Generative Writing Archives - The Writing Salon

Spring Zoom Meetup

Occurring on a seasonal basis, Writing Salon Zoom meetups are designed to provide an intentional and facilitated space to help you keep a finger on your own creative pulse. At the same time, you'll have the opportunity to engage with a community of other like-minded writers... more

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Mining for Gold: Looking to the Everyday for Creative Inspiration

In this 5-week virtual class, we will use material from our everyday lives as starting points to generate our own creative prose, poetry, or hybrid works. We will look anew at the world and seek inspiration in unexpected places, mining the everyday for artistic leads... more

Instructor: Shelby Hinte

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Free Your Creativity: Using Constraints to Generate New Writing

In this generative class, we’ll explore how constraints may inspire both poetry and prose. We’ll look at examples by writers who use these techniques, then engage with inventive writing exercises, freeing our own imaginations... more

Instructor: Kimberly Lee

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Writing Your Personal Symbols

In this 5-week remote class, students will use class time to develop a series of creative nonfiction pieces connected to classic Jungian archetypes such as the Hero, Lover, Outlaw, Trickster, Orphan and more... more

Instructor: Kerry Muir

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

From Loss to Healing: Writing Your Own Transformation

Absence of any kind can often overwhelm us, rendering us silent. But as writers, we have tools at our disposal with which we can approach these empty spaces—and the empty page... more

Instructor: Kerry Muir

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Write Now!: Salon Saturdays

For 25 years, The Writing Salon has used the power of writing prompts to coax out writers’ work in its raw form—work that would later become novels, personal essays, poems. Write Now! will showcase a Writing Salon teacher’s favorite paths to the source of inspiration... more

Instructor: David Jacobson

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Write Now!: Salon Saturdays

For 25 years, The Writing Salon has used the power of writing prompts to coax out writers’ work in its raw form—work that would later become novels, personal essays, poems. Write Now! will showcase a Writing Salon teacher’s favorite paths to the source of inspiration... more

Instructor: Katharine Harer

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Daily Write June Round Robin

Jane Underwood had a unique vision when she developed the Round Robin class. By combining several elements—partnering, repetition, practice, feedback, and dedication—she created not just a writing course, but an actual community, one that has continued and grown for over a decade.... more

Instructor: Kathy Garlick

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Daily Write Round Robin

Jane Underwood had a unique vision when she developed the Round Robin class. By combining several elements—partnering, repetition, practice, feedback, and dedication—she created not just a writing course, but an actual community, one that has continued and grown for over a decade... more

Instructor: Kathy Garlick

April 06

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Spring Meetup in San Francisco

Occurring on a seasonal basis, Writing Salon meetups are designed to provide an intentional and facilitated space to help you keep a finger on your own creative pulse. At the same time, you'll have the opportunity to engage with a community of other like-minded writers... more

April 13

1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 3:30pm

San Francisco, CA