Flop Era
A 4-week creative writing workshop on the peaks & valleys of knowing you’re iconic.
Every superstar’s “flop era” is still iconic. & so are you.
Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP? Mariah Carey’s Glitter? Christina Aguilera’s Bionic? And of course: Cher post-Sonny. Complete & total ICONS. Just like you.
I know there are days when you can see your brilliance emanating off your skin. When you glance in the mirror & think: Damn. There goes someone who’s going to change the world (and they’re hot! Sheesh!)
It’s the days when you can’t even see a shimmer.
When all the effort you put in seems worthless; the unshakeable truths you’ve dug so deep to see must not be real; the beaming light of love you have for yourself gets completely rattled. THOSE are the hard days.
In Flop Era, you’ll relieve the pressure to always one-up yourself, so living your dreams doesn’t become your worst nightmare.
"I KNOW I can do this... but also... what if I can't?"
You’re smart. Self-aware. (Maybe a little hyper-aware but eh)
You KNOW, logically, that when your plans get foiled- it’s not *technically* the end of the world.
When you put your heart & soul into a work project and just KNOW it’s going to be INCREDIBLE- and everyone’s eyes glaze over the moment you open your mouth.
When, despite everything you’ve accomplished, every storm you’ve weathered- you panic that this failure might be the one that breaks you.
And you might just vomit through your chest bc you thrive on challenges & don’t need validation from anyone else but like: a little win. a little “dude you’re so cool” would really hit the spot right now.
You have the receipts, so it’s easy to prove you are resilient enough to get back up and keep pushing.
But still, a little nauseating demon sits in your lower intestine, whispering:
This is it. The universe has spoken. We’re done. Finished. Finito. Pack it up, boys- time to crawl in a hole & disintegrate. We’ll never do anything worthwhile again.
FLOP ERA is a creative response to that clammy-skin, upside-down-stomach, slowly-shrinking-into-myself, please-don’t-perceive-me overwhelming aura.
Over 4 weeks, you’ll leverage creative writing to minimize the time you spend cock-blocking yourself by over-analyzing, catastrophizing, and freezing up in gut-wrenching dread every time failure rears its ugly head.
Dylan's workshop was a much needed reminder for me that I'm inherently creative & poetic.
“Dylan planned prompts with enough guidance that I had a direction to go, but they were loose enough that my own creativity could take a random turn here or there and be very much myself.
The biggest thing is that I finally used “the nice notebook” because this workshop made me feel worthy enough to use my nice things. That might seem small but it was huge for me to decide to use this notebook for things that weren’t already planned out.
Finding the poetry and letting it flow naturally, rather than trying to form it into a vision I tried to achieve, was a HUGE change from how I normally write. It was so freeing. I loved this entire experience.”
— Caitlin
YOU:
🍽️ Devour new problems for breakfast, but grind your teeth at night when that breakthrough solution isn’t coming to you right away
⭐️ Oscillate between “I AM A LEGEND” and “IS ANYTHING I DO EVEN GOOD??”
🔥 Can always do the damn thing like you have a midas touch & might just have to fight the world into submission if it doesn’t get on your level
💔 Care so deeply about your world, your work & your people that it breaks your heart when you can’t be the person you want to be.
💎 Love that you have a drive to succeed- you just don’t want your ambition to destroy you
Flop Era is a 4-week live creative writing workshop for the go-getters, the self-starters, the high-achievers who want to weave experimentation into their desires- without second-guessing themselves every step of the way.
Looking at yourself as purely what you’ve achieved, as a “highly-motivated individual” with a “growth mindset” can start to feel like you’re just a resume- even when you LOVE those pieces of yourself.
There’s more to you that would never fit into a resume– like the color of your laugh or how you burn cookies when you bake but just a little and they still taste good.
It might be easy to look back and see examples of what you did in the past. But it’s a lot harder, when the future feels uncertain, to fill your shoes with sweat like maybe it won’t work out *this time*.
Over the span of four weeks, FLOP ERA will leverage creative writing to…
- Reduce the pressure to execute everything with precision
- Showcase your thought process without forcing solutions out
- Minimize the time you spend battling with your inner critic
- Experiment without being laser focused on the outcome
Dylan's work is truly magical!
“I was feeling in a creative rut and exhausted from always having to ‘perform’ and execute with my writing. Dylan’s writing challenge cracked me open and let me reconnect in the best way. The prompts inside carve a path to your edgy creativity.”
-Diane
what's included
A weekly prompt that we’ll work on together, with the opportunity to share (or not)
We’re not just talking theory. We’ll work on the prompts together, during our calls. Got questions? Ask them as we roll. I make sure there is always room share thoughts, feelings, questions & what you create during the calls.
Creative writing prompts that will always give you guidance on where to go, without dictating what you “have” to write.
Missed something? No sweat. Replay and review on your own time.
You can expect quick, impactful meditations for when you’re feeling particularly unsteady. I’m a certified Trauma-Informed Meditation Practitioner & Hypnotherapist, so you can rest assured these will go beyond affirmations and quick hacks to love yourself more.
🔥BONUS🔥
🌟TROLLING MYSELF BONUS PRE-CALL🌟
Limited to folx who won’t procrastinate until the last minute to sign up.
Sign up by March 25th & you’re invited to this exclusive bonus call. If you’ve been to therapy, you can probably tell me “the moment” your problems all started. You can actually probably therapy-talk your way realllllll good around why you’re in your flop era, what’s preventing you from being successful, and how you have a mindset block.
I’m glad you’re self-aware & have been to therapy (or whatever) but in this call, we’ll take a little breather from rationalizing every bit of trauma, and dig into creative expression of how you’re trolling yourself.
WHAT/WHEN/WHERE/PAYMENT
👉🏼WHAT:
A 4-week creative writing workshop on the peaks & valleys of knowing you’re iconic.
💥Call details below💥
👉🏼WHEN:
Dates + Times
📅March 26th – 10am cst (bonus pre-call)
📅April 2nd—10am cst (official first call)
📅April 9th—10am cst
📅April 16th—10am cst
📅April 23rd—10am cst
👉🏼WHERE:
Zoom
All sessions will be online, roughly 60 minutes.
Come as long as you want, stay muted if that feels best, hide your face if it’s what makes you feel the most comfortable, or participate as much as you’d like.
We’ll start with an invocation, review the prompt for that day, write together, & then open the space for sharing creations/thoughts/feelings.
There is no “feedback” or “critique” as we are not working to become “better” writers. Just engaging in the act of writing.
👉🏼PAYMENT:
The cost for the entire four weeks is $222.
Payment plans just for you. Pick what works best..
✅Pay In Full $222
✅4x payments of $55.50*
✅6x payments of $38.63*
✅12x payments of $20.04*
*Available with Affirm & Klarna
Here's What We'll Do
Penetrate your muddied thoughts & see the core of your faith in yourself shine.
Break all the writing rules & play with possibilities of how you express yourself on paper.
Shape-shift your fuck-ups into a hall of fame.
Move with the moon, allowing yourself to wax & wane (& wax again).
I'm Dylan
I’m Dylan King: Trauma Informed Spiritual Coach & Creative Guide.
My grandmother used to say, “You can’t tell Dylan anything once she’s got it in her head.” She had an unbelievable faith in me that I was smart enough (& stubborn enough) to figure it out.
And around the time she died, and I stopped meeting every goal I so much as blinked at, I started wondering… maybe she was wrong. Or maybe I’ve just met my limit. And I really, really wondered: why don’t I believe in myself like I used to?
Sometimes people make it out to be like you’re either in or out. You have self-doubt or you don’t. And I just don’t think that’s true. Because I can feel my unbridled confidence in my bones- and I know you do too. But that doesn’t mean that every single waking second is picture perfect.
I don’t want to “fix you” (shocker: you’re not broken). But to put a creative momentum behind those jesus-christ-who-do-I-think-I-am moments because I know deep down you DO know who you are and what you’re capable of.
And FLOP ERA will harness your creativity to remind you.
Flop Era
$222
A 4-week creative writing workshop on the peaks & valleys of knowing you’re iconic.
faq
No. This is a live group setting.
📅March 26th – 10am cst (bonus pre-call)
📅April 2nd—10am cst (official first call)
📅April 9th—10am cst
📅April 16th—10am cst
📅April 23rd—10am cst
All sessions will be via Zoom, & roughly 60 minutes.
Come as long as you want, stay muted if that feels best, hide your face if it’s what makes you feel the most comfortable, or participate as much as you’d like.
We’ll start with an invocation, review the prompt for that day, write together, & then open the space for sharing creations/thoughts/feelings.
There is no “feedback” or “critique” as we are not working to become “better” writers. Just engaging in the act of writing.
You will have complete access to the replays (plus the written prompt for you!)
I offer Affirm and Klarna installments. You can view these plan options when you checkout.
No. There are no refunds.
You can email me at hello@queenofgrit.com with any additional questions you have!
“The prompts really help me connect to my younger self and unearth memories that were in the corner of my mind. Definitely got me in the zone to express and connect without over-intellectualizing the process.
I love the reminders that I don’t need to make it so serious and deep!”
-Fi