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.
Tag: community
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A great example of how the Creative Writing community positively impacts your writing is that each individual truly wants to listen to and support each other’s work. At first, the thought of having everyone gaze upon your pieces might seem intimidating, but as a freshman, I can reassure you that all of your peers—whether upperclassmen…
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Time is well spent if time is spent wacky. One poetry prompt we had wore the wacky hat especially well. Created by CA Conrad, it goes as follows: “Wash a penny, rinse it, slip it under your tongue and walk out the door. Copper is the metal of Aphrodite, never ever forget this, never, don’t…
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Creative writing has given me many new friends and relationships. Since the beginning of the year, we have been doing community building activities almost every single day. We are currently in our film poem unit, making short videos and experimenting with props, camera angles and cinematography while incorporating what we already know about writing into…
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This past weekend, Creative Writing went on our annual camping trip to Kirby Cove. During community weeks, our department head, Heather Woodward, organizes the overnight trip from Saturday to Sunday morning. Although the site is difficult to get, we always manage to find a way to lock our trip into place. Heather has spearheaded this…
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Creative writing is often remembered for its long standing traditions, from the bay swim to writing poetry in the botanical garden, to an all department camping trip on the ocean. During the 2023 edition of this camping trip, a group of us students ran into the frigid waters of the pacific ocean, submerging ourselves beneath…
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Getting a makeover while listening to my friend Facetime a junior from Massachusetts, eating a gooey skillet blondie straight from the pan, experiencing the wrath of a Muni driver as I (unsuccessfully) run for the bus—these have all happened in the hours between school and Cineclub. Cineclub, which everyone in CW is required to attend…
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I wrote this poem as a response to the “Self Doubt” prompt we receive every year during community weeks in Creative Writing. I have both enjoyed and been surprised by the ways in which the poetry I’ve produced from this prompt has evolved. This year I focused on how the loss of someone important in…
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There are a variety of wonderful and educational field trips that you will get the privilege to take part in if you are in Creative Writing. One of these field trips, my personal favorite, so far is the writing buddy date. I remember being extremely nervous and confused on my first day of Creative Writing.…
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Each school year, towards the beginning of community weeks, the entire Creative Writing department journeys to the Botanical Gardens. There, we prance around the rambunctious geese, who leave presents of poop in the grass. Clinging to each other, we narrowly avoid the poop, cackling to ourselves about how silly we must look. But looking silly…
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On the last two days of January, Speak (Easy), our poetry show began. A week before the show, we had chosen and workshopped the poems that we were to read to an audience of about three hundred. I remember on a Friday when we spent the whole two hours allotted memorizing our poems in pairs.…
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