The Write Routine (May)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in MAY, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
Creative Alchemy: An Enneagram & Writing Lab | June
How does the Enneagram relate to creativity? And how can it fuel our creative process? In this series, we’ll use the Enneagram, a wisdom tradition that has long been employed as a tool for deep personal growth, to engage with and transform our creative practice.
Our sessions together will include a teaching portion, lively discussion time, and prompts and activities to get you exploring how the Enneagram can feed your creativity. Each week will be themed, and you can join us at any time – monthly session for specific Enneagram deep-dives, or the comprehensive full three-month series. Drop into any or all of it as you’re able!
Wednesdays in June, from 11:00am-1:00pm EST
June’s Focus: The Gut Triad
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Ali McGhee
Your Own Personal Fairy Tale
What if, at the edge of change, we are not lost—but standing at the threshold of a story waiting to be told? In this six-week online class, we’ll step into the landscape of fairy tales—where the ordinary becomes enchanted, where transformation is inevitable, and where meaning is carried through symbol, archetype, and image. Together, we’ll wander beyond the limits of linear thinking and into the rich terrain of personal mythology, where new ways of seeing—and being—begin to take shape.
CLASS | Tuesdays, June 9-July 21 from 6:30-8:30pm EST
No class June 30
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Erin Hallagan Clare (I&A Founder)
Adventures in Ekphrasis: Creative Writing Inspired by Visual Art
This four-week workshop is for writers of all genres and skill levels and will provide writing prompts, weekly assignments, and resources for creating your own ekphrastic work beyond this workshop.
We will use ekphrasis, an ancient literary tool, to play with words by responding to art of various genres — paintings, sculpture, film, music, etc. — through poetry and prose. This workshop will inspire you to generate ideas and new material that may later become polished projects.
Wednesdays, June 17-July 8 from 6:00-8:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Alli Marshall (I&A Certified)
Creative Alchemy: An Enneagram & Writing Lab | July
How does the Enneagram relate to creativity? And how can it fuel our creative process? In this series, we’ll use the Enneagram, a wisdom tradition that has long been employed as a tool for deep personal growth, to engage with and transform our creative practice.
Our sessions together will include a teaching portion, lively discussion time, and prompts and activities to get you exploring how the Enneagram can feed your creativity. Each week will be themed, and you can join us at any time – monthly session for specific Enneagram deep-dives, or the comprehensive full three-month series. Drop into any or all of it as you’re able!
Wednesdays in July, from 11:00am-1:00pm EST
July’s Focus: The Heart Triad
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Ali McGhee
Creative Alchemy: An Enneagram & Writing Lab | August
How does the Enneagram relate to creativity? And how can it fuel our creative process? In this series, we’ll use the Enneagram, a wisdom tradition that has long been employed as a tool for deep personal growth, to engage with and transform our creative practice.
Our sessions together will include a teaching portion, lively discussion time, and prompts and activities to get you exploring how the Enneagram can feed your creativity. Each week will be themed, and you can join us at any time – monthly session for specific Enneagram deep-dives, or the comprehensive full three-month series. Drop into any or all of it as you’re able!
Wednesdays in August, from 11:00am-1:00pm EST
August’s Focus: The Head Triad
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Ali McGhee
The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds: A Six Week Experimental Workshop for Creative Clarity
Life is meant to be an artist date, that’s why we were created. —Julia Cameron
The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds is a six-week, online experimental workshop for people who feel creatively stuck, distracted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their inner voice. Rooted in the core practices of The Artist’s Way and The Artist’s Way Toolkit by Julia Cameron and thoughtfully adapted for our era of constant input, this workshop offers a gentle structure for reconnecting with creativity without pressure, perfectionism, or productivity.
CLASS | Tuesdays, October 6-November 10 from 7:00-9:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by J. Faye D’Avanza (I&A Certified).
Creative Facilitator Training
An interactive four-month program on how to create and facilitate unique offerings rooted in the intersection of the creative process, personal stories, and the human condition. Tailored for folks interested in starting a new and fulfilling career path, or simply wanting to deepen their relationship to creativity and self.
IMMERSION WEEK | Monday, June 21-Saturday, June 26, 2027 | Story Parlor (Asheville, NC)
VIRTUAL MEETINGS | Tuesdays, July 6- September 28, 2027 from 6:15-9:00pm EST | ZOOM
Facilitated by I&A Founder, Erin Hallagan Clare
Germination Station: Planning & Producing Creative Workshops.
Join certified Inward & Artward facilitators Alli Marshall and J. Faye D’Avanza for Germination Station: Planning & Producing Creative Workshops, an eight-week series for arts-based entrepreneurs ready to launch or grow educational offerings. Toolshed sessions provide practical training on securing event space, pitching creative work, self-promotion, and marketing, while Tending gatherings—four artist dates inspired by The Artist’s Way—offer conversations with a community arts entrepreneur, guided discussion, and resource sharing to foster connection and accountability. Designed for Western North Carolina creatives across disciplines, and especially supportive of Story Parlor’s Inward & Artward Creative Facilitator graduates, Germination Station builds community while offering coaching, connection, and ongoing business support.
Toolshed classes (4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14)📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Tending classes (4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21) 📍In-person at various locations in Asheville (locations TBD)
Facilitated by J. Faye D'Avanza and Alli Marshall (I&A Certified)
The Write Routine (April)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in APRIL, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
Unfreeze Your Creativity: Body-Wise Tools for Writers & Narrative Artists (March)
In this 90-minute mini online workshop, we’ll explore the three core nervous system states and how they shape your voice on the page and in performance. Using purposeful somatic practices, you’ll learn how to move out of shutdown, settle perfectionistic spirals, and make space for the story that wants to be told, whether privately in your writing practice or publicly in front of an audience.
THREE DATES AVAILABLE | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Sat, Jan 17, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sat. Feb 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sat, Mar 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Facilitated by Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)
The Fantastic Ekphrastic Writing Workshop
This class explores ekphrastic art—creating writing in response to other artworks—by using flash fiction, flash essay, and prose poetry to move from discussion and examples through collaborative-inspired prompts and exercises that develop short ekphrastic responses into completed pieces.
Wednesdays, March 18-April 8 from 6:00-8:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Alli Marshall (I&A Certified)
The Write Routine (March)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in MARCH, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
Unfreeze Your Creativity: Body-Wise Tools for Writers & Narrative Artists (February)
In this 90-minute mini online workshop, we’ll explore the three core nervous system states and how they shape your voice on the page and in performance. Using purposeful somatic practices, you’ll learn how to move out of shutdown, settle perfectionistic spirals, and make space for the story that wants to be told, whether privately in your writing practice or publicly in front of an audience.
THREE DATES AVAILABLE | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Sat, Jan 17, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sat. Feb 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sat. Mar 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Facilitated by Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)
The Write Routine (February)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in FEBRUARY, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
The Frida Kahlo Creative Diary Workshop
Drawing from the raw, colorful immediacy of Frida Kahlo’s diary, this four-week workshop invites writers to let materials lead the way. Through ink trails, colorful pigment, and torn-edge collage, participants discover stories emerging from the textures, shapes, and gestures that appear on the page.
Wednesdays, January 21-February 11 from 6-8pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)
Unfreeze Your Creativity: Body-Wise Tools for Writers & Narrative Artists
In this 90-minute mini online workshop, we’ll explore the three core nervous system states and how they shape your voice on the page and in performance. Using purposeful somatic practices, you’ll learn how to move out of shutdown, settle perfectionistic spirals, and make space for the story that wants to be told, whether privately in your writing practice or publicly in front of an audience.
THREE DATES AVAILABLE | 📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Sat, Jan 17, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sat. Feb 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Sun, Mar 21, 2026 | 1:00-2:30pm EST
Facilitated by Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)
The Write Routine (January)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in JANUARY, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
The Write Routine (December)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in DECEMBER, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
Between Your Work and the World
Turn the vulnerable space between finishing a project and sharing it into a pathway of strength. In this six-week journey, you’ll learn to move through fear of visibility, self-doubt, and anxiety with embodied tools and supportive practices.
Tuesdays, Nov. 11-Dec. 16, 2025 from 6:30-8:30pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Mariana Tirsa (I&A Certified)
The Write Routine (November)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in NOVEMBER, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle
Brave Words: Discovering Your Own Hero’s Journey
Venture into heart of your writing practice while engaging the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journeys as templates for personal narrative and story in this six week workshop.
Wednesdays, Oct. 29-Dec. 10, 2025 from 6:30-8:30pm EST
No class Wednesday, November 26
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Alli Marshall (I&A Certified)
Creativity & Personal Mythology
As we investigate the stories we tell ourselves, we explore purpose, meaning, and the fabric of the human condition while also reaping the innumerable fringe benefits that result from responding to our creative calling. With the accompaniment of a creative project, this ten-week course will investigate the intersection between our creativity and personal mythology, including strategies to work through common blocks, ways to kickstart and sustain creative momentum, and ways to leverage personal narrative for creative bounty. This course is open to narrative artists hailing from any medium, in any stage of their creative journey.
Mondays, October 6-December 8 | 6:00-8:30pm EST | ONLINE
Facilitated by I&A Founder, Erin Hallagan Clare
The Write Routine (October)
Your twice-weekly writing membership designed to keep you accountable, consistent, and producing fresh pages. Led by author Jacqui Castle, The Write Routine gives you structured writing sessions, inspiring prompts, and a supportive community so you can finally make steady progress on your projects.
Tuesdays & Thursdays in OCTOBER, from 12:00-2:00pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by Jacqui Castle