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The winning bidder will receive enrollment in the following course offered by the UCLA Extension Writers' Program:

Writing the First Screenplay I
X 440A  Film & Television 3 units

As the largest and most comprehensive continuing education writing program worldwide, the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program offers more than 400 annual open-enrollment courses onsite and online in feature film writing, television writing, novel writing, short fiction, personal essay, memoir, poetry, playwriting, writing for the youth market, and publishing.  Writers’ Program students have gone on to publish and produce hundreds of popular books, plays, feature films, and television shows including White Oleander; The Memory Thief; A Chorus Line; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; Dexter; and Game of Thrones.

The winning bidder will choose from one of the following onsite or online sections, all subject to availability:

Onsite Dates & Times:

• Matthew Harrison, Tuesdays 7 - 10 pm: January 12 - March 15, 10 meetings
• James Portolese, Tuesdays 7 - 10 pm: January 12 - March 15, 10 meetings
• Andrew Guerdat, Wednesdays 7 - 10 pm: January 13 - March 16, 10 meetings
• Ed Horowitz, Thursdays 7 - 10pm: January 14 - March 17, 10 meetings
• Marc Sedaka, Saturdays 10am - 1pm: January 16 - March 19, 10 meetings

 Online Dates

• Ron Wilkerson, January 13 - March 16
• Ronald Raley, January 13 - March 16
• Steven Schwartz, January 13 - March 16

Onsite sections will be held in various locations, either Westwood or Downtown Los Angeles.

writers.uclaextension.edu

Testimonials:

"Before I started taking (Writers’ Program) classes, I didn’t know a lot about the structure and mechanics of screenwriting.  Extension has given me a solid grounding in these skills.” – Iris Yamashita (screenwriter of Letters from Iwo Jima, Academy Award nominee, Best Original Screenplay)

“The Writers’ Program courses at UCLA Extension offer the best of both worlds: academic excellence and the real-world experience of accomplished screenwriters.” – Stuart Beattie (screenwriter of Australia; Pirates of the Caribbean:  Curse of the Black Pearl; Thirty Days of Night; Collateral)

 “The UCLA Extension Writers’ Program was essential in helping me find my voice as a writer and developing the skills needed to succeed in the business.  I urge any screenwriter, regardless of their skill level or experience, to take advantage of the wide variety of classes the Writers’ Program has to offer.” –Bryan Cogman (Emmy Award Winner, Producer on Game of Thrones)

Any awards I've been fortunate enough to win, and any skill I've developed as a writer and an editor, I can trace back to the lessons I learned at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program." – J. Ryan Stradal {author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest (Viking, July 2015), winner of the 2014 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, and editor of the anthology California Prose Directory 2014: New Writing from the Golden State}

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Donated by:

UCLA Extension Writers' Program

Photo Captions:

• Instructor Daniel Jaffe reads from his work at the Writers’ Program’s annual Publication Party held at the Skirball Cultural Center
• Writers’ Program students engaged in a Writers Studio class taught by instructor Corey Mandell
• 24 Writers’ Program instructors contributed to 2 recently published screenwriting books on feature film writing and television writing
• Writers’ Program students discuss their work in a Writers Studio classroom lead by instructor Billy Mernit