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Your Story. Your Success. One Page at a Time.

If you're looking for top-tier writing instruction, look no further than UCLA Extension.

Finish a novel. Complete a screenplay. Publish poetry. Write your memoir. Take a class for fun!

Choose from dozens of open-enrollment courses, or explore our comprehensive certificate programs. Also offered: consultations, mentorships, retreats, and advanced seminars.

Learn days, evenings, weekends, or online.

 

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Learn from successful writers.

If you're looking for top-tier writing instruction, look no further than UCLA Extension.

Finish a novel. Complete a screenplay. Publish poetry. Write your memoir. Take a class for fun!

Choose from dozens of open-enrollment courses, or explore our comprehensive certificate programs. Also offered: consultations, mentorships, retreats, and advanced seminars.

Learn days, evenings, weekends, or online.

 

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Many people fondly remember their Writers’ Program classes for years after—the connections they make with other students and instructors end up being the fuel they need to keep going.

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The Write Process Podcast

One writer, one project, from concept to completion

Writers' Program director and host, Charlie Jensen, invites writers to sit down and recount how one of their projects made it into the world.

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Literary Journal

Southland Alibi is the student-run literary journal published by the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension.

We feature high quality works of art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction supporting diverse viewpoints.

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Courses

SCRIPT X 401

Get Your Story Straight

Craft and tinker with your story from a high-level point of view in this workshop teaching you the basics of screen story for beginners.
WRITING X 452.4E

Grammar for Editors

Get a good foundation in English grammar in this course designed for students who want to work in editing or who want to bring sharper skills to their own writing.
SCRIPT X 421.1

Half-Hour TV I

Learn how to construct a story and write a script outline for an existing half-hour series in this introductory TV writing course.
SCRIPT X 421.2

Half-Hour TV II

Go from outline to the first draft script of a half-hour series, mirroring the professional TV writer's room environment.