The Writing Center
To register please call 914-606-6830 and press option 1
Spring 2023
Let’s Write
This is a writing workshop. Each week you will write. You will learn and develop new skills that will improve your writing, help you to overcome writer’s block, and write stories that will captivate readers. You’ll learn how to write a well-developed story outline, create interesting and complex characters, and to craft backstories that work seamlessly with your plotlines. Each week students will read and critique each other’s work. The focus of this course will be on short story writing, both fiction and non-fiction. But if you’re currently working on a book, you’re welcome to use that material in class.
CE-WRITG 2127, 8 Sat., Jan. 7-Feb. 25, 2:00-4:00 pm, $195. L Lush. #20384
Writing from the Soul
Writing is an art form about self-expression. Whether you prefer fiction or nonfiction, journal writing or story writing, this course will help unleash your creativity as a writer with a focus on writing descriptive narratives. Using your five senses, learn to create an emotion and a picture in the reader’s mind. Develop a scene in your story or recall a memory you have entered in your journals. Students will share their work with the class. Please bring spiral notebooks or journals, and pens.
CE-WRITG 2106VA, 3 Thurs., Mar. 9-23, 7:00-9:00 pm, $68. L Lush. #20095
Making Your First Book Sale
Join award-winning novelist Barbara Campbell to learn how to sell your unpublished novel. In addition to basics like proper manuscript formatting and identifying potential agents and publishers, students will practice writing a winning query letter, developing a hook, and making an “elevator pitch.” Barbara will also share tips on working with agents and editors.
CE-WRITG 2105, 1 Sat., Mar. 25, 9:00 am-12:00 noon, $42. B Campbell. #20036
Screenwriting
An introductory course aimed at teaching students to write a screenplay. Students will be taught the nuts and bolts of character development, theme, and plot. Concentration on how to write action lines and dialogue and showing versus telling will be discussed. Each student will finish a first draft of a screenplay by the end of the class. No experience required. Only bring your creativity.
CE-WRITG 2101, 10 Thurs., Jan. 5-Mar. 9, 6:30-8:00 pm, $180. L Rhodes. #20096