Bring any piece of writing.
Work on it alongside peers.
Get feedback from Nandita.
Each session runs in two parts:
Part 1: Check in, settle into focused writing time, and pick what you want feedback on.
Part 2: Structured group feedback led by Nandita.
Sessions are capped at five people to keep feedback meaningful.
If only one person signs up, the session becomes a 1-hour 1:1 with Nandita instead of the full 2-hour group format.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
Alternating Thursdays
begins October 1, 2026
4–6 PM US Pacific Time
Alternating Sundays
begins October 11, 2026
10.30 AM–12.30 PM US Pacific Time
Need to cancel or reschedule? Give us 48+ hours' notice for a full refund.
Are Ally Hours right for you?
Case study #1: Priya
Feedback on demand, for whatever she's writing
Priya doesn't write one kind of thing. Between short stories, personal essays, and the occasional work report, her writing life is varied, and so is what she needs feedback on from week to week.
Ally Hours works for Priya because she doesn't have to commit to a single project or genre to show up. She brings whatever she's working on that week, uses the check-in to name what kind of feedback would actually help, and gets it — from peers and from Nandita — before moving to the next thing. For a writer juggling multiple forms, the flexibility is the draw.
Case study #2: David
A standing appointment with his own writing
David is a lawyer. His calendar fills itself if he lets it, and writing — the kind that matters to him, not the kind that's due for a client — is the first thing to disappear. What helps David is a block on his calendar that he can't easily skip.
Every other week, David attends Ally Hours because he has a fixed time and a group (or sometimes, just Nandita) expecting him. Now that writing isn’t a solitary pursuit, David has found that he is able to make progress on a memoir he has been writing for his children.