There are plenty of opportunities this week for you to sign up for the class that could change your professional life.

East Coast:

MONDAY

From the Page to the Stage with Ben Winters. (learn more about stage adaptation here!)

Op-Ed Master Class: Opinion writing for authors, journalists, scholars, and activists

Travel Writing Boot Camp eClass: Over the course of eight weeks, students will consider the various forms of the field, from travel-related news items to personal essays, with the goal of selling these pieces to local, regional, and national publications.

WEDNESDAY

How to Make a Great Living by Writing for Trade Magazines: Learn the tricks of the trades from an expert trade mag writer

6-Week Copy Editor: Intermediate Level: For anyone who's ready to advance to the next level, this six-week class focuses on sharpening essential skills and developing a more sophisticated copyediting sensibility.

THURSDAY

Beauty Writing: How to do it, how to get a job doing it

Stiletto Boot Camp eClass: Writing for women's magazines

West Coast:

TUESDAY

How to Pitch Your Screenplay to Hollywood: We'll learn how to cut the fat on our pitches, who to send our scripts to, how to get agents and producers to read our scripts, and more.

Copyediting 101: If you excel at grammar and thrive on detailed work, copyediting might be the career for you.

Boot Camp for Journalists in Seattle:

WEDNESDAY

Profile Writing seminar in San Francisco: Make people come alive on the page

THURSDAY

Adapting Books into Screenplay Seminar: This course provides case histories on some successful nonfiction adaptations, guidance on the art of adaptation and how writers can protect themselves when pitching their work for TV and film development.

Workshopping your Screenplay: Finish and sell your movie.

Travel Writing Boot Camp in San Francisco:Over the course of four three-hour sessions, the seminar will consider the various forms of the field, from heavily reported service pieces to first-person essays from the road.

SUNDAY

Writing the YA Novel Seminar: How to write a teen beat