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ALAN WATT – The 90-Day Novel
(founder/creative director of LA Writers Lab) Instructor for The 90-Day Novel/Memoir Tele-course, The 90-Day Novel/Memoir In-Person, and Unlock The Story Within. Alan Watt began his career as a standup comic, headlining extensively throughout North America, and performing on dozens of … Continue reading
DIANA WAGMAN – The 90-Day Rewrite (in-person)
Instructor for The 90-Day Rewrite In-Person: Diana Wagman is an author and teacher. She has three published novels, Skin Deep, Spontaneous, and Bump. Spontaneous won the 2001 PEN West Award for Fiction. Her short stories and essays have appeared most recently in Conjunctions, The Colorado … Continue reading
Sally Nemeth – The 90-Day Rewrite Tele-course (noon)
Instructor for The 90-Day Rewrite noon tele-course. Sally was born in Chicago and after a childhood spent in Indiana, Delaware and Alabama, she returned to Chicago to attend Northwestern University as a theatre major. Following graduation, she worked extensively in … Continue reading
Benjamin van der Veen – The 90-Day Screenplay
Instructor for The 90-Day Screenplay In-Person and Tele-course workshops. Mr. van der Veen has collaborated with such celebrated filmmakers and personalities as Steven Soderberg, Benicio Del Toro, Ryan Phillipe, Julian Schnabel and Terrence Malick. His long-standing collaboration with Mr. Del … Continue reading
Andrea Seigel – The 90-Day Rewrite Tele-course (evenings)
Instructor for The 90-Day Rewrite evening tele-course. Andrea Seigel (B.A. Brown University; M.F.A. Bennington College) is the author of Like The Red Panda, one of Amazon.com‘s Top 10 Debuts of 2004, and To Feel Stuff (Harcourt), as well as the … Continue reading
LINDA WALSH JENKINS – The 90-Day Playwright
Instructor for The 90-Day Playwright tele-course. Linda Walsh Jenkins taught playwriting at Northwestern University (Associate Professor, 1976-89) and served as a dramaturg with theatres in Minneapolis and Chicago. In Los Angeles she was a writer in the Echo Theatre and … Continue reading
Mindi White – story consultant
Story Consultant. Mindi has been a respected script and story analyst for, among others, HBO Films, Miramax, DreamWorks, Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency, and many others. She has taught story analysis at the The Learning Tree and at Los … Continue reading
Rona Rapadas – community relations manager
Community Relations Manager for LA Writers Lab and Writers Tribe Books. Rona loves music, basil and her 5-year old miniature pinscher, Kingston.
