Pathway: Generate & Create

Generate & Create Offerings

This pathway focuses on sparking imagination and creative momentum. Through prompts, exercises, and playful exploration, you'll find fresh ways to get writing and keep going.

Art in Words at MIA
May 22 | Art in Words: African Art & Its Influences

Come, write about art in an immersive experience of exhibitions, lectures, and collections at the Minneapolis Art Institute. 

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Square promotional image for a picture book craft talk featuring author and illustrator Don Tate. Don Tate stands smiling in a denim shirt, hands clasped. His signature is prominently displayed over his torso. The background is bright pink with a grid texture and a border of illustrated picture book covers. Large bold text reads: “The ABCs and 123s (and other cliches) of Picture Book Writing.” The Loft Literary Center logo appears at the top, along with a black and white calendar icon showing May 31.
Craft Talk: ABCs and 123s of Picture Book Writing | May 31

Please join us for a craft talk on writing picture books with the 2024 McKnight judge in Children’s Literature, Don Tate!

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Bring the Loft to You
Bring the Loft to You

We love to bring our creative writing programs out of our building and into your community. We work with schools, libraries, human services organizations, and workplaces to develop unique opportunities just for you!

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Generate & Create Classes
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Poetic Forms Toolkit: A Class for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Price
$40.00
$36.00 (Friend)
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
6-Week: Finessing Historical Fiction
Date
Jun 18, 2025 - Jul 30, 2025
Time
Wednesday, 12 p.m. - Wednesday, 2 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Rachel Werner
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
4-Week: Crafting Intimate Narratives: A Workshop for Queer & Trans Writers
Date
Jun 17, 2025 - Jul 15, 2025
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Jesaka Long
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
6-Week: Idea to Screenplay
Date
Jun 18, 2025 - Jul 30, 2025
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Lillie Gardner
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Ecopoetics 4-Week Craft Seminar
Date
Jun 18, 2025 - Jul 16, 2025
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Gauri Awasthi
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Shimmering Images: A Journey of Moments
Date
Time
Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Roxanne Sadovsky
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Screenplays: Writing for Indies
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Michael Curran-Dorsano
Generate & Create
Online
8 Week
8-Week: Worldbuilding in Speculative Fiction
Date
Jun 19, 2025 - Aug 7, 2025
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Sydney Fowler
Generate & Create
Online
8 Week
8-Week: Writing Flash Nonfiction
Date
Jun 25, 2025 - Aug 13, 2025
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Anna Molenaar
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Subjects and Speakers: Attending to Poetry's Perspectives
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Edward Sambrano III
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Catch the Beat: Reading and Writing in Meter
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Elijah Mendoza
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Writing from Experience: Identity and Fiction
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Price
$92.50
$83.25 (Friend)
Rafael Frumkin
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Summer Sampler: Fiction with Matt Sharkey-Smith
Date
Time
Wednesday, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Price
$8.00
$7.20 (Friend)
Matt Sharkey-Smith
Generate & Create
In-Person
4 Week
4-Week: Skip the Boring Parts–Structuring Your Fiction
Date
Jun 18, 2025 - Jul 16, 2025
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Matt Sharkey-Smith
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Summer Sampler: Poetry with Amy Sailer
Date
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Price
$8.00
$7.20 (Friend)
Amy Sailer
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Summer Sampler: Creative Nonfiction with Victoria Blanco
Date
Time
Tuesday, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$8.00
$7.20 (Friend)
Victoria Blanco
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Discovering Your Memoir’s Lead Character
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
John Moe
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Summer Sampler: Fiction with Jake Maia Arlow
Date
Time
Tuesday, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Price
$8.00
$7.20 (Friend)
Jake Maia Arlow
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Flash Nonfiction Generator
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Lizzie Lawson
Generate & Create
Online
8 Week
8-Week: Creating & Writing Your First TV Pilot (Comedy, Drama, Reality)
Date
Jun 19, 2025 - Aug 7, 2025
Time
Thursday, 10 a.m. - Thursday, 12 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Bo Kaprall
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
When and Where: Creating Place for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$37.00
$33.30 (Friend)
Carolyn Holbrook