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.
Category: Creative Writing Classes
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by Abigail (’14) Poetry Out Loud is a national contest created so high school students have a chance to get to know the art of poetry better, recitation-style. Along with several other CWs, I’ve been doing it for two years, and I recommend it to all of you–especially to all those freshpeople who haven’t tried…
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We just got confirmation that we’ll have a last-minute guest tomorrow during CW! Before he appears in an event at City Lights tomorrow night, the editor of The Paris Review, Lorin Stein, is going to come to our class to talk about his work as an editor, writer, and translator. He’s also somewhat of 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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by Bailey (’15) Great things come in small packages. Avi, a sophomore in CW is a brilliant teacher and had no trouble at all holding the attention of the class. His lesson was relevant and helpful. I, for one, find creating realistic settings in my fiction difficult and looking a the whole social, geographical, anthropological,…
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August? I always see this coming in June, always tell myself “You gotta do your homework early because it’ll be August before you know it and school’s gonna start,” but always, always, August sneaks up on me. Segues are weird! Abigail and Nick are hosting another Poetry Salon, on August 6 at 10am, Abigail’s home.…
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Only a week in, and I’ve already had the unparalleled experience of lounging by a swimming pool underneath the sun, sipping lemonade and eating grapes, while mindless pop music played. Cliché doesn’t even begin to cover it. But. School. What? What school? I don’t understand that incredibly obscure reference you just made. But. School. The…
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Led by Maia Ipp, CW Artist-in-Residence July 10—July 26 (3 weeks) Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 11 am—3 pm Class held at Maia’s apartment in North Beach and in locations around the city This summer workshop is an opportunity to exercise and deepen your writing practice over the summer in a more experimental and less formal…
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When you think Creative Writing, you think poetry and fiction, but rarely playwriting. Why is that? Well, “fiction” connotes imagination, “poetry” brings to mind eloquence and, well, poetry, which is an esoteric term all in itself. But “playwriting?” That’s like, people talking on stage and chasing each other with guns and trying to make the audience…
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As many of you may know, SOTA was recently renamed the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts after the famous artist who helped found the school. At the renaming ceremony, Hosana, a sophomore in Creative Writing, read a statement about SOTA and the Creative Writing Department from author Dave Eggers. Yes, THE Dave…
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