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Memoir-Writing with Betsy Bonner

92nd Street Y @ Online Classroom, New York, NY

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you.  Memoir is not autobiography, which is intended to cover the whole life to date, but a short and significant stretch of a life—like a novel.  It’s also different...

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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$385

4 sessions

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Non-Fiction Book Proposal Workshop

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Non-fiction books (anything from memoir, pop culture, true crime and self-help) are sold to publishers on the basis of a proposal which is a 20-50 page document pitching the book’s content and marketability and is supplemented by sample chapters. You write the proposal before you actually write the book. Taught by the owner and published author, Kambri Crews, the workshop will cover these parts of a proposal: overview (the basic idea), market...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Business Blogging 101

Creative Business Rules @ 2255 Broadway Rd, New York, NY

Being found online is critical in today’s market place, especially for small business. Blogging is an important digital marketing strategy that will help improve your overall online presence. In this 2-hour workshop, you will learn practical steps to build a blog for your business and how to strategically leverage it into a key branding channel to improve your online presence. This workshop is targeted for small business owners and creative...

All levels 18 and older
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Poetry-writing with Omotara James

92nd Street Y

The space of the poem offers you the opportunity to free yourself. The work of the poem is to tell the truth: at all costs, in every place, no matter what. It has been said that the poet is the undoing of the family, because the poem reveals its secrets. The craft of undoing is necessary to the work of constructing meaning, no matter your subject matter. Poetry is not only where we go to confront the past, but to free ourselves of it. In...

(1070) All levels 18 and older
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Grant Writing for Creatives: A Two-Part Workshop

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

This workshop will prepare you to put your best foot forward the next time you apply for a grant. The goal of this course is to help you gain confidence in your fundraising and proposal writing abilities and provide you with a solid road map to begin the process. CURRICULUM PLAN The course is taught by Tracie Holder, a filmmaker and consultant, who has raised over $2.4 million for her own projects. In the first part of the class, Tracie...

(33) Beginner 18 and older
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$75

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Business Writing Skills

LaGuardia Community College @ 3110 Thomson Ave, Long Island City, NY

Through real world scenarios and writing exercises, practice using clear, concise and grammatically correct language in emails, memos and letters. You will also learn to use appropriate tone, style and structure found in common business communications. Prerequisite:  Microsoft Word for Windows or  Basic computer skills and online grammar screening (Please reach out to [email protected] for the online screening). ...

(5) All levels 17 and older
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$265

8 sessions

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How to Get Your Comic Books Published for Adults

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the secrets to becoming a freelance storyteller and getting your comic books published in this intensive course at Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo. Dive into visual storytelling techniques, create a professional pitch packet, and gain insight into the realities of working as part of a team. Unleash your creativity and bring your comic book dreams to life!

(181) All levels 18 and older
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Creative Writing for Documentary Filmmakers

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

This two-part, six hour workshop is for all levels of documentary filmmakers, ideally with a film in development or production. Participants will use and improve their creative writing skills to develop their subjects into characters and to describe the action of a film in dynamic, readable ways that make audiences want to engage more with the project. Filmmakers will write, and through peer collaboration, come away with writing that can be applied...

(33) Intermediate 18 and older
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$150

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Writing for a TV Series: Inside the Writers' Room

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

The television and streaming programs available to viewers today are more vibrant and varied than ever before. This one-day, six-hour intensive taught by a working TV writer will introduce you to the fundamentals of writing a TV series. You’ll learn how a writers’ room works as a team to create stories, and you’ll come away with tips for writing your own spec pilot. Instructor Laura Marks (The Good Fight, The Expanse, The Exorcist) will lead...

(33) Beginner 18 and older
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$150
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Interview Techniques: Uncover the Unexpected

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

Conducting successful interviews is an essential part of almost any non-fiction storytellers’ work: the stories you tell are only as good as the information you uncover. In this full-day course, you will learn and practice how to develop, structure, and formulate questions to get richer, more engaging responses from your interview subjects.   This course is designed for those working in podcasting, documentary film, or...

(33) All levels 18 and older
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$150
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Developing Your Doc: Find the Money & Prep Production

Made in NY Media Center by IFP @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY

Developing Your Doc: Finding the Money & Prepping for Production There is an abundance of stories, issues and people to make a documentary about; to actually complete and finance a feature film is less common. Fundamental to succeeding is starting with a doable, marketable, and captivating treatment, and a proposal that accurately represents your project. The aim of this course is to prepare you for the road ahead, by giving...

(33) All levels 18 and older
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$150

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Effective Grant Writing

York College CPE @ 94-43 160th St, Jamaica, NY

Learn how to write persuasive grant proposals, cover letters and needs assessments. Students will explore public and private funding resources, review the application process, and identify types of awards. The basic components of a proposal will be discussed and tips on writing and the preparation of a proposal shared in class.

(64) All levels 18 and older
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$105

2 sessions

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Genre Writing for Playwrights

The Brick @ 579 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

The goal is that students outline and write a new full length genre play over the course of 8 weeks. A class and writing group for writing genre plays. (Sci-fi, Mystery, Western, Clown, etc.) After the eight weeks, the Brick will host a reading of each play. Special guests/expert visitors likely. (Crystal Skillman, genre playwriting genius and Morgan Gould, Literary Manager at Playscripts confirmed.) Location Notes: The classes are all held at...

All levels 18 and older
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$400

8 sessions

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Business Writing Workshop

York College CPE @ 94-43 160th St, Jamaica, NY

Great English written communication skills are essential to move ahead and get and keep higher level jobs in today's competitive workplace. The best way to learn to write is to do it. Through writing and critiquing your writing, this course will cover advanced sentence structure and use of verb and other parts of speech. We will be using the grammar in practical work related conversation practices and written exercises. You will also begin to write...

(64) All levels 18 and older
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$109

2 sessions

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Intro to Poetry Writing

Classeteria @ 284 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY

What makes a poem a poem? How do poems engage us, surprise us, make us laugh, or give us goosebumps? Emily Dickinson said, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” How do poets make us feel this way? In this workshop you will read modern poets (Dickinson, Frost, Gluck, Neruda, Roethke,Stevens, Tate, Whitman) and develop an awareness of the techniques they use (structure, music, line breaks, stanzas,...

(3) Beginner 18 and older
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$200

4 sessions

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Creative Writing

Brooklyn Public Library @ 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY

Creative Writing Workshop with Aimee Herman, poet and writing instructor. Participants will read and evaluate poems and stories, answer prompts and create and critique their own work. Note: This program is free and open to all adults, with general seating. Pre-registration does not guarantee a seat.

(91) All levels 17 and older
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Self Publishing 101

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

In this introductory two hours course on self-publishing, Vikram will share with students his own story of self-publishing with detailed emphasis on preparation and the process of putting a book together and getting it printed. This is a small and interactive class, so the students can share their own aspirations and goals in publishing. Students will be encouraged to share their own stories and efforts of their ventures. Each student should have...

(252) Beginner 18 and older
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No Wrong Way to Begin A Play

The Brick @ 628 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY

No Wrong Way to Begin A Play is a prompt-based, generative writing workshop about getting over the hurdle of the first blank page, writing through blocks and creative multitasking.  Through improv, dialogue gathering, character finding and world building exercises, you will create webs, bundles, collages and bouquets of new play beginnings.

All levels 18 and older
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$300

4 sessions

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Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Level 1

Gotham Writers Workshop @ 1501 Broadway St, New York, NY

Science Fiction and Fantasy may transport readers to a planet light-years away or deep inside the caves of a far-distant past. Whether extrapolating science into futuristic technology or conjuring new forms of mabe, opening the door to any possibility. To write great science fiction or fantasy, you must splice together the skills of a fiction writer with the ability to make the imaginary seem true. Here you will learn the special requirements of...

(745) All levels 18 and older
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$460

10 sessions

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Moms Who Write

Classeteria @ 284 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY

This workshop is for busy moms who want to write creatively. Through in class prompts, we will explore the stories we have in us. No cheesiness allowed.

(3) All levels 18 and older
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