1) Trader Joe’s Market 2) Homemade frozen strawberry yogurt 3) Cinnamon rolls 4) Comfortable shoes 5) A firm bed 6) A warm bath 7) Swimming underwater 8) The sun on a cool day 9) The night sky 10) Camping 11) Hot chocolate 12) Project Runway 13) Choral music 14) Bach 15) Art Museums 16) My husband 17) My kids 18) My close buddies 19) My dogs and cat 20) My Jaguar 21) The sound of the rain on a tin roof 22) Thunder storms 23) 50’s architecture 24) Frank Lloyd Wright 25) Mozart 26) John Steinbeck 27) A high mass 28) A nice long walk 29) The ocean 30) Watermelon 31) Cantaloupe 32) Cherries 33) Crisp Apples 34) Yeast rolls 35) Sex 36) Hearing my children laugh 37) Writing 38) Teaching 39) Singing 40) Dancing 41) Long road trips 42) Travels 43) Reading 44) Edward Weston’s photography 45) Craftsmen homes 46) Victorian homes 47) Modern homes 48) The sound of wind in the trees 49) The sound of a gurgling brook 50) The smell of a mountain forest 51) The feel of a baby in my arms 52) Alice Walker 53) Toni Morrison 54) Flannery O’Connor 55) Joan Dideon 56) Grilled chicken 57) Grilled mushrooms, onions and peppers 58) Teddy Roosevelt 59) The LA Phil 60) The Hollywood Bowl 61) Los Angeles 62) Big Sur and the California Coast 63) Warm sand on my feet 64) Antiques 65) Flea Markets 66) The Getty 67) LACMA 68) Chocolate 69) Vanilla milkshakes 70) My extended family 71) Cashmere 72) My 30 year wedding ring 73) Texas 74) Private Collection by Estee Lauder 75) Soft sheets 76) Our Ojai orange grove 77) Good movies 78) Bookstores 79) Libraries 80) Writers 81) Alison Krauss 82) My students 83) Being tickled 84) Feeling healthy 85) Getting lots of sleep 86) Laughing 87) Cooking 88) Being around friends and family 89) Scrabble 90) Literature 91) Hardwood floors 92) Leonard Cohen 93) Bob Dylan 94) Joanie Mitchell 95) Rodriguez 96) Modern Art 97) Jesus 98) Happy memories 99) Wedding cake 100) Outlaw Country
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Len Leatherwood, M.S.
Writing Coach
Writing Rules!
Private youth and adult writing Teacher
I specialize in short stories, poetry, personal essays, memoir, and college essays. With my guidance, many of my students have won writing contests and/or published their pieces in literary journals, anthologies, magazines, or e-zines.
Many of my high school and college students
have been admitted to their first choice undergraduate and graduate schools due in
large part to their superlative personal statements and college essays.
Sessions are conducted either in person in
Los Angeles or on the phone/Internet.
For Rates & Availability,
use the Contact Form above.
Local & International Writing Workshops
Click here for info on past and future
workshops. All levels of writing welcome!
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online group
writing classes
Year-round, I teach classes through Story Circle Network, an organization dedicated to helping women share the stories of their lives and to raising public awareness of the importance of women's personal histories.
To see our current class offerings and learn more about the organization, click here!
Writing Workshop
Amalfi Coast, Italy
"There is no one I trust more with my essays, Len turns average writing into extraordinary works of art. The 1,500 mile gap between us
had no effect on how efficiently we were able to prepare my college application essays. I couldn't be more pleased with them and I'm excited to see what doors they have opened for me. She is truly fantastic."
Julianne N. from TX
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