Group Writing Programs
Join a creative community of writers to heal, connect, and contribute to a more beautiful world.
Small-group online and in-person sessions in Asheville North Carolina.
Our small group writing programs create a nurturing, inspiring place for you to finally write the shit that matters, and be fully seen, celebrated and supported in so doing.
When more voices of sensitives, change-makers, visionaries, misfits, and mischief-makers are expressed in the world, they have the power to shape culture, change communities, and send a ripple of healing out from that brave individual into the world. Even if you never share your work with others, it makes an impact.
Our vision is nothing short of changing the world by writing what matters and getting more embodied, empowered, courageous, creative voices into the world. Ahem, YOURS.
Group writing programs
HEAL A STORY THAT HURTS
This process is a work of art, designed to help you in transforming your relationship to something in your life that has been and/or is currently painful, whether that be a past experience, a relationship dynamic, a trauma, or the like. This is a dynamic, multi-modal weaving of some of the most powerful modalities I’ve studied, including:
narrative therapy: how to write in a way that heals
somatic healing: honoring and harnessing the wisdom of the body in the process
non-violent communication, which we apply to ourselves and our stories
Self-inquiry, a process offered by Byron Katie and others
Deep Imagery and Timeline Mending: ways of accessing our deep psyche and imaginations to aid our healing
This program is truly revolutionary and based on the work I developed when writing my book Birth Your Story around healing our stories.
DETAILS: We meet for 2 hours weekly for 8 weeks. Session dates for 2024 are coming soon.
AUTHOR ACTIVATION IMMERSION
Author Activation is a small group 3-week immersion designed to help you get crystal clear on everything you need to write a stellar book and actually enjoy the process of writing it. In this program, we cover:
Authorship as an inside game: We’ll address inner critic blocks, connect you to your genius, get you rooted in your why, and set you up for success on the journey
Your book foundations: We’ll clarify your book concept and niche, your book’s audience, and why you are the perfect person to write this book.
Your book ideas: organization and structure. This is SO key! You’ll walk away from this program with a solid foundational plan that will help you write your book with clarity, ease, and efficiency.
How to fit writing into your actual life.
Our next Author Activation Immersion is scheduled for January 2024.
BIRTH YOUR BOOK WRITING PROGRAM
The Birth Your Book Writing Program is a 12-week small online group writing program designed to help you actually write your non-fiction or memoir book. What you receive in this program:
Each week, you’ll gather with your fellow author-kin to actually work on your book, helping you carve out and keep your writing time. And we make it fun!
Twice a month, you’ll receive book coaching support calls with Jaime to get your questions answered, get over blocks, and navigate the writing journey with ease.
You’ll also receive regular video and PDF lessons that walk you through everything you need to know to rock your first draft.
Our next program begins in February 2024.
“If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living.”
Why Join a Writing group?
Our small group writing programs offer you a community of support, accountability, and celebration.
These programs are for those who dare to write what matters most to them — whether for your own eyes only or to start a goddamn movement.
Having worked closely with writers for 20 years, I know that writing can be a lonely, intimidating adventure with ample off-ramps. Or we just don’t make the time to do it. Or we don’t know what to write about.
That is why I’m passionate about gathering groups of creative change-makers.
Because we are stronger together.
Because accountability and companionship are everything.
Because a creative collective, joined together for the same courageous purposes, is unstoppable.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT OUR WRITING GROUPS
“If you’re feeling stuck about an emotionally charged story you want to write, this course offers a deeply supportive method that can help you explore it in a safe container. Jaime masterfully held space for me as well as gave the course the structure I needed to feel productive. ”
“Jaime is a river boat captain. Reading the currents, the winds, the morale and spirit of her crew and making adjustments so all souls land safe, sound, and accomplished. Said another way, Jaime tracks the needs of the group and keeps enough tension for us to grow as writers within crushing the fire and eros and passion that is moving through us . Jaime is a writing coach with a huge heart and sensitive and attuned spirit. Being guided by her was a pleasure.”
“I am walking away [from this program] with a full heart, with new friends, with more access to my depths and my own creativity, with inspiration for my own projects as well as serving others. I am walking away rehydrated, and re-inspired with my original visions for my writing work. ”
“[This group program] was so much more than writing. It was soul food for me every week. I became a little more open and honest with others and myself at each session. There was no pressure to be anywhere in your writing journey than where you were. I felt affirmed and encouraged on every level and was blessed by becoming friends with the other writers.”
“Creativity is not a solitary movement. That is its power. Whatever is touched by it, whoever hears it, sees it, senses it, knows it, is fed. That is why beholding someone else’s creative word, images, idea, fills us up, and inspires us to our own creative work. A single creative act has the potential to feed a continent. One creative act can cause a torrent to break through stone.”
Have Questions?
Please reach out to Jaime at jaime@jaimefleres.com with any questions you have about current or upcoming writing group programs.