What role does hope play in crafting art? Do creative writers have a responsibility to give their readers hope? How might poets, prose writers, and playwrights craft truer narratives about humankind by employing some optimism; and how might this practice help shape new realities? In this workshop, we will identify the effect of hopefulness in work by Hanif Abdurraquib, Joy Harjo, Mai Nardone, Victoria Chang, Jaquira Diaz, Dan Harmon, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Abbi Jacobson, Jackie Sibblies Drury and others. Discussions on the readings will help frame weekly generative writing prompts. Through collaborative-learning and constructive critique, students will have opportunities to engage with the art of revision on the levels of both sentence and overall structure. This workshop nurtures writers hoping to start new projects and those with a work in progress.