How to Have a Writing Career
March 10, 2021 In Classes By nancynigrosh

How to Have a Writing Career

UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
Saturdays 10:00 AM PST – 1:00PM PST
April 3, 2021 – June 5, 2021

Beyond writing a great story, writers must learn to compete for the attention of professional readers. They must also learn to develop an understanding of the interpersonal collaboration among a wide array of literary insiders, since, like many other kinds of professional systems, the insider network in film, television and publishing is a closed system. In this course, students learn to navigate through this barrier by acknowledging common feelings of intimidation while exploring the unique behaviors of insider culture. You learn to constructively focus on a dedicated practice of reputation building in order to make your work visible to the people who are the best advocates for it. By the end of this course, you understand how the agent/writer relationship works, what literary agent actually does, and what rubric for success an agent uses for a client’s work and their potential for a successful career.

UCLA Extension Writers’ Program has been a world class incubator of literary talent since 1966.

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The Matilda Effect
February 12, 2018 In Classes, Events By nancynigrosh

Neutralizing the Matilda Effect: How Women Can Forge Successful Writing Careers

NEW 1 DAY WORKSHOP

February 24, 2018
Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, DTLA Campus
261 S Figueroa St Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Designed for women creative writers and screenwriters with serious professional aspirations, this course unpacks strategies and solutions to counter the prevailing bias in favor of men’s innate ability to self-generate prominence, known as “the Matthew Effect.” When it comes to the fame game, most women are rookies and deeply influenced by the “Matilda Effect,” a term coined by sociologists to reflect inequity when it comes to getting or taking credit. In order to prepare you to compete in the professional writing arena, you need the proper equipment and training, including a strong belief system about having a writing career and a set of behaviors that can get you there, independent of natural talent. The course goal is for you to learn how to level the playing field by preparing yourself for the realities of the writing career game and engage in it actively, decisively, and successfully.

 
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Neutralizing the Matilda Effect: How Women Can Forge Successful Writing Careers

Contact:

Creative Writing (Fiction & Special Topics)
Carla Janas
(310) 267-4888
cjanas@unex.ucla.edu

Screenwriting (Onsite & Online)
Jeff Bonnett
(310) 206-1542
JBonnett@unex.ucla.edu

How to Get a Literary Agent and Launch Your Career as a Professional Screenwriter (Online)
April 8, 2017 In Classes By nancynigrosh

How to Get a Literary Agent and Launch Your Career as a Professional Screenwriter (Online)

This is an inquiry-based course about how to effectively enter the screenwriting profession by understanding what an agent’s rubric is. This is a rubric that gives insight into how to attract an agent. If you can attract an agent’s attention, you will understand how insiders think. This class will provide a step-by-step guide in ‘How To’ identify the established community of artistic and executive entertainment industry collaborators, as well as how to become visible to them. Understanding exactly what an agent does exposes you to how the entertainment business actually works. You complete the course with your mental state re-wired about Hollywood and your own work, and your chances of success greatly enhanced.

Date: TBA

The Mercurial Marriage of Fiction and Film
February 27, 2016 In Classes, Events By nancynigrosh

The Mercurial Marriage of Fiction and Film

The Mercurial Marriage of Fiction and Film

Friday, April 1, 2016
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Room 515 A, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level

What kinds of narrative fiction and nonfiction publications best lend themselves to filmed adaptation?

Billy Mernit (moderator) screenwriter, author and story analyst for Universal Pictures.
Chris Balis, screenwriter whose credits include Asylum, the film adaption from the Patrick McGrath novel.
Nancy Nigrosh has represented many award winning writers, directors and actors, including Academy Award–winner Kathryn Bigelow, as well as brokering film and television rights for authors; among them, Amanda Brown (“Legally Blonde”) and Jodi Picoult.
Michael Weiss is a screenwriter, and former VP of production for Miramax Films whose screenplays include Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Scorpion King.

More info: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/6036

How to Have a Professional Writing Career for Authors & Screenwriters
February 24, 2016 In Classes By nancynigrosh

How to Have a Professional Writing Career for Authors & Screenwriters

February 11-14, 2016
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
Westwood campus

This Writers Studio workshop offers rare insight into any aspiring writer’s most burning question: “How do I get an agent?” The answer to this question involves acquiring a strong grasp of what a professional partnership with a literary agent entails and the realization that without representation, creative writers and screenwriters lack the most meaningful access they’ll need, to have to a professional writing career.

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For enrollment information please contact Chae Ko, Writers’ Program Representative (310) 206-2612

For inquires about future courses please contact writers@uclaextension.edu