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Have you always wanted to write a personal essay but you don't know where to start? Or have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Salon? Then this is the class for you. Using fun in-class exercises, we'll help you transform your bad blind dates and visits from unruly parents into insightful, compelling revelations. Published journalist, Natasha Vargas-Cooper will show you how to make your essay relatable, targeted for the right publication, and tantalizing to readers. You'll learn about the essential elements of the personal essay: the hook, angle, tone, and epiphany, the structure of personal essays, and the different types of personal essays. We'll workshop one of your essays until it's perfect. By the end of class, you'll have a kick-ass essay that is ready to be submitted for publication and a plan of where to submit it. Your goal will be to sell your essay within a couple of weeks after the class ends! You'll be well on your way to joining the ranks of the 40 Writing Pad Alums who have been published and have gotten paid for their work in publications such as Self, Marie Claire, LA Times, Salon, Spirit Magazine, and New York Magazine!
Instructor: Natasha Vargas-Cooper
March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 2014 (4 Wed. nights, 1 one-on-one consultation)
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Cost: $395 (includes snacks and tea)
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021)
About Natasha Vargas-Cooper:
Natasha Vargas Cooper is a journalist whose essays and articles have been published in The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, GQ, The New Republic, Out, Spin, The New Statesman, New York Magazine, The Telegraph, Los Angeles Magazine, BookForum, Russia GQ, The Morning News, Pacific Standard, Buzzfeed, The New Inquiry, Elle, Slake, In Style, Latina, Blackbook, Bullett, Good, The Awl, Salon, E! Online, The Daily Beast, The Daily, The Hairpin, and Gawker. She is also the author of Mad Men Unbuttoned: A Romp Through 1960's America and runs the monthly storytelling series called Public School. Natasha spent several years working as a union organizer and a health policy analyst for a labor union in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. She holds a Bachelor's degree from UCLA in History and Public Policy.
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LocationWriting Pad East
688 S Santa Fe, Apt. 312
Los Angeles, CA 90021
United States
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