A Message from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
It’s a pleasure to send my warmest greetings as you celebrate ninety years of fantastic ser...
Student to Producer
I changed my life at UCLA Extension. I was in my late thirties, an actress who was tired of ac...
Scoring for the Big Screen
I was a producer and composer in Venezuela, but when I wanted to learn about feature film scoring...
PLAN B: How an unemployed animator found a second career as a screenwriter.
I was in trouble, facing extinction. As a traditional 2D animator, more and more of my work was b...
New Writer on the Scene...Slowly Getting Noticed
Since taking the UCLA Extension course “Writing your First Novel” with instructor Car...
Training on the Train
I live in Tacoma and work in Seattle. That means more than two hours on the train every day. For ...
From Extension Student to Extension Partner
I earned an MBA in Mexico, but I wanted to continue my business studies, so I came to L.A. and co...
Avast! Screenwriting Success Ahoy!
Years ago, I wrote a spec script based on the Disneyland ride Pirates of the Caribbean. At the ti...
I'm Still a Student at Heart
Today my Culver City firm, Creative Resources Associates, designs interiors for some of the bigge...
From the variety of UCLA Extension to Variety!
My time in UCLA Extension's print journalism program helped prepare me for a career in journ...
So, that's how you do it!
I took a class given by Lloyd and Sander Schwartz, producers of "Gilligan's Island and other...
Better than NBA half-court drills...
Before discovering playwright J. Dakota Powell on the Writers' Program Faculty this spring, the l...
UCLA Extension Helps Turn Moviemaker into Book Author
In 1994, I suddenly lost my long-time job as story editor to B-movie mogul Roger Corman. Forced t...
The Charming Gardener
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried a...
UCLA Writing Course Leads to International Publication
February 20, 2007 - "Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Water Practice. After ...
Excited About New Opportunities
I really enjoyed the screenwriters course I took with Mike Janover, he was really fun & made ...
A 10-Year Detour . . .
I saw the movie Jaws when I was eight years old and it literally changed my life. From the moment...
From writing prescriptions to writing scripts
"You're smart, you should be a doctor or a lawyer." The mantra of my youth. So I did. I became...
Norman Kolpas is Mean. I Love Norman Kolpas.
I took Norman Kolpas' "Short Form Non-Fiction" course about two years ago. What I ...
Bumpy Road to a Contract
I’ve been writing for publication for many years now, but I knew historical fiction was alw...
A Wonderful Opportunity
I am currently 15 years old (16 this upcoming September) and I cannot possibly divulge the amount...
UCLA Extension Is Inspiring
I have been very grateful for the UCLA Extension because it has taught me alot. As a Guidance Cou...