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.

The Loft Writing Network 2
The Loft Writing Network | Free to Join!

Free to join! Find connection. Build community. Or take the next step with Loft Connect Plus and find space to share work and live peer-led feedback and accountability sessions.  

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hieu minh nguyen craft seminar Sep 12
Forge Craft Seminar with Hieu Minh Nguyen | Sep 12

Through close readings, we’ll borrow craft strategies from poems that welcome the world in, paying attention to how observation, image, association, and structure can reintroduce us to the world we thought we knew.

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Valeria Luiselli Craft Seminar
Craft Seminar with Valeria Luiselli | Oct 8

We will work on developing listening literacy as writers, thinking of sound as a source of narrative craft. We will likewise explore listening as a collective practice that allows for intentional solidarity and creative resistance, both environmental and political.

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Generate & Create Classes
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Online
6 Week
Learning by Example: Poetry
Date
Sep 15, 2026 - Oct 20, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
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Michael Robinson
Generate & Create
In-Person
4 Week
Short Story Builder
Date
Sep 16, 2026 - Oct 7, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
James Ellis
James Ellis
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Discover Your Inner Critic: An Intro to Criticism
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Andy Dehnart
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Online
Single Session
Fall Writing Retreat: September
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
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Nuria Sheehan
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
Writing Unlikable LGBTQIA+ Characters
Date
Sep 22, 2026 - Oct 27, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Jesaka Long
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Essaying Your Way to a Memoir
Date
Sep 23, 2026 - Oct 14, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 1 p.m. - Wednesday, 3 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Andy Dehnart
Generate & Create
Online
8 Week
Legacy Writing: Capturing Moments for Future Generations
Date
Sep 23, 2026 - Nov 11, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Brenda Hudson
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
Writing the Scary, Unsettling, Uncanny & Strange
Date
Sep 23, 2026 - Oct 28, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
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Lacey Dunham
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Having Fun with Fiction
Date
Time
Thursday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Arielle Burgdorf
Arielle Burgdorf
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
Idea to Screenplay
Date
Sep 29, 2026 - Nov 3, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 1 p.m. - Tuesday, 3 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
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Lillie Gardner
Generate & Create
Online
10 Week
Writing Childhood: Remembering Your Backstory
Date
Sep 30, 2026 - Dec 9, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 1 p.m. - Wednesday, 3 p.m.
Price
$370.00
$333.00 (Friend)
Roxanne Sadovsky
Generate & Create
In-Person
Double Session
Queer Poems of Protest
Date
Oct 3, 2026 - Oct 10, 2026
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - Saturday, 1 p.m.
Price
$111.00
$99.90 (Friend)
Chavonn Shen
Generate & Create
Online
Double Session
Translating Life Experience into Poetry
Date
Oct 3, 2026 - Oct 10, 2026
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - Saturday, 2 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
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Edward Sambrano III
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Let's Write a Play! (for Ages 6-8)
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Troy Wilderson
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
The Art of the Outline: Novel Writing Clinic
Date
Oct 6, 2026 - Nov 10, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 12 p.m. - Tuesday, 2 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Alysandra Dutton
Generate & Create
In-Person
6 Week
Historical Fiction Workshop
Date
Oct 6, 2026 - Nov 10, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Alysandra Dutton
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Turning Trips into Tales: The Art of Travel Writing
Date
Time
Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Suzanne Roberts
Suzanne Roberts
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Online
Single Session
Flash Memoir: Life Stories in Under 500 Words
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Brenda Hudson
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
Flash Fiction 101
Date
Oct 13, 2026 - Nov 17, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - Tuesday, 12 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Tina Tocco
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Break the Block: How to Actually Overcome Writer’s Block and Start Writing Again
Date
Oct 14, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Sruthi Narayanan
Generate & Create
Online
8 Week
Plan and Start Your Romance Novel
Date
Oct 15, 2026 - Dec 10, 2026
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
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Eliot West
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Fall Writing Retreat: October
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
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Nuria Sheehan
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Let's Write a Poem
Date
Oct 22, 2026 - Nov 12, 2026
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Holly Day
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Introduction to Screenwriting
Date
Oct 22, 2026 - Nov 12, 2026
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Lauren Peacock
Lauren Peacock
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Crafting Powerful Scenes—The Building Blocks of Story
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
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Nigar Alam
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Writing Through Challenging Times: Journaling for Self-Care
Date
Oct 27, 2026 - Nov 17, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 1 p.m. - Tuesday, 3 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Brenda Hudson
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Into the Unknown: The Mindful Writer's Journey
Date
Oct 27, 2026 - Nov 17, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 4 p.m. - Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Benjamin Shalva
Benjamin Shalva
Generate & Create
In-Person
6 Week
Write Your Screenplay or TV Pilot in 6 Weeks
Date
Oct 27, 2026 - Dec 1, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Michael Gorrie
Generate & Create
In-Person
4 Week
Points of Origin: Writing About Home
Date
Oct 29, 2026 - Nov 19, 2026
Time
Thursday, 10 a.m. - Thursday, 12 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
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Rachel Werner
Generate & Create
In-Person
6 Week
Learning by Example: Creative Nonfiction
Date
Oct 29, 2026 - Dec 10, 2026
Time
Thursday, 4 p.m. - Thursday, 6 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
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Michael Robinson
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Diversifying Writers: Reclaiming Language Through Form—A Poet's Guide (for BIPOC and Indigenous Writers)
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Chavonn Shen
Generate & Create
In-Person
6 Week
Creating & Writing Your First TV Pilot (Comedy, Drama, Reality)
Date
Nov 3, 2026 - Dec 15, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - Tuesday, 12 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Bo Kaprall
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Story and Page to Stage: Writing a Story-Based Play
Date
Time
Tuesday, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Cia Sautter
Cia Sautter
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Finding Your Story Through Images: Writing with Visual Art (for Ages 15 to 18)
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Kimberly Lee
Kimberly Lee
Generate & Create
Online
Double Session
Mini But Mighty: Writing Micro
Date
Nov 14, 2026 - Nov 21, 2026
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - Saturday, 1 p.m.
Price
$111.00
$99.90 (Friend)
Kathryn Ganfield
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Fall Writing Retreat: November
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
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Nuria Sheehan
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Forge: a Craft Seminar with Naoko Fujimoto (Let’s Create Haiga!)
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$60.00
$54.00 (Friend)
Naoka Fujimoto
Naoka Fujimoto
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
A Place for Your Work: 3 Exercises, 3 Drafts, 3 Publications
Date
Time
Saturday, 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Kristin Johnson
Kristin Johnson
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Memory as Archive
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Matt Isaia
Matt Isaia
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
The Poetics of Craquelure: On Hybrid Forms
Date
Time
Thursday, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Nicole W. Lee
Nicole W. Lee
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
The Language of Loss: A Poetry, Grief, and Healing Workshop
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Benjamin Shalva
Benjamin Shalva
Generate & Create
Online
Double Session
Storytelling: Narrative for the Stage
Date
Dec 5, 2026 - Dec 12, 2026
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - Saturday, 12 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Aida Zilelian
Aida Zilelian
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Diversifying Writers: Writing Your "We" for LGBTQIAP+ Writers
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Jesaka Long