Compliments from the Writers' Program
To support our writing community during the developing Covid-19 situation, the Writers’ Program has decided to offer a variety of one-day courses as FREE online seminars this quarter!
Click any of the buttons below, then select the “View Course Options,” followed by “Enroll” and follow the prompts to register.
Please note that the enrollment period opens two weeks before the start date of that particular course.
Nonfiction 101 with Roberta Wax
Get an overview of opportunities to write and publish nonfiction in this course designed for beginners new to the genre.
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 10:00AM PT – 1:00PM PT
How to Land a Literary Agent with Eve Porinchak
Learn to work strategically toward finding an agent in this workshop that helps you develop a pitch, a list of agents, and materials that identify you as a serious writer prepared for success.
Saturday, May 22, 2021, 10:00AM PT – 1:00PM PT
Prose Poetry: One Day Workshop with Ruben Quesada
Learn what makes a prose poem a prose poem and how to employ the possibilities of this form.
Saturday, April 24, 2021, 10:00AM PT – 1:00PM PT
Breaking through Writer's Block with Laurence Rosenthal
Learn how writers survive writer’s block, procrastination, and rejection in this course covering brain science, creativity, and resilience.
Saturday, May 22, 2021, 10:00AM – 1:00PM PT