Libby L.
- New York, NY 10035 ( 10.6 mi )
- Experienced Creative Writing Tutor
- Female Age 44
- Member since: 06/2013
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $39 to $50 /hr
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- Also Tutors: Creative Writing
Creative Writing is one of my top subjects! I'm an award-winning, produced playwright, with an MFA from Columbia University's School of the Arts, where I received the Liberace Scholarship, as well as, the Shubert and Howard Stein Fellowships. My screenwriting and TV work has been recognized by the Academy Award's Nicholl Fellowship and NYTV Festival. While at Columbia, I spent a semester teaching a class to undergrads and continuing education students on how to write a half-hour comedy pilot for television, where I taught critical analysis of the half-hour television comedy with emphasis on story, character and episode structure, as well as, facilitated the creation of the students' own original series. I also have experience writing fiction and nonfiction essays.
A great teacher to me is someone who creates a community where everyone contributes to a dialogue rather than just listening to a one-sided lecture. What I also find extremely important in the classroom is emphasizing process instead of final result, so that the student learns to make a substantial journey rather than a race to the finish line. I believe this not only inspires the enjoyment of storytelling, but helps students develop more confidence as writers, which results in better, more exciting work and more importantly, work they can believe in. This is what I'm like in the classroom.
I'm a NY-based writer, whose screenwriting work has been recognized by the Academy Award's Nicholl Fellowship, as well as, the NYTV Festival. I'm also a playwright with an MFA from Columbia whose work has been commissioned, developed, workshopped and produced locally at 2econd Stage, NYTW and Co ... read more
