Writing Classes in NYC, New York

In this course, you will learn to enhance and augment your creative writing ability. This poetry class is one that will assist in your creative writing process and upon completion you will gain confidence in writing some of the best poetry you have written. Materials Needed to Fully Participate: Pencil/Pen Notebook An open mind About the...

You’ll complete five intense hours in just one day. You’ll work hands-on creating effective marketing solutions for your business in a small group of no more than 10 like-minded entrepreneurs. Each workshop is conducted by award winning marketing executive, Val Holwerda. Also included is an hour-long, one-to-one personalized follow-up session...

A “learn by doing” class that takes you step-by-step through the TV pitching and writing process, moving you from idea to pages in four weeks. Three classes will be taught by Pilar Alessandra and will focus on creating and developing your series and pilot. One class will be taught by Carole Kirschner and will focus on selling, staffing...

What began as the online version of The Fledgling Course, the Nestling Course has become slightly more goal-oriented. While The Fledgling Course is more intent on simply offering time for free expression and space to be creative, this at home series culminates with all participants having completed the draft of some original piece of creative writing—whether...

This course focuses on professional written communication. Students learn to write clear, concise, and effective business letters, memos, reports, email, texts, and proposals. Additionally, students learn to target their message for stakeholders (superiors, colleagues, employees, and clients) using effective tone, language structure, and word choice....

Join writers from all over the world and your teacher, Pulitzer Prize nominated author, TV writer, screenwriter, professor, and former HBO executive, Stephen Molton, for this unique Television Drama Weekend Intensive Workshop. Get ready to dive deep into the structure of of the pilot and learn what makes a drama pilot sell. Collaborate live through...

On this 1-day Business Writing class participants learn step-by-step how to write more persuasive and effective emails, reports and business proposals and create a more favorable impression of themselves and their organization. They will also learn to sharpen language, tone, style, spelling and punctuation whilst avoiding common writing mistakes. This...

In this higher-level grammar course, students improve their English fluency and accuracy through engaging activities. Focusing on sophisticated forms such as, gerunds and infinitives, complex sentences types, reduced clauses, and appropriate word selection, students enhance their speaking and writing skills. Activities incorporate a combination of...

Add some creativity to your week from the comfort of your own home This long-standing in-person generative, creative writing workshop, which took place in West Hollywood, CA, for 15 years, has switched to an online format so you can now join us from anywhere. Tap into your creative side, write work that will surprise you, and learn a few things along...

Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger Will Forever Change The Way You View Screenwriting. Rather than imposing formulaic models from the outside, we teach you how to organically “grow” your script, from initial idea, to character, to scene, to act, to the movie you’ve always dreamed of writing. Jump Start Your Writing. Whether you’re...

In this course, students explore different elements of English structure through readings, digital media, dialogs, songs, games, and student writing. By the end of the course, students should have a solid grasp of basic verb tenses, prepositional phrases, articles, and sentence varieties. Pre-requisites:  Students need to be levels in 3 or 4...

This course is for those professionals who have mastered the fundamentals of business writing and want to become versed in more complex forms of written communications in the workplace. The focus is on producing documents such as executive summaries, recommendations, formal reports, formal proposals and requests for proposal. The key elements of effective...

Develop proficiency in essential grammar topics during this seven-hour course. You'll review punctuation rules, word choice, and writing techniques to improve your business writing skills. While our other courses help you with ideas and structure, this grammar course will help you with the technical aspects and details. To present your message effectively,...

Note: This is primarily a lecture class. There will be no feedback on student work. Do you want to write movies, but don’t know where to start? Not to worry. Veteran Screenwriter Chris Reed will provide the foundation you need to begin your journey into the world of writing for the silver screen. He’s written for all the big boys, Disney, Fox,...

The best TV shows are addictive, beckoning us to bring the characters into our homes or onto our devices, episode after episode. The people might be cops, thugs, monsters, geeks, doctors, lawyers, fixers, or just ordinary people with everyday problems. The format might be network, streaming, or a web series. As long as it hooks us. Each TV show...