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Dramatic Writing: From Inspirations to Revelations

Irish Arts Center @ 244 W 54th St, New York, NY

Through exercises (both on the page and in the space), students will walk away with a self-identified set of skills that they can use hone their skills and craft dynamic stories for the world to experience. Whether you are interested in full-length plays, musicals, short plays, or other forms, all forms of dramatic writing have essential ideas and techniques that can be utilized to bring out the drama in any story. Through exercises (both on the...

(51) All levels 18 and older
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$190

8 sessions

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Sunday Evening Writing Workshop

New York Writers Intensive @ 22 Saint Marks Place Apt. D, New York, NY

Feel like getting some writing done? Join us on Sunday for Time to Write: The Sunday Evening Writing Workshop. Come write with us and get inspired in the company of other writers! The Sunday Evening Writing Workshop will inspire you creatively in two ways: Force you to write. Jay will kick off the session by giving everyone a writing prompt. You’ll then have one hour to write silently based on the prompt or, if you feel inspired, to do...

(15) All levels 18 and older
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Writing for Children II: Developing Your Manuscript

Continuing Professional Studies at Bank @ 610 W 112th St, New York, NY

Now that you've found your voice and your story, this is the workshop to help serious writers refine your manuscript. We recommend taking WFC I: Writing Your First Children's Book prior to this workshop, but it's not required.

(17) All levels 18 and older
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$225

3 sessions

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Meditative Writing Level 2

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

Take all the tools you learned in level one and discover how to apply them to your current writing project. Rewrite scenes, discover organic and unique structure, trip into delicious dialogue without ever staring at a blank page for hours on end. Feel the joy of discovery and play even when you are in your final polish, outline or pitch. Workshop pages and participate in exercises that will prepare you to use these skills outside of the class...

(5) Intermediate 18 and older
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$315
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Grammar Skills

New Horizons Computer Learning @ 462 Seventh Ave, New York, NY

In this course, students will learn how to improve their business writing skills by understanding grammar rules. Outline Lesson 1: The importance of grammar  Grammar skills   Improving grammar skills   Writing clearly   Nouns and verbs   Identifying nouns   Identifying verbs  Lesson 2: Pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs Pronouns   Identifying pronouns   Identifying...

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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$275
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Documentary Story Structure

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

In this class, we will examine the step-by-step process of long-form story telling. We will focus on the use of the narrative three-act storytelling technique and explore different styles, such as cinema verite, investigative, and hybrid genres. We will also compare this to the process of producing short-form news pieces. Students will be assigned documentaries to watch, and they should come to the class with an idea they want to develop into a...

(64) All levels 18 and older
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$109

3 sessions

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Contemporary Pointed Pen

Society of Scribes @ 214 E 21st St, New York, NY

Casual pointed pen adds your own personality to any writing. It can be elegant, sophisticated, fun and whimsical. There is a modern move for any occasion. This course is designed to explore some variations and twists to add that updated flair to your pointed pen calligraphy. We will explore the mechanics of pointed pen letter formation and work on the details and nuances of what gives this style of writing its elegance and grace while breaking...

(11) Intermediate 16 and older
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$200

2 sessions

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Copy Editing

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

Copy editing in an ever-changing media landscape remains core to good journalism. The platform doesn’t lower the bar for editing standards. Copy editing enforces consistency, accuracy and fairness — something we need now more than ever. In this three-hour workshop, learn how to self-edit, catch grammar, spelling and style mistakes and produce clear, readable copy for publication.

(64) All levels 18 and older
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Rage Is A Red Lesson: Turn Anger into Charged Prose

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

The era of Trump has become an age of wrath, one in which the impulse to make art is being shouted down by the desire to make war. In this politically charged workshop, we’ll examine how writers are able to harness their anger and use it as an engine for their creative work.  We’ll look at the work of masters such as Claire Messud and Herman Melville, and use an in-class exercise to examine the sorrows that lurk beneath the armor of our...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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Meditative Writing Exploration

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

Full Course Name: Meditative Writing Exploration: Finding Your Inner Strength Discover your inner peace and strength. Use guided visual meditation to connect to the bright wisdom that for many of us has been buried. Speak with your inner strength and write down the instructions it gives you. Learn how to access this guide any time to live a stronger, braver, and calmer life. Please bring a pen and paper

(5) All levels 18 and older
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The Antagonist Workshop

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

Discover the heart of your story through through the truth of your antagonist. Mustache-twirling one-dimensional bad guys are not going to help your screenplay or novel.  In this one day workshop we will analyze the yang to the yin of your protagonist. Using a variety of meditative and craft based exercises we will find the truth behind the darker forces of your script. The result will be a more powerful and effective story that ensures the...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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Screenwriting Craft: Dialogue

Meditative Writing @ 39 W 29th St, New York, NY

In this one day workshop you will learn how to approach dialogue in a way that builds structure, reveals character and makes actors fall in love with your writing.  Discover how to manipulate syntax, grammar and diction to make your script read faster and be understood with less mental fatigue.  Drawing from  her research in psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience Jess will give you a leg up on the competition...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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Interviewing for Multimedia Stories

Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY

In this three-hour workshop, we’ll explore interview techniques, what questions to ask, how to convince reticent subjects to speak, and what makes for “good tape”. At the heart of most compelling, provocative, or surprising stories is an interview with the subject or subjects of the story. We’ll examine some successful pieces and figure out why they worked and how they were achieved, and we’ll put the tools we’ve just learned to work...

(64) All levels 18 and older
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Reading Chaucer with Noam Scheindlin

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales takes us back to a time when the sun still revolved around the Earth, and the Earth was at the center of the Divine Plan. How heavily that cosmic order weighs upon the average person! Chaucer, through his collective portrait of a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, takes us into the backwaters of this cosmic order, and helps us to understand what it is like to live life amidst the hierarchies of both...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$420

4 sessions

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Workshop: Seeing Between the Lines

Primary Stages ESPA @ 307 W 38th St, New York, NY

The dramaturg's job is to read between the lines and enhance a script with specificity and accuracy. This 1-night workshop will teach you to watch and read a play from the perspective of a dramaturg and see what you've been missing. For our upcoming Virtual Reading of Charles Busch's The Tribute Artist, you will read the script in advance of class and then delve into the text with Primary Stages Associate Artistic Director Erin Daley - giving you...

(11) All levels 18 and older
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Satire and Humor Festival: Writing Professionally

Caveat @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY

Satire and Humor Festival: Writing Professionally + Goodbye Hang Learn and ask questions about the business of writing, In this moderated panel and Q&A our guests’ experiences range from production, event planning, publishing, to screenwriting, and they will be able to offer insight as to how to navigate the many different avenues in the writing industry. After the panel, we’ll do another short networking event and a goodbye hang to end...

(25) All levels 21 and older
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Grammar and Conversation (Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

In this class students will increase English fluency by learning grammatical structures and speaking on topics of interest, guided by the teacher.  Topics often include discussion of what's happening in the city around us and in our daily lives, culture and current events. Students will broaden their vocabulary through reading articles and stories and discussing them. Emphasis will be placed on pronunciation.  Please note that topics...

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
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$300

20 sessions

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Playwriting with Charly Evon Simpson

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

In this workshop, we will be generating new material as we work towards writing a hopefully inspiring, possibly messy, definitely "something" first draft of a new play. There will be in-class and out-of-class reading and writing, which we will discuss and share week to week, as well as time to chat about inspiration, revision and more.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$385

4 sessions

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Novel-Writing with Sandra Newman

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

In this workshop, students will be able to submit three excerpts from a novel in progress for close reading and group discussion. We'll discuss general issues of writing fiction, but focus on the specific problems of writing a novel: developing a narrative voice that doesn't run out of steam after two chapters; writing characters who change and are gradually revealed; and how to structure a plot over 200+ pages. We'll be reading a selection of...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$500

8 sessions

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Write That Fu*king Pilot

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

In this no-nonsense, no-excuses one-off, we'll lay the foundation for that half hour comedy pilot you've been dragging your heels on. The course will tackle loglines, title, concept and theme, and then work on A,B and C stories and structure. This straightforward formula will make the actual writing part far less intimidating, you'll have everything you need for your first draft in just three hours.  Please Note: Outside food and drinks are...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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