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Writing Pad Classes/Retreats
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One Night Stands/One Day Classes:
Multi Week Classes:
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So You Want To Be A Writer?
July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2010 (4 Wed. & 1 elective) - FULL
Aug. 19, 25, Sept. 8, 15, 2010 (4 Wed. & 1 elective)- Spaces Available |
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Finishing School
Aug. 19, 25, Sept. 8, 15, 2010 (4 Wed, & 1 elective) - Spaces Available |
Writing Retreats:
TRUE FICTION
Have you always wanted to write fiction, but you don't know where to start? Or are you writing a memoir and feel stuck when you can't remember important details? In this class, we'll show you how to apply fiction writing techniques to transform your real life experiences into fantastic stories! We'll use imagination to make reality more exciting and the truth to ground your narrative in concrete details. We'll even experiment with exaggeration to get closer to the heart of your story. By the end of class, you'll have written a tale that is a rich blend of fantasy and history. Brand new writing exercises are included. Experienced and beginning writers welcome.
 Instructor: Aaron Henne
Sunday, August 22, 2010
7:30 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
Cost: $70 ($60 for continuing students)
Includes 1 gourmet tasting plate
About Aaron Henne:
Aaron ‘s plays include “King Cat Calico Finally Free” (published by Original Works Publishing) and “Sliding into Hades”, which won the 2008 LA Weekly Theatre Award In Playwriting, and Aaron was honored as a finalist for The Jerome and The Juilliard Fellowships in Playwriting, as well as the Center Theatre Group's Sherwood Award. Aaron has served as dramaturg for Culture Clash, The Mark Taper Forum, The Colony Theatre and The Theatre @ Boston Court, where he serves as Co-Literary Manager. His work has been featured at The Road Theatre Company, Unknown Theatre and Theatre of Note. He currently teaches playwriting at the Robey Theatre Company and throughout LA. His writing exercise book “You Already Know” is published by Writ Large Press. Aaron is a graduate of Occidental College and has studied with theatre artists Toby Jones, Len Jenkin and Leon Martell.
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FINDING THE FUNNY: INFUSE YOUR WRITING WITH HUMOR
Have you always wanted to write funny, but you’re not sure how? Take this class, and we’ll show you how to transform your humiliations and family visits into side-splitting stories! Through readings and targeted, in-class exercises, we’ll help you channel your inner David Sedaris. Whether you seek to write comedy, satire, or farce, we’ll show you how to turn sentences into smiles. By the end of class you will have written a couple of pieces so humorous your readers will be doubled over in tears of laughter.
Instructor: Chad Gervich
Saturday, May 22, 2010- FULL
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Writing Pad
Cost: $70 ($60 for continuing students)
Includes 1 dessert tasting plate
About Chad Gervich:
Chad is a television producer, best selling book author, and award-winning playwright. As an executive at the Littlefield Company/Paramount Television and NBC Studios, Chad helped develop and maintain scripted series and pilots for ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, UPN, and the WB. As a writer and producer, he has worked on numerous scripted and reality shows for both TV and the Internet, including The Wanda Sykes Show (Fox), Spellbound (the Weinstein Company), Foody Call (Style Network), Celebrity Drive-By (E!), Speeders (TruTV), and Reality Girls Club, and Star Search. He is the author of Small Screen, Big Picture: A Writer's Guide to the TV Business (Random House/Crown) and he writes regularly for Variety, Writers Digest, Fade In, Moving Pictures, and Orange Coast. Chad holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA.
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So You Want To Be A Writer?
You’ve always dreamed of finding the time to write on a regular basis or to finish a few poems, a scene from a screenplay, or a short story. You can do it, and this class will help you! Brand new writing exercises and our balanced work shopping sessions will motivate you to keep your writing practice going. You’ll be too busy having fun writing to let your inner critic slow you down! We’ll also address individual writing practice/project issues, and help you tackle revision without pain. Experienced and beginning writers welcome.
Instructor: Aaron Henne
July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2010 (4 Wed. & 1 elective) - FULL
Aug. 19, 25, Sept. 8, 15, 2010 (4 Wed. & 1 elective)
*Elective is a one day class of choice depending on availability, remaining classes with Aaron Henne
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $350 ($300 for continuing students)
Includes gourmet desserts
About Aaron Henne:
Aaron‘s plays include “King Cat Calico Finally Free” (published by Original Works Publishing) and “Sliding into Hades”, which won the 2008 LA Weekly Theatre Award In Playwriting, and Aaron was honored as a finalist for The Jerome and The Juilliard Fellowships in Playwriting, as well as the Center Theatre Group's Sherwood Award. Aaron has served as dramaturg for Culture Clash, The Mark Taper Forum, The Colony Theatre and The Theatre @ Boston Court, where he serves as Co-Literary Manager. His work has been featured at The Road Theatre Company, Unknown Theatre and Theatre of Note. He currently teaches playwriting at the Robey Theatre Company and throughout LA. His writing exercise book “You Already Know” is published by Writ Large Press. Aaron is a graduate of Occidental College and has studied with theatre artists Toby Jones, Len Jenkin and Leon Martell.
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FINISHING SCHOOL
Enroll your unruly writing project in Finishing School! We’ll take the poetry, short story, novel or screenplay project that you’ve dreamed about writing and help you build a realistic but fun plan to get it done. In-class and homework assignments will help you access your imagination in new ways, inspire you to generate new pages every week, refine and elevate the craft of your work, and nudge that project to the finish line. Before you know it, your stacks of ideas will flow into a manageable, page-turner that will sing like the Von Trapps at Christmastime!
Instructor: Aaron Henne
August 19, 25, Sept. 8, 15, 2010 (4 Wed. & 1 elective)
*Elective is a one day class of choice depending on availability, remaining classes with Aaron Henne
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $350 ($300 for continuing students)
Includes gourmet desserts
About Aaron Henne:
Aaron‘s plays include “King Cat Calico Finally Free” (published by Original Works Publishing) and “Sliding into Hades”, which won the 2008 LA Weekly Theatre Award In Playwriting, and Aaron was honored as a finalist for The Jerome and The Juilliard Fellowships in Playwriting, as well as the Center Theatre Group's Sherwood Award. Aaron has served as dramaturg for Culture Clash, The Mark Taper Forum, The Colony Theatre and The Theatre @ Boston Court, where he serves as Co-Literary Manager. His work has been featured at The Road Theatre Company, Unknown Theatre and Theatre of Note. He currently teaches playwriting at the Robey Theatre Company and throughout LA. His writing exercise book “You Already Know” is published by Writ Large Press. Aaron is a graduate of Occidental College and has studied with theatre artists Toby Jones, Len Jenkin and Leon Martell.
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