Creative Writing Through Stress and Healing

In this course, you will participate in a variety of writing prompts that will allow you to explore creative writing craft elements and skills that simultaneously offer support for mental health and healing. For example, we might take emotion words and use sensory detail and imagery to really show how those emotions feel to you or use those same skills to describe a place where you feel most calm and yourself. You will have the opportunity to share some of your work with other participants if you choose, and ultimately you will leave with several writing “starts” that you might choose to develop further, some additional knowledge of creative writing skills and craft elements, and some additional prompts for further exploration on your own.

Registration Includes

Participants will leave with a handful of beginnings to possible writing threads they might follow, and more nuanced understanding of how creative writing craft can be a tool for mental health awareness and healing, and a list of ideas for how to continue that journey on their own.

What goes into our class pricing? As a local nonprofit, Duluth Folk School is committed to supporting both our instructors and community. We want to compensate our instructors fairly, keep class sizes small, and keep our doors open—while also keeping prices as low as we can.

Thank you for participating in our local handcraft and education economy! Together, we help keep Duluth a fun and vibrant place.

Student Requirements

• Skill Level/Prerequisite Skills: Just need to know how to write.
• Best for Ages: 18 and older
• You should bring: Your own preferred writing implements (notebook, journal, pencil, pen, computer, etc).