Work with the Elements
Transform the way you view your stories and how you write them.
The Nature of Narrative
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change when the stories we have assumed to be true about identity, whose story counts, and what has value are undergoing radical revision. Our words matter. The stories we tell ourselves and each other matter. And each of us has a role to play shaping the evolving narrative of our times.
The terrain of Personal Narrative is much broader, more layered, and more integral to our work than we expect when we begin. Our story often lives just beyond familiar territory and we are called to venture to unexpected places. And the intersection of Personal and Cultural Narrative is especially rich.
Story Alchemy offers tools and practices for discovering the nuggets that will become the narrative building blocks of your work.
The terrain of Personal Narrative is much broader, more layered, and more integral to our work than we expect when we begin. Our story often lives just beyond familiar territory and we are called to venture to unexpected places. And the intersection of Personal and Cultural Narrative is especially rich.
Story Alchemy offers tools and practices for discovering the nuggets that will become the narrative building blocks of your work.
Awakening Awareness
The writing process is much more than committing words to the page in the order in which events occur. It has to do with seeing old stories with new eyes. Meditation, mindful awareness, and creativity exercises challenge assumptions about what we believe to be 'true,' help us move beyond the limits of our ordinary experience and into the realm of mythic imagination.
Age-old practices and lessons learned from years of ghostwriting for spiritual teachers, my own decade-long practice of Tibetan Buddhism and my time as a meditation teacher are woven throughout Story Alchemy.
Age-old practices and lessons learned from years of ghostwriting for spiritual teachers, my own decade-long practice of Tibetan Buddhism and my time as a meditation teacher are woven throughout Story Alchemy.
Straight-up Writing Craft
The craft tools of writing are so satisfying to use when we understand what they are and how and when to use them. Learning craft, like how set a scene, distill and convey complex ideas or capture the idiosyncrasies of dialogue, can help you forge a voice as unique as your own DNA. It allows you to commit your story to the page and finally write the essay, story or book that’s inside you.
Extra Element: Community
Of all the tools offered in Story Alchemy, our community of writers might just be the most powerful. Writing requires courage, endurance and perseverance--traits much easier to cultivate in the presence of others on the same journey.
Whether untangling fraught family stories or exploring ways to craft hard-to-express experiences on the page, Story Alchemists are devoted listeners who offer encouragement and comradery as we create an intimate and safe space to explore the terrain of your work.
Whether untangling fraught family stories or exploring ways to craft hard-to-express experiences on the page, Story Alchemists are devoted listeners who offer encouragement and comradery as we create an intimate and safe space to explore the terrain of your work.
How you can join Story Alchemy:
Capturing family stories? Working on essays? Writing a book? We got you.
Free Workshops
Drop in for monthly workshops.
The second Tuesday of every month is dedicated to live 90-minute workshops in the elements of Story Alchemy.
Write Your World Awake:
A 3-week Meditation + Writing Workshop
Prepare to excavate familiar stories to unearth unexpected perspectives and generate valuable material for your memoir, personal essay or work of literary non-fiction. You will learn craft tools to snap your story into shape and have the support you need to create a thriving writing practice. Now is the time write the work you’ve been meaning to write.
Crucible: A 6-month Book Writing Intensive
If you would like to write a memoir or work of literary nonfiction and learn the path to publishing, the Crucible Book Writing Intensive is for you.
Spend six months working 1:1 with me, Kristin Kaye, and a dedicated cohort of other book writers. Delve into the elements of Story Alchemy. I will share everything I’ve learned from my 20+ years working as an award-winning author, ghostwriter and book coach to guide you from a nugget of truth to the gold of a finished manuscript.
How Story Alchemy came to be....
When the world went into lock down, I wanted to share the one thing that has gotten me through both the best and the worst times of my life—writing.
I wove together everything I have learned in my 20+ years as an author, ghostwriter and book coach. I added practices learned from spiritual teachers who I have had the honor of ghostwriting for. I wove in wisdom from age-old mythology. And I mixed in insights from my years on the meditation cushion and my time as a meditation teacher.
And something very powerful happened…
People from around the world gathered together in the glow of our computer screens to write stories of heartbreak and unexpected loss, and also wild acts of bravery, peace in the face of adversity and the discovery of unexpected courage.
Writers committed to using these times of radical change to take a deep dive into the stories of their lives and re-write out-of-date narratives. They wrote the essays, stories and books they have longed to write.
Writing partners supported each other. Lifelong friendships formed. An Alchemist’s book will be published (coming spring 2024!). And with requests for more classes and membership, Story Alchemy is growing into a vibrant community.
I hope you’ll join us! xo, Kristin
Testimonials
Alchemy gave me tools, accountability and confidence to make being a writer a reality.
I don't usually buy online courses, but there's much more here than just a course. Literary Alchemy not only gave me the tools, accountability and confidence to finally make becoming an author a reality, but it changed how I hold my power and the way I see writing. Take this course and anything else this goddess offers.
So much more than I could have dreamed of or expected.
If you truly want to write a book, you need tremendous emotional, psychic and structural support. Kristin is an unbelievably magical teacher, a kind of flashlight shining light in dark places and coaching you through the process.