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.

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

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

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

October 3 – December 12, 2015
Saturdays 10am – 1pm
UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
Downtown Los Angeles, 101B Figueroa Courtyard

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. 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.

For enrollment information please contact Katy Flaherty, Program Representative, Creative Writing (310) 206-0951