Introduction to Creative Writing

Introduction to Creative Writing is a playful, generative writing course for anyone who wants to write in the community of others and cultivate a creative writing practice. You will use prompts and writing activities to help you leap the boundaries of your brain, explore genres, and create and curate your own material to expand into creative writing projects. In addition, you will learn the art of workshop and how to give and receive useful feedback. In this supportive environment, you'll gain confidence as a writer, learning to trust your process and your work. By the end of the 6-week course, you will have developed a regular writing practice, established a writing community, and completed several original works of creative writing.

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Introduction to Creative Writing

Introduction to Creative Writing is a playful, generative writing course for anyone who wants to write in the community of others and cultivate a creative writing practice. You will use prompts and writing activities to help you leap the boundaries of your brain, explore genres, and create and curate your own material to expand into creative writing projects. In addition, you will learn the art of workshop and how to give and receive useful feedback. In this supportive environment, you'll gain confidence as a writer, learning to trust your process and your work. By the end of the 6-week course, you will have developed a regular writing practice, established a writing community, and completed several original works of creative writing.

• Oct 09, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (6 sessions total), Friday
• Fee: $150
• Item: 39560
• Supplies are required for this course.

Writing A Short Memoir

Turn your life experiences--dramatic and everyday--into a powerful short memoir. Tell the story of your life in bite-sized chunks. Learn the process of writing a short memoir piece: from selecting and reflecting on your experience, to writing and publishing your story.

• Oct 19, 2026 to Nov 02, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (3 sessions total), Monday
• Fee: $140
• Item: 39574

Surrealist Creative Writing

Surrealism challenges how you think and create. This class uses playful writing exercises and group activities to spark unexpected ideas. You’ll explore key artists and writers that shaped surrealism, like André Breton, Leonora Carrington, and Georges Bataille. Through experimentation and collaboration, you’ll break habits, embrace spontaneity, and write in ways you never have before.

• Oct 19, 2026 to Dec 14, 2026 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (9 sessions total), Monday
• Fee: $220
• Item: 39583

Creative Writing 3

Creative Writing 3 is for writers who have completed Creative Writing 2 and are looking to further develop work created in that class with community support. As in CW2, you can write in any genre and bring in your writing for review and discussion at any stage in the writing process—be it the next chapter of your novel or memoir, scenes for a screenplay, a rough draft of an essay, or new batch of poems. This class will help support and sustain your work through thoughtful, honest, and helpful feedback. In-class writing exercises and conversation will help spark ideas and give you fresh ways to look at your writing—and keep moving it forward.

• Oct 08, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (6 sessions total), Thursday
• Fee: $150
• Item: 39562
• Supplies are required for this course.