Thursday PM Craft Class: Wait List

"Thank you so much - you are a wonderful instructor, you should know this as many times as you've heard it. As a very old teacher I love your touch with people." ~ Helen

This page is for all the students in the PM Craft Class.  If you are interested, Click Here.

This is an approval based class.  You need to check with me before signing up.  Please send 1) References from previous workshops 2) A representative sample of your writing 3) Your background as a writer to jennifer@jenniferlauck.com.  I also like writers in this class to have taken The Bones of Storytelling.  You can do this online or attend prior to attempting to take this class. 

NOTE:  Current class, check schedule below and if you need to switch your reading time with another writer, please let Cloie know ASAP 


Winter Term:

Class 5:  Feb. 19 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

Additional Reading:  Thunderstruck by McCracken Pt. 1

Readers:  Sara, Marilyn, Marla, Becky

Class 6: Feb. 26 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Movie: Ordinary People/Reading Assignment: Mckee on Ordinary People
Additional Reading: Thunderstruck by McCracken Pt. 2 

Readers: Nancy, Carrie, Elyse, Sara

Class 7:  Mar. 5 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Movie: Life is Beautiful/Reading Assignment: Mckee on Life is Beautiful
Additional Reading:  Victory Lap by George Saunders

Readers:  Barbara, Audrey, Cloie, Marla

Class 8: Mar. 12 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Movie: Movie: Kiss of the Spiderwoman/Reading Assignment: Mckee on Kiss

Readers:  Marilyn, Bill, Becky, Nancy, Carrie

Reference texts: 
Story by Robert McKee (REQUIRED)  
Debra Gwartney on Memoir  (click on link) 
Philip Lopate on Writing Personal Essays  (click on link)
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
The Elements of Style by Strunk/White
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman