Creative Writing Courses at UCLA

This winter, treat your inner writer to a new creative writing course offered by the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Whatever genre and aspect of writing you’re interested in, there’s a new course for you:

Pack Your Tackle Box: Fishing for Poems through form and exercises. Mondays, 7-10 p.m., Jan. 9-Feb. 27; Occidental College, Eagle Rock; $250.Introduction to Children’s Poetry (Online) Jan. 11 -March 15; $495.

Finding Your Voice in Middle-Grade Fiction: A One-Day Workshop. Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Jan. 14; 1329 Public Policy Building, UCLA; $95.

Writing Picture Books for Children: From Creative Spark to Publication. Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m., Jan. 17-March 21; 3114 Rolfe Hall, UCLA; $355.

Writing Picture Books for Children (Online) Jan. 18-March 22; $495.

The Craft of Storytelling: A Writing Practicum. Mondays, 7-10 p.m., Jan. 23-March 6; 1270 Public Policy Building, UCLA; $250.

Laughter Between the Lines: A Workshop on Writing Humor. (Online) Jan. 25-March 1; $375.

The Hero and Heroine in Us All: Finding the Story of Your

Life. Thursdays, 7-10 p.m., Jan. 26-March 2; 2319

Public Policy Building, UCLA; $250.

Dealing with Powerful Emotion without Sappiness or Cliché. Saturday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Feb. 11-12; 1284 Public Policy Building, UCLA; $230.

The Alchemy of Art: A One-Day Workshop with Kate Braverman. Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Feb. 25; 1209B Bunche Hall, UCLA; $110.