Trust Your Words: Intuitive Writing Workshop Premieres at Peak Improv Theater | Colorado Springs

The workshop is facilitated by me, Marta Lane—an improv enthusiast, the Business Manager for Peak Improv Theater, and a veteran writer.

There are a lot of writers in the PiT community. Journalers. Half-finished-first-drafters. Poets. Novelists. Screenwriters. Sketch and Stand-ups. Songwriters. People who write to make sense of their lives, and people who write because they can’t not write.

Wherever you fall on that spectrum, this workshop is for you.

Trust Your Words combines improv games, mindfulness, and intuitive writing prompts to evoke ideas you didn’t know you had. It’s a playful way to get out of your head, into your heart, and onto the page.

“Trust Your Words is a unique & powerful workshop that allows you to unleash your writing potential while pushing aside your self-criticism, fear, and hesitation. The course is beautifully designed to release your thoughts, stop second-guessing yourself and open your heart to your full potential. As a writer, this course is an incredible tool for building confidence and allowing your most creative, unique voice to shine through.”
— Erin Butler

What Happens in the Workshop

We begin with joyful improv warm-ups—one-word stories, gibberish, anything that shakes loose the overthinking. Once the room is buzzing with laughter, we drop into a brief writing sprint followed by a mindful meditation. That transition—from external play to internal awareness—creates a surprising openness. You can feel yourself soften. You can feel the words waiting.

Then comes a short reading based on improv’s foundational theme of listening, which leads us into the next writing sprint.

You’ll write for two minutes.
Most people think that isn’t enough time. It is.
The trick is not separating your heart from your hands. Keep writing, even if it begins with “I don’t know what to write.” That sentence always leads somewhere true.

I’ll offer two prompts—gentle, optional, runway prompts designed to nudge your intuition into motion. But you’re always encouraged to write whatever wants to appear. Improv style.

Afterward, we pause. Anyone who wants to share may share. The rest of us simply witness.
Nothing is recorded. The space is a cocoon for truth, insight, and vulnerability.

We repeat this rhythm with a second reading and writing sprint.

The final sprint is ten minutes long. By then, you’re wide open—no inner critic, no hesitation. Just a channel. Most people are surprised by how fast their pen moves.

We close with a final optional share: your words, your experience, or quiet listening.

Join Us for a One-Time Writing Workshop

Sunday, December 21, 2025
12–2 p.m.
$15 or use your Laugh Lab Pass
Register here: Evergreen Workshop - Trust Your Words: Writing Through Play and Presence
Questions? Email info@peakimprov.com

The workshop is facilitated by me, Marta Lane—an improv enthusiast, the Business Manager for Peak Improv Theater, and a veteran writer. Maybe we’ve met in a class or at a show, or you’ve let me interview you for PiT Profiles. I’m also a novelist, former Hawai‘i-based food and travel journalist, and creator of the Trust Your Words intuitive writing workshops—supported by grants from the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts and the Pikes Peak Arts Council.

I’ve now woven improv into these workshops, and I can’t wait to create a space for you to explore.

Come tap into your carefree creative self.
Discover the weird, the sad, the joyful, the unexpected—and trust that whatever appears on the page is exactly what needed to be written.