Still sadly lacking in fannish content

I have decided to splurge ( said with a gulping hysterical sort of laugh) and take a writing class this spring because I need a kick in the pants. I have always done better with deadlines than with the sort of amorphous, "I should work on this" mentality. And I know myself well enough that if I get entrenched in telling a story, I'll keep to it. It's the entrenchment that I'm lacking.

So, my options are several different UCLA extension courses:

Introduction to Fiction Writing
Writing the Short Story
Writing the First Novel

I could also contact the professors of the level II classes and see if they'd let me in.

There's also a Media Bistro class that runs all summer that sounds more like novel writing boot camp.

So, my concern is that the level 1 classes will be too fundamental. Any sort of feedback in a structured environment, any sort of exercises are good, but I don't want feel like I'm waiting for other people to catch up. This could be hubris on my part. I could get into the class, and feel like I'm the one who's been left behind.

My fear with the Media Bistro class is that I'm not at the stage of really churning out the whole work. But then, I don't know if you're ever at that stage. I think you've gotta just plunge ahead.

I also don't know which would be more beneficial - the UCLA format or the Media Bistro, but I know I've gotta do something to get myself going or I'll keep talking and talking instead of writing.

So, thoughts, suggestions?