CREATIVE WRITING
at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco
Welcome! CW develops the art and craft of creative writing through instruction, collaboration, and respect. This blog showcases STUDENT WRITING and how to APPLY to Creative Writing.
Author: Midori
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That’s right, ladies and folks and collective bros, it is once again November, as in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month, during which ladies and folks and collective bros across the map of our United States will be participating in a challenge to write a total of 50,000 words by the end of the month.…
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This is an excellent opportunity for a FREE submission opportunity with cool prizes. Check it out: WHAT: Entries must have a California coastal or California marine theme (e.g. no tropical or Arctic settings or species — for help with California species, click here.) Poems and artwork must be student’s original work. If using a photo model taken by someone else, image…
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This is an important opportunity that can lead to college scholarships Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (California level) which is an affiliate of The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers (national level) Early Deadline: November 28, 2012 Individual Submission Fee* $5.00/Portfolio $10.00 Final Deadline: December 13, 2012 Individual Submission Fee* $10.00/Portfolio $30.00 Students in grades 7-12…
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by Justus (’15) PPA has been going for several weeks now. We have workshopped several of each other’s poems, shared our favorite poems, consumed large quantities of delicious coffee together, and probably thoroughly confused passerby who happened to look over to see a group of teenagers sitting under a large umbrella in a public parklet…
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Dear Department: I was so proud of you all last night! Our emphasis on community clearly makes us comfortable and confident working with each other. This reading performance was our most collaborative to date and sets a precedent for our fall shows. There was a real exchange of ideas as we all worked together…
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by Hosanna (’14) GLIDE Memorial Church is the place to be. My mother had told me about GLIDE, then my homepiece and peer, Flavia (a Creative Writer) told me we should check it out together. During the summer I decided to check it out. I went on www.glide.org, picked out a date, and received a…
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by Flavia (’14) This past unit with Kevin Carnes was truly and melodiously enlightening. This guy has a stern persona; his words are as careful and precise as his drumming. It was his first time teaching a classroom of high school students and he was able to not only meet the teaching expectations but also…
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by Olivia A. (’14) For the past two summers I’ve worked at the de Young Museum as a Museum Ambassador—which is an imposing name for a whimsical job (in a constructive, healthy way that occasionally involves doing impressions of Picasso or throwing modeling clay at coworkers). When my coworkers and I weren’t playing word games…
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by Josie (’16) Dan Hoyle’s show, The Real Americans, exceeded my wildest expectations. What I had expected was an older gentleman, maybe clad in old, worn-out corduroy slacks, a plaid shirt, and fleece vest clutching a cane, reciting his life story to a large audience. This was not the case, fortunately. Dan Hoyle is a…
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by Abigail (’14) I had no idea there were so many galleries downtown! And all free! For any parents reading this who don’t know what I’m talking about, last Saturday the C-Dubs were taken at hyperspeed through San Francisco’s art world by Ronald Chase, creator of Art and Film. As a culmination of the unit…
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