What makes good writing?

Curiosity. Courage. Confidence.

Saturday Prompt of the Week (free offering)

Try the Imaginative Storm for yourself. 

Join our free Prompt of the Week every Saturday on Zoom, 12–1 PM ET — a no-pressure hour of longhand writing, insight, and shared creativity.

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The Imaginative Storm method will transform your writing in just one session.

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Write What You (Don’t) Know 10-Week Course

Ready to strengthen your imaginative intelligence and deepen your writing?
Join Write What You (Don’t) Know — a 10-week facilitated workshop led by James Navé, meeting Tuesdays Jan 20–Mar 17.
Limited to 10 writers.

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The Imaginative Storm method gives you a writing practice that builds courage, flow, and creative freedom. You learn to write without judgment, trust your voice, and follow your curiosity. Ideas come faster. You’ll surprise yourself with the new originality, verve, and emotional power of your writing.

Created by pioneering writing teachers

Allegra Huston and James Navé

Navé and Allegra explain what makes the Imaginative Storm method special

Imaginative Storm books for writers

Creative writing resources for educators

Newsletter and Daily Prompt

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Testimonials:

  • "After Imaginative Storm, writer's block is a myth."

    Abdullah Erakat, screenwriter and journalist

  • "Write What You Don't Know is like a bible for me now."

    Dan Stenabaugh, writer

  • "It's life-changing. Even if I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing."

    Deborah Williams, writer and educator

  • "You helped me overcome my critic. I went from being a fearful writer to a joyful one."

    Corinne Crone, intimacy coach

  • "Every session has been deeper and more fulfillling. It's infusing my entire life with creativity."

    Chris Minnich, businessman

  • "It's like meeting a part of myself I didn't know existed. What a gift!"

    Wendy Shaw, artist

What award-winning writers say:

  • Kate Christensen

    “Brilliant! Your exercises are both common-sensical and revolutionary.”

    Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-wining novelist and visiting professor, Iowa Writers’ Workshop

  • Jahman Hill, author/performer of Black Enough, and professor at the University of Alabama

    “I felt encouraged to try new things. It brought joy back to my writing process.”

    Jahman Hill, poet, author of the award-winning one-man show Black Enough, and professor, University of Alabama

  • Lan Samantha Chang, director of Iowa Writers' Workshop

    “Extraordinary in the way it turned my mind inside-out.”

    Lan Samantha Chang, novelist and director, Iowa Writers’ Workshop

  • Professor Judy Walgren, double Pultizer-winning photojournalist

    “It unlocked my writing abilities. I recommend it to my students.”

    Judy Walgren, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, professor of journalism, Foothill College, San Francisco

  • Nicole Perlman, screenwriter of Guardians of the Galaxy

    “Working with these clever prompts, you end up feeling creatively and spiritually well-nourished.”

    Nicole Perlman, screenwriter, Guardians of the Galaxy