Our Live Writing Workshops
on Zoom and in-person
Work with us directly in a small, supportive group of writers.
When you write in the Imaginative Storm, you’ll write in a way you’ve never written before. You’ll surprise yourself, even amaze yourself. And you’ll draw confidence and direction from the appreciative feedback of the other writers in the workshop.
By the end of even a single-session workshop, you’ll become acquainted with your voice, and you’ll be well on the way to transforming your inner critic into your inner cheerleader. Plus, you’ll have sparky new material for your work-in-progress, or perhaps you’ll realize you’ve started something new!
Zoom Workshops
Write What You Don’t Know 10-session Zoom course
Explore the Imaginative Storm method with James Navé
11 sessions, Tuesdays, June 11 – August 20, 2024
3–5:30 pm PT / 6–8:30 pm ET, limited to 14 participants
$625, includes phone support from Navé between sessions and privately-shared recordings of any sessions you might miss
Retrain your inner critic into your inner cheerleader
Banish writer’s block for good
Find your authentic writing voice
Fill your writing with emotional power
Learn to write fearlessly. Surprise yourself!
You’ll finish the course with 40 pieces of writing that will either add a new dimension to your existing project, or send you well on your way into a new one!
“It’s like meeting a part of yourself you didn’t know existed. What a gift!”
— Wendy Shaw, artist
Optional add-on: Editorial notes from Allegra Huston
Allegra was previous Editorial Director of major literary publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London. She will read one piece per week and give you feedback on your strengths, your weaknesses, and where you might take your work from here.
Limited to 6 participants: $395
In-Person Workshops
5-Day Memoir Intensive
with Allegra Huston in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
October 21 – 27, 2024
Limited to 8 participants
Spend five days in beautiful Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UN World Heritage Site, and discover the possibilities for what your memoir might be. Return home energized and inspired by five intensive days of exploration, insight, and revelation.
You’ll spend the mornings with the group discussing the elements of memoir and writing to Imaginative Storm prompts. In the afternoons, Allegra will meet with each person individually, twice, for an hour (often more) each time, to give you whatever help you need: brainstorming, editorial notes, publishing advice, or just plain cheerleading.
“Write What You Don’t Know”
4-day Writing Transformation
with Allegra Huston and James Navé in Taos, NM
April 20 – 24, 2025
Limited to 10 participants
Spend four enjoyably intense days with Allegra and Navé in the legendary artistic haven of Taos, NM. We’ll be based at historic Hacienda del Sol bed-and-breakfast, for a workshop that will transform your writing, and your approach to writing, forever. You’ll learn how to surprise yourself on the page, how to tell your story with authenticity and originality, and how to shape your work into something that intrigues a reader. You’ll leave with a powerful set of tools to take into the rest of your writing life.
Plus, you’ll eat delicious breakfasts at the Hacienda, visit artist’s studios, and enjoy a farewell dinner around Allegra’s kitchen table.