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.

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Padraig O Tuama Workshop Poetry and Prayer
Generative Writing Workshop with Pádraig Ó Tuama

Join host of Poetry Unbound Pádraig Ó Tuama in a group exploring public poems that address matters of religion, resistance, rage and devotion, as well as join in writing exercises.

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Generate & Create Classes
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Let's Talk: Writing Dynamic Dialogue
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Lillie Gardner
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Winter Sampler: Children and Young Adult Fiction with Shilpa Kamat
Date
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Price
$8.00
$7.20 (Friend)
Shilpa Kamat
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
POETRY AND PRAYER: common and uncommon ground—with Pádraig Ó Tuama, host of Poetry Unbound
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$60.00
Pádraig Ó Tuama
Generate & Create
In-Person
8 Week
Finding Your Voice
Date
Jan 20, 2026 - Mar 10, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Christopher Tradowsky
Generate & Create
In-Person
8 Week
Notebook to Manuscript
Date
Jan 21, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 12 p.m. - Wednesday, 2 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Morgan Grayce Willow
Morgan Grayce Willow
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
Writing Through Challenging Times: Journaling for Self-Care
Date
Jan 21, 2026 - Feb 11, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 1 p.m. - Wednesday, 3 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Brenda Hudson
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Fiction Writing Jumpstart for the New Year
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Lacey Dunham
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Controlling Your Narrative In the Media: Publishing the Personal Essay
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Shanetta McDonald
Shanetta McDonald
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
How to Build a Universe from Scratch
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Ruth Joffre
Ruth Joffre
Generate & Create
Online
12 Week
Writing in Verse for Middle Grade and Young Adult
Date
Jan 27, 2026 - Apr 14, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$444.00
$399.60 (Friend)
Shilpa Kamat
Generate & Create
In-Person
4 Week
What's Good: Reading and Writing Essays of Wonder, Attention, and Delight
Date
Jan 28, 2026 - Feb 18, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Claire Wahmanholm
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Unlocking the Mystery of Metaphors
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Jennifer S. Brown
Generate & Create
In-Person
4 Week
Writing Fantasy
Date
Feb 2, 2026 - Feb 23, 2026
Time
Monday, 6 p.m. - Monday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
JR Dawson
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
Earth Joy Writing
Date
Feb 3, 2026 - Mar 10, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 6 p.m. - Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Cassie Premo Steele
Generate & Create
Online
4 Week
How to Use Unreliable Memory to Build Trust with the Reader
Date
Feb 5, 2026 - Feb 26, 2026
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Billy Lezra
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Memory and Memoir: A Vignette Approach to Life Writing
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Jane Juffer
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Fiction Basics: Characters & Characterization
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Brian Malloy
Generate & Create
Online
6 Week
How to End Things
Date
Apr 1, 2026 - May 6, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
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Leila Nadir
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
Fiction Basics: Creative Language
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Brian Malloy
Generate & Create
Online
Single Session
How to Pitch Anything
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Laura Goode
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Finding Your Writing Process
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
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Michael Robinson
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Podcasting for Writers
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Deborah Copperud
Generate & Create
In-Person
Single Session
Get Unstuck
Date
Time
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$37.00
$33.30 (Friend)
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Ramona Ausubel