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Imaginative Storm
You’ve probably heard the classic advice, “Write what you know.” How’s that working for you?
When you only write what you know, it can be a struggle. The words don’t come out the way they sound in your head. You might think it’s your fault: you’re just not a good writer.
It’s not your fault! We’ve learned, over 20 years of teaching workshops, that everyone (yes, everyone) is capable of writing with originality, authenticity, and emotional power.
That includes YOU.
What’s our secret?
Write what you don’t know.
Testimonials: click here.
Join us for the Prompt of the Week on Zoom, any Saturday or Thursday, and try our method, free!
Write What You Don’t Know 10-week Zoom course
Explore the “Write What You Don’t Know” method with Imaginative Storm co-founder James Navé
Next course January 21 – April 1, 2025
10 weeks, Tuesdays, 3–5:30 pm PT / 6–8:30 pm ET
Limited to 10 participants
Discover how to tell your story
Fill your writing with emotional power
Teach your inner critic to speak when it’s useful and shut up when it isn’t
Cultivate your writing voice
Explore the infinite potential of your imagination
Learn how to write fearlessly. Surprise yourself!
“Navé is a superb facilitator, the other participants are smart and supportive, and I’m writing more freely than I have before. It’s working!”
— S.K., New York City
Audio and Video Courses
“Write What You Don’t Know” audio course
“It’s like meeting a part of yourself you didn’t know existed. What a gift!” — Wendy Shaw, artist
“Write What You Don’t Know” video course
“After Imaginative Storm, writer’s block is a myth.” — Abdullah H. Erakat, screenwriter, journalist, and educator
“The Manageable Memoir” video course
“I love how you designed the course in small chunks. It is helping me look at my memoir in a new light.” — Alice W. Meadows, writer
Workshops and Retreats
“Write Without Limits”
4-day Writing Retreat
With Allegra Huston and James Navé in legendary Taos, New Mexico
April 20–24, 2025 – Limited to 12 participants (only a few spots left)
“How perfect these last five days have been! You created magic.” — Lyn Rothman, writer
Word by Word: The Creative Power of Memorization
3-hour Zoom workshop
With James Navé
December 9, 2024, 6 – 9 pm ET
“Memorizing my favorite poem is one of the loveliest gifts I’ve ever given myself.” — Ashley F.
“Write What You Don’t Know”
2–day Intensive
With Allegra Huston in Paonia, Colorado
May 16–17, 2025
“Forgotten pieces of you dance into the light. It was worth the 2,273 miles it took to get there and come back renewed, refreshed and reignited.” — Joyce Wycoff, writer
Imaginative Storm Memoir Retreat
5-day Intensive
With Allegra Huston in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
October 2025
“The Imaginative Storm process is phenomenally successful. it’s had an enormous impact on the way I think and the way I write.” — Karen Anderson, professor of sociology
How can you write what you don’t know?
Have you ever had the feeling, as you were writing, that a wonderful thought just came to you? It felt spontaneous, natural, as if you didn’t have to “think” it up?
Fresh, original writing doesn’t come from your conscious, rational, intentional mind. It comes from your unconscious and just needs to be encouraged to emerge.
The Imaginative Storm method stimulates your imagination, and trains your rational mind to recognize, capture, and shape those creative gifts into writing that will amaze you.
From the Imaginative Storm to the creative form.
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