cinema, and Largo Entertainment, who periodically assists in training new story analysts for the Sundance Institute and major production companies. Mr. Lichtenstein has served as a story editor for a multi-award-winning installment of the PBS series P.O.V., and for Voices, which won the Peabody Award. He is the recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Screenwriting, 2006.
...“By studying several famous screenplays and a number of video clips throughout the course, students become knowledgeable about what comprises the structure of virtually any three-act story. Students also write actual coverage, giving them an opportunity to analyze films they love and hate the most, as if the scripts had just come across their desks. By the last class, each person should be able to write brief but detailed synopses and cogent comments, feeling comfortable using such terms as "plot-driven," "act breaks," and "ticking clocks," putting their coverage on the level of the professional reader.”..
Thursday, June 5th – 7-8 pm (PST) - Creative Writing
Moderated by Caroline Leavitt
Internationally published fiction writer of eight novels whose latest novel, Girls in Trouble (St. Martin's), was a Book Sense 76 selection. Ms. Leavitt's work has been anthologized in The Other Woman, and Bad Girls. She was the first recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Online Writing Education, 2004.
“Writing a short story is like spending time with a friend. Writing a novel is like living another life. Because so much is involved, writing a novel can make you want to hurl your computer out the window and then yourself after it. My goal, my function, is to be the lifeline during your journey, your rough patches, to give you the tools you need to pull up your confidence and pull you back up to your story…”
Video Welcome
Linda Venis, PhD. Director, Department of the Arts, kicks-off the event with a welcome to all participants. Engage in conversations on discussion boards with instructors and staff. Learn about creative writing and screenwriting certificate programs. Get answers to your writing questions!
The program is free but advance enrollment is required. Sign up today at www.uclaextension.edu, click on quick enroll tab, put in registration Reg# T7352U for the free online session and you are signed in and ready to join in.
The session opens up on June 2nd!
Note: A 10% discount is available for participants who enroll in a selected Writers' Program online course during this four-day event.
UCLA Extension
UCLA Extension is the continuing education division of UCLA, offering 4,500 courses annually and located in Westwood Village, Los Angeles.
Each year, The Writers’ Program offers
Over 500 courses,
Has over 6,500 students,
And, features accomplished current and past students and instructors who have been nominated and awarded Academy Awards, Emmys, Tonys, Pulitzer Prize, O. Henry, Kirkwood Literary Prize, and Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and more.
Sign up for the CyberOpenHouse at www.uclaextension.edu/cyberhouseSU08 or call the Writers’ Program at 310-825-9415 (PST) or visit The Writers' Program.