Class

It's All About Choices: A Class for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers

It’s All About Choices is a creative writing workshop designed for both new and experienced writers who want a supportive space to explore and strengthen their voice. This class centers the idea that writers create their best work when they have freedom—so each session offers a variety of themed prompts drawn from the workshop topics: holidays, motivation, emotional stability, and relationships. Students are encouraged to choose the prompt that speaks most to their lived experience. Before class begins, students should bring a notebook, writing utensils, and any previous work they may want to revisit.

Class time blends instruction, discussion, and workshopping. In this course, “workshopping” means sharing your writing and receiving verbal, respectful, constructive feedback from peers and the teaching artist. Feedback will focus on clarity, emotional depth, and ways to strengthen your unique voice—not on correcting style or judging content. Students are expected to participate actively, listen with intention, and support a positive creative environment.

Each session will be spent generating new writing, exploring craft techniques through short guided discussions, and reflecting on the choices writers make when shaping a story. Each class concludes with a choice-based closing activity, helping students recognize growth and leave inspired to keep writing.

All Classes listed on the Loft website take place in Central Time.

Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

In order to access live class meetings, you must have the Zoom application downloaded to your computer. You will also need a WiFi/Internet connection throughout the duration of your scheduled meeting and a computer with audio and video capability. The information to join your Zoom classroom will be provided in your confirmation email upon registration. Please check spam folders if you do not see this email upon registration. For more information on how to use Zoom, please see our training manual here.