Whether you're looking to be a screenwriter, a poet, or an author, Los Angeles has something for everyone. With literary talent in no short supply around LA, there are plenty of great writing classes ...

Students in Mark Marino’s Writing 340 class at the University of Southern California say the professor always walks into the classroom with a smile, and always begins by giving out carrots.

The 16-student class has been one of the University’s hidden gems for nearly a decade, especially for those looking to fulfill the second writing requirement in an unconventional way.

Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest ...

Perhaps the greatest challenge to academe in the current political environment is the ascendancy of a “post-truth,” “alternative fact,” “fake news” culture, in which claims are detached from evidence ...