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: SOTA Creative Writing
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We here at SOTA, and especially we here at the prideful department of Creative Writing are proud of what we do, inside and outside of school. We also like to show off when our alumni do newsworthy things. A little secret: we’re kind of narcissists. But that’s okay. Notable C-Dub alum, Sayre Quevedo, was mentioned in a…
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by Molly (’15) There is a mess of pillows in the Creative Writing room. They are solid-colored squares and circles of red and black, and are indisputably chic. They are often used as headrests during Sustained Silent Reading and can also be used as devices to hide Colin with when Heather takes attendance or to…
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by Mykel (’14) Love is “I don’t think the second person really serves the character development in this piece and also stop it with the italicized song lyrics.” Love is “HEATHER YOU DID NOT GIVE US ENOUGH WARNING ABOUT THIS HUGE ASSIGNMENT I HAVE COLLEGES TO APPLY TO.” Love is “buy our CDs, I promise…
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by Jules (’14) The thing that I find really engaging about forming and leading a band is that it forces me into a leadership role that I wouldn’t otherwise be in, and I get to take the lead in a sort of communal ecstasy that not a lot of people get to experience. To hear…
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by Hazel (’13) Recently, Heather set aside a day for the CDubs to help plan out next year’s curriculum. The beginning of this year, while certainly interesting and multi-disciplinary, was not the ultra-productive first two months that usually fuels our fall show, and so a little reorganizing was in order for fall, 2013. The seniors…
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by Amelia (’13) As a Creative Writing senior, I’ve had my fair share of rejection emails from publications I submit my work to. Without fail, they open with a seemingly cheery “Thank you Amelia!” before the ominous “but,” and to polish it all off, “we could not accept your work at this time.” I remember…
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About submissions! umläut accepts poetry, prose, short fiction, photography, painting, sheet music– anything that can fit in a book! The deadline is December 7th, and submissions can be dropped off in Room 202 or, preferably, emailed to umlautkingdom@gmail.com.
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by Maya (’15) The poem “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt Whitman is about a boy who becomes everything he sees. All the things in nature that he glances upon become part of him, and they shape him as a person. He is becoming open and understanding the world more because he is…
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by Olivia A. (’14) I’ve played music since I took up the violin in fourth grade. Until this summer, I hadn’t deviated much from my training in classical music (“I Kissed a Girl,” “Eleanor Rigby,” and the My Little Pony theme song being notable exceptions). Over this past summer I realized that I was completely…
