Payment Plan Policy Change at WWLA

Starting this summer, WWLA will offer payment plans to returning students only.

I’ve always wanted to make these courses affordable; when I conceived of the payment plan system, I imagined myself in my early twenties, working as a bookseller and struggling to pay the bills as I wrote short stories on my evenings off.  I figured, if I allowed students to pay in more than one installment, writers who otherwise wouldn’t have the funds to participate in such a class would be able to.  For a long time, it worked out well.

Unfortunately, as Writing Workshops Los Angeles has grown,  more and more students have taken advantage of the payment policy, failing to pay balances they owe.  This leaves me and my teachers without income we depend on; it’s also meant that I spend a lot of time trying to collect money when I could be writing my own work, or devoting hours to my students and the business, or hanging out with my family.  It’s left me frustrated and discouraged.

Effective this summer 2013, new students must pay for their classes in-full.  Once a student is part of the Writing Workshops Los Angeles community, I am glad to offer him or her payment plan options.

Hopefully, this change will spur new students to commit more fully to a course upon enrollment, and inspire them to return for the perks. To all of you returning students who have used the payment plan system the way it was intended: thank you so much!

At WWLA we continue to dedicate ourselves to affordable, rigorous, inspiring and fun courses, and this policy should only make our operations smoother and less…stressful.

Thanks, and please email any questions to me, Edan, at writingworkshopsla@gmail.com.