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Sackett Street Writers
Writing Sprints is an exercise-intensive course designed to “unstick” writers struggling to start or continue new projects, boosting writing productivity. The course relies heavily on writing exercises (for both fiction & nonfiction writers). Students will produce a ton of new work in this class, and receive feedback on that work from the instructor and his or her classmates.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Fiction, Essay, Poetry, Nonfiction, Short Story, Book
Level: Any
Class size: 10
Price: $600.00
Start date: May, 2023
Website: https://sackettworkshop.com/writing/2023/01/04/8-wk-in-pe...
The School of The New York Times
It’s no wonder that sports journalism is a dominant part of many media outlets. When it comes to good stories, sport has it all: the glory of winning, the agony of defeat, heroes, underdogs, human characters with their strengths and frailties. This course will teach students how to capture these sports stories in words, pictures and sounds.
Prerequisites: Open to rising 10-12 students.
Location: New York
Categories: Sports
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Price: $5,975.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://nytedu.com/courses/pre-college/sports-storytelling/
The School of The New York Times
New York City is the cultural capital of the world and home to an abundance of thriving creative fields: writing, food culture and music, among others. If it’s happening anywhere, it’s happening in New York City. This course will encourage students to deeply explore their senses and to let their experience inspire their own expression via the lenses of written expression, musical creativity and contemporary food movements.
Prerequisites: Open to rising 10-12, graduating seniors.
Location: New York
Categories: Food, Travel
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Price: $5,975.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://nytedu.com/courses/pre-college/creative-writing-f...
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New York Film Academy
Our 15-Week Online Screenwriting courses offer instruction in specific areas of screenwriting, whether it be feature-length film scripts, television, or comic book writing, each of the courses is structured to deliver intensely focused and challenging lessons to help students improve their skills and develop projects of which they can be proud.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Screenplay
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Price: $3,771.00
Start date: Open all year round
Learning Tree International
In this Technical Writing Course, you will learn how to plan, write and edit technical documents by identifying your target audience, selecting appropriate document formats, using valuable visuals and graphics, and successfully conveying complicated content to readers.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Technical
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Price: $2,990.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://www.learningtree.com/courses/technical-writing-co...
Upright Citizens Brigade
Students will learn the fundamentals of improvisation including agreement, active listening, portraying characters, playing to the top of your intelligence, and group mind. In Improv 101, students will learn the fundamentals of improvisation.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Comedy
Level: Beginner
Course length: 8 sessions (3 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $500.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://ucbcomedy.com/courses/?eventtemplate=42-improv-10...
Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute
It’s the smell of Play-Doh for some of us. For others, the feel of velvet or the sound of Sinatra, Miles Davis or Nirvana. It’s that first bite into baklava, black licorice or beignets. Or maybe all it takes is looking through a pile of old family photos. In this class, using timed writing exercises and short readings, we’ll honor the senses by opening our writing lives up to what they can offer.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Essay, Nonfiction, Fiction
Level: Intermediate
Course length: 5 sessions (2 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $470.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://slc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.Class...
The Writers Studio
Using the tried and true Writers Studio method, we will closely examine the work of writers who have been able to turn their personal experiences into memoirs that are transcendentally universal. By focusing on craft, we will learn how to establish the narrative distance we need to connect to the emotional power of our experiences without being overwhelmed by it.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Memoir
Level: Any
Course length: 8 sessions (2.5 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $435.00
Start date: November, 2023
Website: https://courses.writerstudio.com/courses/nyc-memoir-works...
Gotham Writers
Travel writing lets us traverse the world on page or screen, journeying everywhere from the cobblestone streets of Amsterdam to the brilliant-white beaches of Zanzibar. Here you will learn about the full spectrum of travel writing—articles, memoir, essay, blogs, guidebooks—as well as writing craft and how to market your work.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Travel
Level: Beginner
Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)
Class size: 16
Price: $419.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://wp.writingclasses.com/courses/travel-writing/
Gotham Writers
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 these genres, as well as fiction craft and how to market your work.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Level: Beginner
Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)
Class size: 16
Price: $419.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://wp.writingclasses.com/courses/science-fiction-fan...
Gotham Writers
Nothing beats the intensity of actors sharing the same air as the audience. But a play will not soar in performance unless it’s great on the page. Here you’ll learn how to write for the stage and how to market your work. Whether you seek to write one-acts or full-lengths or musicals, we’ll show you how to write plays that draw the big applause.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Playwriting
Level: Beginner
Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)
Class size: Limited
Price: $419.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://wp.writingclasses.com/courses/playwriting-i/
Gotham Writers
Every life holds many tales. Whether your life is wildly unconventional or relatively normal, there’s bound to be something fascinating about it. To make readers care, your memoir must be told with the finesse of fiction. Here you’ll learn techniques for focusing your life stories, as well as well as writing craft and how to market your work.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Location: New York
Categories: Memoir, Nonfiction
Level: Beginner
Course length: 10 sessions (3 hours)
Class size: 12
Price: $419.00
Start date: Open all year round
Website: https://wp.writingclasses.com/courses/memoir-writing-i/
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