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How to Start Writing Again
October 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
A Workshop for All Creative Practices with Zoë Ruiz
This process-oriented workshop focuses on two common creative blocks and offers practical solutions to overcome them, inspired by mindfulness, intersectional thought, and psychology. Through gentle guidance and collaborative exploration, participants will discover personalized strategies to reignite their creative practice. The workshop will include dedicated time for brainstorming, reflective journaling, and an interactive Q&A session. Designed to be inclusive and supportive of all creatives—whether you identify as a writer or not—this workshop welcomes participants from all backgrounds and experience levels.
Note: This workshop is a perfect companion to Julia Cameron’s transformative approach in The Artist’s Way, which offers a 12-week process to unlock your creative capacity—whether in art, work, or daily life.
What you’ll gain:
- Practical techniques to overcome creative resistance
- A supportive community of fellow creatives
- Tools for establishing a sustainable creative practice
- Methods to transform self-doubt into creative fuel
Zoë Ruiz: WRITER, EDITOR, PRODUCER, AND COACH
Zoë’s writing appears in publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Believer, and LitHub. She edited Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Thanh Nguyen’s works including A Man of Two Faces (longlisted for the National Book Award) and Nothing Ever Dies (finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award). With Dave Eggers, she co-edited I, Witness, a Norton series featured in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. She served as managing editor of The Rumpus and has received support from notable institutions including Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Ruiz has produced over a hundred events and has worked with McSweeney’s, PEN America and the Last Bookstore, L.A.’s largest independent bookstore. Her MFA in Fiction comes from Oregon State University.