Seniors in the Creative Writing Signature Program craft a 25-50 page Capstone project of multi-genre writing on a singular theme. These seniors present portions of their Capstones at a community reading in late spring to publicly celebrate this achievement.
“Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.” — Mary Oliver
“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” — Sylvia Plath
“I believe myself that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything -- except to keep at it.” — Chinua Achebe
“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.” — Lisa See
"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts." — Anne Lamott
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you —
Then, it will be true. — Langston Hughes
"I believe there is magic in everything.”