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.
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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.
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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.
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Creative Writing 2
Creative Writing 2 is for anyone looking to develop their writing through practice, discussion, and community support. You can write in any genre and bring in your own work, whether it's a finished draft, a work in progress, or something new you’ve written during class. This creative writing class focuses on giving and receiving feedback that is thoughtful, honest, and helpful. You’ll learn how to use that feedback to revise and move your writing forward. In-class writing time and conversations will help spark ideas and give you fresh ways to look at your work. By the end of the course, you’ll have revised one or two pieces, built your feedback and revision skills, and added new writing to your practice.
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Poetry Writing for Everyone
Lautréamont believed poetry belongs to everyone. The Surrealists saw it as a kind of magic. For many writers across time, poetry has been a way to speak freely and make sense of lived experience.
In this class, you’ll write from prompts and read poems from a range of eras and voices. You’ll share your work with others in a space that values curiosity, respect, and thoughtful feedback. The focus isn’t on perfection or theory. It’s on showing up honestly, working through ideas on the page, and letting language do its work.
This class is already in session. Please contact our office at conted@seattlecolleges.edu or 206-934-3705 to inquire about late registration.
