How Is Ripe Fruit different from other creative writing classes and workshops?
First of all, Ripe Fruit is not just classes. It is a life experience that benefits the student on many levels. Students comparing Ripe Fruit with other classes have said the content is more engaging & challenging; the class more interactive; the structure tighter, more fun & creative; the teaching more passionate; the experience juicier & more inspiring; their individual voices more valued; and originality & risk-taking more encouraged. Ripe Fruit offers a full creative writing curriculum, not just “a quick dip”. Although many classes teach metaphor, image & the basic elements of writing, students say that in Ripe Fruit “everything sparkles”, that the experience is both “exciting & enlightening”, that “something magic happens” in Ripe Fruit classes, workshops and retreats.