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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
Conquering Your Story and Its Superstructure
Learn critical skills to develop a powerful, unique premise for your fiction or nonfiction in this intensive workshop dedicated to the magic that makes stories work.
Contracts, Rights, and Signing Authors
Copyediting I
Copyediting II
Enhance existing copyediting skills in this course focused on building professional-level skills and practices.