Explore the possibilities in creating a writing practice. In this class, we will use prompts to create short writing exercises. By sharing the raw work with each other, we will begin to work with these starts, weed and cultivate to create the beginnings of short stories or essays. We will let them grow, and discover the ones we want to work with, to nurture to full growth. We will also read short, published works to further inspire our creative work. Writing, like gardening, takes practice, experimentation, and revision. Come into the writing garden and play!

About the instructor:

Indira Ganesan has written three critically acclaimed novels published by Alfred A. Knopf: The Journey , Inheritance, and As Sweet As Honey. Paperbacks and translations have appeared from other houses, including Vintage Books and Beacon Press. Fellowships include The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, the W.K.Rose Fellowship, The Fine Arts Work Center, and the Paden Institute for Writers of Color. A regional finalist for Granta’s first Best America and Novels Under Forty campaign, Indira’s work has been selected as a Barnes and Noble Notable Book, and been on noted fiction lists. In addition to writing fiction, she reviews books for The Key Reporter, teaches at Emerson College part-time, and is a global music program host on WOMR-FM Community Radio in Provincetown.