Identity and Imagination: Unlock Your Writer's Voice & Perspective

Overview

If your writing feels muted, unsure, or like it doesn’t fully sound like you, this session is designed to shift that. In just 50 minutes, you’ll move from guessing at your voice to understanding how identity, emotion, and imagination shape the way you write — so your words start landing with clarity and resonance.

💡 This isn’t about perfection. It’s about writing from a place that feels awake, real, and undeniably yours.

Description

Identity & Imagination: Unlock Your Writer’s Voice and Perspective for Beginners is a 50-minute live webinar designed to help emerging writers and journalers tap into clarity, emotion, and voice through creative craft.

Through a mini-lecture, two guided writing exercises, and gentle micro-coaching, you’ll learn how to anchor your storytelling in what makes your voice uniquely yours. At the heart of this session is Identity-Focused Writing, a method and framework that uses identity as a creative lens and imagination as a transformative tool.

We’ll explore two core questions:

• Who gets narrative priority in my writing — and in my life?
• What happens when I let my perspective shape the story, instead of shrinking it?

By understanding how lens, distance, and form shape expression, you will begin to unlock your writer’s voice, reclaim personal narratives, or bring fictional characters to life with greater emotional depth and authenticity.

💡No publishing goals or “writer identity” required!

This session is for you if you’ve ever said:

• “I know I have something to say, but I can’t get it to sound like me.”
• “I want to write, but I don’t know where to start.”
• “My ideas feel real in my head, but flat on the page.”
• “I want to explore identity on my terms, not as a performance or trauma dump.”
• “I’m not sure I’m a ‘real writer,’ but I feel a pull to create something.”

If any of these feel familiar, you’re in the right place!

You don’t need:

❌ Publishing plans
❌ A perfect story
❌ A deep trauma narrative
❌ To share anything out loud unless you want to

You do need:

✔ Curiosity
✔ A willingness to experiment and try
✔ Pen and paper (or your keyboard)
✔ An open door to your creative voice

That’s it! No fancy tools or experience required!

You'll Leave With:

A guided written piece that reflects your emerging voice
A simple framework (Lens • Distance • Form) you can reuse anytime you feel stuck
Insight into how your perspective naturally shapes story
A stronger sense of what makes your voice distinct—personally or for fictional characters
A creative spark you can continue to build on after the session!

💡Join live from anywhere — free ‘Curious George’ tickets available for a limited time!

🎥 Can’t make it live? Replay is included.

Replay available for 7 days for all registered participants.

📍Outside this timezone? You’re still welcome! Your registration helps inform additional global-friendly sessions in the future.

Perfect for:

• Curious beginners
• Personal storytellers & journalers
• Fiction writers
• LGBTQ creatives and allies
• Educators, facilitators, and creatives

Safety + Identity Comfort Pledge

Identity & Imagination is space where identity isn’t questioned, it's welcomed because it's at the core of what we do.

If you are worried about judgment of writing or your story, you are not expected to explain, justify, or label anything! You are invited to create from it, however it exists for you today.

💛 No pressure. No performance. No calling on people. Participation on your terms!

You will never be asked to read aloud, share personal details, or “prove” your story. You can write privately, reflect quietly, and move at your own pace. This space is about voice discovery, not exposure.

What You’ll Experience

Whether you’re exploring your personal story for the first time or developing layered, believable fictional characters, Identity & Imagination offers a clear, repeatable framework to unlock your narrative voice.

You’ll be guided through an inclusive, respectful environment where all experiences are welcomed as sources of insight, not as requirements for disclosure.

Participation in micro-coaching is optional.

💡Join live from anywhere — free “Curious George” tickets available for a limited time!