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PERSONAL ESSAY CLINIC

Writing Pad East
Los Angeles, CA

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You wrote this great essay but aren't sure if it's done yet or where you should send it for publication. Good news: the personal essay doctor is in! Successful journalist Natasha Vargas-Cooper will help you push that essay to the finish line. In this intimate (eight student max) one-day intensive, we'll workshop the hell out of your essay, help you polish it up and get it ready to send out the next day! We'll even send you a checklist of criteria for your essay to be great prior to our workshop session. You'll be well on your way to joining the ranks of the 54 Writing Pad Alums who have sold essays and articles with Writing Pad's help!

Note: Class will be limited to eight students. Class is only open to people who have taken one of Writing Pad's previous personal essay classes or who have considerable essay-writing or journalism experience (write to marilyn@writingpad.com and ask).

Instructor: Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Sunday, May 18, 2014
6:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m.
Cost: $125 (includes snacks and tea)
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S. Santa Fe Ave #312, 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.