Writing Workshops & Retreats
From the imaginative storm to the creative form
Write freely. Speak boldly. Rekindle your creative fire.
Whether you're joining us online or in person, Imaginative Storm workshops offer more than just writing instruction — they’re a doorway to discovery. Every session is designed to unlock your voice, quiet your inner critic, and awaken your creative intuition.
Our participants often come to us at a crossroads — successful, experienced, and ready to ask, What now? They’re writers, yes — but also seekers. They come not just for craft, but for connection, insight, purpose, and momentum.
If you're looking to start something new, return to a long-lost project, or simply reawaken your creative energy, you’ll find your place here. You’ll be welcomed into a vibrant, supportive community of writers — and leave with the confidence to keep going.
Why It Works
Grounded in over 30 years of experience leading writers to their creative edge
Supportive, real-time feedback in every session
A method that emphasizes voice, energy, and flow — not perfection
A deeply human approach that acknowledges both the joy and struggle of being alive in uncertain times
Led by seasoned facilitators with global reach and lifelong dedication to the craft
Online Workshops
Write from anywhere, but not alone.
Our Zoom-based sessions offer intimate, high-touch instruction in real time — no videos, no pre-recorded lectures. Just the power of your imagination, and a community that listens.
Break Through Writer’s Block.
Find Your Voice.
Write With Confidence.
“Write What You Don’t Know”
A 10-Week Online Creative Writing Course
on Zoom
September 9 to November 18, 2025
11 sessions, Tuesdays, 3–5:30 pm PT / 6–8:30 pm ET
Overcome creative blocks
Discover your real voice
Write 40+ pieces in 10 weeks
If you’ve ever stared at a blank page wondering where to begin, this course is for you.
Limited to 10 participants • $625 • Payment plans available
Facilitated by Imaginative Storm co-creator James Navé
Write What You Don’t Know is a 10-week creative writing course that helps you quickly turn raw ideas into compelling stories. You’ll write with energy, confidence, and flow. You’ll break through writer’s block. And you’ll build a writing habit that sticks.
By the end, you’ll have 40 new pieces of writing—plus a toolbox of creative skills you’ll use for life.
This course isn’t just about technique. It’s about unlocking your imagination and writing from places you didn’t know existed. No matter your experience level or genre, you’ll learn how to keep writing, keep growing, and stay creatively alive.
What You’ll Learn:
How to write with emotional truth and imaginative power
How to connect to your authentic voice—not the one you’ve been told to use
How to silence your inner critic and build lasting confidence
How to write freely—even when you feel stuck or unsure
How to develop a sustainable writing practice that gives you great joy.
You’ll Also Get:
Direct personal support from James Navé by phone or Zoom.
Lifetime access to private Zoom recordings of every session
Write What You Don’t Know is creative writing for people who are ready to shake off self-doubt, trust their instincts, and start writing what matters.
Join us, won’t you?
In-Person Retreats
Get away. Go deep. Come home to your voice.
Our immersive retreats are designed to awaken your creative instincts and help you discover the story only you can tell.
“Write Without Limits”
4-Day Imaginative Storm Retreat with Allegra Huston and James Navé
Our flagship retreat. Four immersive days of salon-style writing, creative play, deep feedback, and personal insight. Includes one-on-one sessions with Allegra and Navé to explore your project and your passion.
Taos, New Mexico: April 2026
Asheville, NC: November 3 – 8, 2025
Imaginative Storm 2-Day Intensive
with Allegra Huston and James Navé in La Veta, Colorado
An exhilarating plunge into the method that will shift your writing approach forever — powerful, energetic, and transformational.
June 20 – 22, 2025
5-Day Memoir Retreat
with Allegra Huston in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Discover the emotional core of your story. Leave with new material, deep insight, and a clear path forward for your memoir.
October 7 – 12, 2025
Local Community Workshops
Led by Certified Imaginative Storm Facilitators
Current workshops:
St. Louis: “Creative Writing the Imaginative Storm Way.“ Led by Heather Deifell. Contact heather@webster-arts.org or visit them on Facebook
Los Angeles / Zoom: Jill Schary Robinson/Jazz Lion Writers Workshop. Focusing on memoir, and incorporating Imaginative Storm method and prompts. Led by Levy Lee. Contact Lyn Rothman for more info.
In Spanish:
La Paz, Baja Cal. Sur / Zoom: Facilitated by Maru Ortega, Wednesdays, 9 pm PST. Contact Maru to join.