A four-week writing workshop about the things that haunt us
Ghost Stories
Not every ghost is dead.
Some are old houses, former selves, family stories we've heard so many times they have become our own memories, people we haven't spoken to in years, objects we can't throw away, or places we still visit in dreams.
This October, we're going to spend four weeks writing ghost stories from the material of our own lives. This isn't four weeks of talking about writing and then sending you home to find the time to do it. We'll write together every week, using the stories, memories, images and strange little things that surface along the way to begin and build your own ghost story.
We'll read strange and beautiful work, dig through memory, family lore and the places we come from, then play with the boundary between what happened and what might have happened.
Your story can be true. It can be fiction. It can live somewhere wonderfully in between.
Here is what you can expect.
WEEK ONE — WHAT HAUNTS YOU?
We'll begin with memory, obsession, absence, and the people, places and questions that refuse to disappear.
WEEK TWO — BUILDING THE GHOST
We'll explore the craft of auto-fiction, atmosphere, place, objects, sensory detail and how the ordinary becomes uncanny.
WEEK THREE — WHAT'S TRUE / WHAT'S INVENTED
We'll loosen our grip on what actually happened and use fiction, fragmentation and imagination to follow the story somewhere new.
WEEK FOUR — TELL THE GHOST STORY
We'll gather what we've found, created and share what emerged.
PLUS: A Closing Ghost Story Open Mic
On the final Friday, we'll gather one last time to read our ghost stories aloud (if you choose to), listen to what everyone has made, and close out our strange little month together.
*Each session will include teaching, generative prompts, and writing time, and space to share.
Write Your Ghost Story
Four weeks + one final Ghost Story Open Mic
4 Wednesdays October 7th - October 28th from 10am - 11:30am CST, and Friday, October 30th for Open Mic at 10am CST.
Four 90-minute live workshops on Zoom
Closing Friday-night Ghost Story Open Mic
Weekly readings, prompts + creative experiments
Recordings included
$333/ payment plans available
A four-week writing workshop about the things that haunt us.
This October, we'll spend four weeks turning the material of our own lives, old houses, family stories, former selves, strange memories, people we've lost, places we can't forget, all into ghost stories.
Each week, we'll read, learn a little craft, and spend real time writing together, so you aren't leaving with another list of things you mean to write someday. You'll begin your story in our first gathering and keep following it across the four weeks, playing with memory and invention, atmosphere and the uncanny, until you have a ghost story of your own.
Your story can be true, entirely invented, or somewhere wonderfully in between.
You don't need to be a fiction writer. You don't even need to believe in ghosts. You just need something that still follows you.
GHOST STORIES includes:
Four live 90-minute workshops
Guided writing time during every gathering
Prompts + creative experiments
Workshop recordings
Option to share during the last session
PLUS: A Closing Ghost Story Open Mic
On the final Friday, we'll gather one last time to read our ghost stories aloud (if you choose too), listen to what everyone has made, and close out our strange little month together.
*Each session will include teaching, generative prompts, and writing time, and space to share.
4 Wednesdays October 7th - October 28th from 10am - 11:30am CST, and Friday, October 30th for Open Mic at 10am CST.
$333 OR payment plans are available.
Come write a ghost story with me.
Hi, I’m Megan
Welcome! I am so glad you are here. I am Megan Febuary, Author, Trauma-informed Writing Coach, Editor, and Creative Mentor. I am also the founder of the literary magazine For Women Who Roar, which has featured thousands of women worldwide, and the creator of Human Design for Writers.
My passion for storytelling began at a young age when I found the power of creative expression through writing, art, and music to help heal trauma and uncover the lost voice. This led me to research the power of creative expression to heal past pain. With a background in narrative-focused trauma care and embodied storytelling, I received my M.A. from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, emphasizing The Body is a Storyteller: Trauma, Body, and Integration. In my work with writers, I weave these Narrative Therapy studies and Story Work to help them craft their stories and write their sacred first drafts.
I am also the published author of the For Women Who Roar poetry collection. My second book, Brave The Page: How Writing Our Hard Stories Brings Healing and Wholeness, is now available for preorder!
What my client’s say:
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“Megan has been such an integral part of my book writing journey. Her wisdom and guidance has not only helped me uncover my life’s work, but she has also helped me believe in myself. The container Megan provides as a trauma informed book coach allows me to dig deep while feeling safe and supported.”
Leesha Mony
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“If any of you even have an inkling of a desire to write a book.. work with Megan. As she says, ‘you don’t have to write alone.’ She has been a faithful companion for my writing journey. Her wisdom, presence, and guidance has allowed me to find the courage I didn’t know I had or needed to write these stories.”
Katherine Sleadd
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“I had just embarked on the journey of writing a book when I came across Megan's group program. Now, I have a manuscript that is almost ready to query to agents less than a year since I started it. Thank you so much Megan for being the best book coach and editor that a writer could ever begin to ask for.”
Narjis Shiekh