Location: The Florida Center for Literary Arts at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Time: Tuesdays, February 3 – March 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Writing for magazines is not just good for your wallet-it’s great for your resume, especially if you are trying to sell a book-length work. Literary agents and book editors look for a writer’s experience, and there’s nothing like a list of published stories to communicate ability. Students in this course will learn break-in tactics as well as strategies for maintaining a career as a freelance magazine writer.

Lessons will focus on developing salable ideas, crafting pitch letters, finding writing markets, getting the stories right, copy dos’s and don’ts, self-editing, building relationships with editors and other aspects of the world of magazines. Students will complete assignments weekly, which will be critiqued in class.

Claudia Forestieri holds a B.S. in Broadcast News from the University of Florida and is a former TV journalist who’s been on both sides of the magazine world. As a full-time public relations professional, Forestieri
wrote and placed dozens of stories on behalf of her clients. As a freelance writer, Claudia’s work has been published in AARP Segunda Juventud, Social Affairs, Latina Style and Latina magazines.

For more information and to register please visit www.flcenterlitarts.com, or call 305.237.3023 or send an email to claudia.forestieri@mdc.edu.