Los Angeles - August 15, 2006

Write Here, Right Now

Writing Pad

Who killed your inner Virginia Woolf? Professor D. Malorkus, that’s who — when he left your English homework covered in big red X’s.

Well, time to find a room of your own at Writing Pad. Instructor Marilyn Friedman leads small group sessions aimed at whipping your creative writing into shape.

Classes are about to begin. So You Want to Be a Writer is a six-week course designed to take writers to the next level. The five-week-long Creative Writing Tasting Menu offers a smorgasbord of styles, including poetry, fiction, and personal essays. For those curious-but-can’t-commit types, spend one afternoon in the Channel Your Inner Poet workshop and see what happens.

It’s not just your brain Friedman wants to feed; meetings include gourmet fare. (Past snacks included spring pea soup shooters, socca crepes with walnuts and orange blossom honey, and mini cheesecakes.)

And if you’re too shy to share, take comfort in the fact that all students are of the “What happens at Writing Pad, stays at Writing Pad” mentality.

Until, of course, your masterpiece ends up on the bestseller list.

Then they’ll all say they knew you when …

Even old Malorkus.

Writing Pad (323-644-0779 or writingpad.com).