ONLINE CLASSES

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2013 CLASSES
	So You Want To Be A Writer (Online)
	Mini Writing Pad Boot Camp . . . With Dessert (Online)
	And You Thought Your Family Was F@&KEd Up: Developing Compelling Characters From Real Life (Online)

 

 

So You Want To Be A Writer? ONLINE

You’ve always dreamed of finding the time to write on a regular basis or to finish a few poems, a section of a book, a few scenes 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: Marilyn Friedman 4 30 min. video lessons completed anytime during the week Instructor feedback on writing Cost: $235 (Includes interactive writing exercises and weekly instructor support)

About Marilyn Friedman:
Marilyn Friedman has taught writing in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles for the past ten years, including classes at Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, The Writing Salon, and the Southern California Writers Conference.  She is the founder and lead instructor at Writing Pad.  Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including Pearl, Squaw Valley Review, California Quarterly, Karamu, and The Great American Poetry Show. She has written articles on love and dating for Match.com and is currently working on a memoir about her experiences as a swing dancer.  Marilyn has a BA in English and Writing from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a Master’s Degree from Boston University.

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Mini Writing Pad Boot Camp . . . With Dessert

Put the bounce back into your writing practice! Athletes exercise every day to keep their muscles in shape. Writers should too. The more you write and use your imagination, the better your writing becomes. This class will give you tools for inspiration and motivation to work out your writing muscles. The Mini Writing Pad Boot Camp includes fun but intensive in-class writing workouts and a smorgasbord of daily 10 minute writes to keep you busy for a whole week. This episode of the Mini Writing Pad Boot Camp includes writing exercises that will help you craft pieces with vivid settings, combine your life experiences with wild headlines, and channel your personal passions into literary gold. The time will fly by, and you’ll generate so much new material for revision and publication, you’ll feel pumped.

 

Instructor: Marilyn Friedman Cost: $45 (Includes 1 30 min. video w/ 4 interactive writing exercises and craft lecture, instructor feedback)

 

About Marilyn Friedman:
Marilyn Friedman has taught writing in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles for the past ten years, including classes at Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, The Writing Salon, and the Southern California Writers Conference.  She is the founder and lead instructor at Writing Pad.  Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including Pearl, Squaw Valley Review, California Quarterly, Karamu, and The Great American Poetry Show. She has written articles on love and dating for Match.com and is currently working on a memoir about her experiences as a swing dancer.  Marilyn has a BA in English and Writing from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a Master’s Degree from Boston University.

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And You Thought Your Family Was F@&KEd Up: Developing Compelling Characters From Real Life

Have you always wanted to write about your kooky Uncle with the passion for naked parachuting? Or your friend who routinely gets pick pocketed on blind dates? In this class, we’ll help you mine your life for a compelling cast of characters, and then we’ll change the names to protect the innocent and the guilty. We’ll show you how to develop three-dimensional characters who have specific quirks, contradictions, and complexity. We’ll help you discover what makes them tick and how they walk through the world. By the end of this class, you’ll have written two jaw-dropping stories that are a delicious blend of the people that you know with the characters that you imagine.

Instructor: Marilyn Friedman Cost: $45 (Includes 1 30 min. video w/ 4 interactive writing exercises and craft lecture, instructor feedback)

 

About Marilyn Friedman:
Marilyn Friedman has taught writing in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles for the past ten years, including classes at Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, The Writing Salon, and the Southern California Writers Conference.  She is the founder and lead instructor at Writing Pad.  Her poetry has been published in numerous journals including Pearl, Squaw Valley Review, California Quarterly, Karamu, and The Great American Poetry Show. She has written articles on love and dating for Match.com and is currently working on a memoir about her experiences as a swing dancer.  Marilyn has a BA in English and Writing from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a Master’s Degree from Boston University.

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