Storytelling Valencia

Connect Through Stories
A free community gathering for people who believe stories build belonging. No writing experience required

Join us for a gentle, guided storytelling gathering where you'll reflect, write, and, if you choose, share your story in a supportive community.

This week's theme is: FIRST TIMES 🌱

Prompt:
What “first” do you still remember—and why?
There is no pressure to share. You are welcome to simply listen, write, and be present.

Our workshops often explore autobiographical fiction, a form of storytelling that transforms real experiences into compelling stories while giving you the creative freedom to shape them.

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

• Transform painful memories into meaningful stories.
• Understand yourself through writing and reflection.
• Build deeper connections through honest conversation.
• Learn how great stories come from real life.
• Leave with a story that only you could have written.

The session includes a guided prompt, quiet writing time, optional sharing, and thoughtful group reflection.

Bring: a notebook and pen (or your phone). Feel free to bring a blanket, snacks, or drinks. We'll be enjoying a relaxed picnic in Turia Park.

ABOUT THE HOST
Alice Hlídková is an author, storyteller, and communication educator who helps people transform life experiences into stories that move others.
Her workshops combine storytelling, reflection, and communication to help participants write with greater honesty, speak with more confidence, and build genuine human connection.
📖 Author of multiple books inspired by true events, available on Amazon.
✉️ Subscribe for insights on storytelling, communication, and consciousness:
alicehlidkova.substack.com

Discover the story you want to tell, see it more clearly, and finish it with confidence.

Maybe you have a story you want to write but don’t know where to begin. Maybe you’ve already written the first draft—or the fifth—and know there’s something there, but you’re not sure whether the story is working or what needs to change.
This private 1:1 storytelling session is designed to meet you wherever you are in the process. Together, we can discover the story you want to tell, uncover what it’s really about, and shape it into something you feel confident finishing and sharing.

If you already have a draft, you can send me your story or excerpt before our session. I’ll review it, and during our time together, we’ll diagnose the areas that need the most attention, which may include:

• Finding the story and its central idea
• Narrative arc and structure
• Tension and pacing
• Character development
• Emotional spine
• Showing vs. telling
• Beginnings and endings
• What to cut, expand, or rewrite

This isn’t a writing lecture. We work directly on your story. You’ll receive personalized feedback, ask questions, and leave with greater clarity about what you want to say and what to do next.

WHO IT IS FOR
Writers working on short stories, autofiction, personal essays, or chapters of a larger manuscript who want an experienced outside perspective before taking their next revision step.
You don't have to be a writer. If you use storytelling professionally—for example, in marketing, communications, content creation, or teaching storytelling—you can bring the stories you're developing for your work and we'll apply the same storytelling principles.

And if you're completely new to storytelling, you're welcome too. Come to the session with an idea, an experience, or even a few rough thoughts. Together, we'll find the story within them and begin giving it shape.
Whether you're discovering a story for the first time or revising one you've been working on for months, the goal is the same: see your story more clearly and finish it with confidence.

Workshop your writing, get live feedback, and learn by analyzing other writers’ stories.

Sometimes the best way to improve a story is to stop working on it alone.
The Storytelling Lab is an interactive group session where you can bring your writing, share your work, receive constructive feedback, and learn by listening to the stories and perspectives of other storytellers.

Unlike the Storytelling Masterclass (I’ll be posting more masterclasses in the future), which focuses primarily on learning the craft, the Lab is about putting storytelling into practice.
We work with real stories, real challenges, and real questions.

During each session, we'll read and discuss selected pieces from the group. Together, we'll look at areas such as:

• Narrative arc and structure
• Tension and pacing
• Character development
• Emotional spine
• Showing vs. telling
• Beginnings and endings
• What’s working and where the story could go deeper
• What to cut, expand, or explore further

You'll receive feedback on your own work while also learning from the feedback given to others. Often, seeing what works—or doesn't work—in another person's story helps you recognize something you couldn't see in your own.

WHO IT IS FOR
The Storytelling Lab is for people who are actively working on stories—writers, creatives, marketers, teachers, and entrepreneurs.

You might be working on a short story, autofiction, personal essay, or a chapter of a larger manuscript. You might also use storytelling professionally in marketing, communications, content creation, teaching, or business.

You don't need to arrive with a finished story. You can bring an idea, a work in progress, or something you're currently revising and use the group discussion to help give it shape.

This is a space to share, experiment, ask questions, receive feedback, and become a stronger storyteller alongside other people doing the same.

The goal is simple: bring your story, see it through fresh eyes, and leave with greater clarity and confidence about where to take it next.
Please note: This isn't an introductory storytelling class. You should have some experience writing or telling stories and come prepared with a story, idea, or work in progress you'd like to develop. If you're completely new to storytelling, the Storytelling Masterclass or Storytelling 1:1 Coaching — Diagnose Your Story (check the events page) may be a better place to start.

A 2-Hour Creative Writing Workshop for Complete Beginners — Limited to 5 Participants. Reserve your seat before the class fills up!

Never written a story before? This class is for you.
You don't need to be a writer to have a story worth telling. In this two-hour interactive storytelling masterclass, you'll learn what makes something a story and how to turn a memory from your own life into one.

I'll teach you the fundamentals of storytelling, introduce you to autofiction, and guide you through writing exercises so you can immediately put what you're learning into practice.

We all have memories that stay with us—a person we can't forget, a relationship, a journey, an embarrassing moment, a loss, an unexpected encounter, or something seemingly ordinary that we still think about years later.

We'll explore how to find the tension and meaning inside a memory, turn recollection into vivid scenes, create compelling characters, and shape your story with a beginning, middle, and end.

You'll also be introduced to autofiction—the space between lived experience and imagination—and learn how writers can change, invent, or rearrange details to serve the story while preserving its emotional truth.

This isn't just a lecture. You'll be writing throughout the workshop, with guided exercises designed to take you from “I have a memory” to “I have the beginning of a story.” There will also be time for group feedback and Q&A.

### What You'll Learn

• How to recognize which memories contain a story
• How to find the tension and emotional spine
• How to turn memories into vivid scenes
• Autofiction: where memory ends and imagination begins
• How to use action, dialogue, sensory detail, and inner thought
• How to shape a beginning, middle, and end
• How to discover what your story is really about

You'll also have the opportunity to share your writing and receive individual guidance and feedback.

No previous writing experience required. This masterclass is designed for complete beginners, including anyone who has always wanted to write but didn't know where to begin.

Limited to 5 participants to give everyone space to write, ask questions, and receive personal feedback.

Price: €60 per person
Early Bird: Save 15% — €51 per person

### About Alice