Memoir Launchpad, April 2024
Write a captivating memoir – even if you’ve never written before.
In this program you will discover how to…
- Distill your life story into a book people will be eager to read – you don’t have to be famous to have a story worth telling!
- Identify the true core of your story so you can keep readers engrossed and get your message across
- Find your voice as a writer
- Learn the tricks of the creative writing trade – so you can write your truth so it reads like fiction
- Make a plan to take you from a collection of memories to a complete draft
By the end of the course, you will have written several key chapters of your memoir, and you'll have a step-by-step system in place for writing the rest.
The course will last five weeks and will be delivered online with a combination of video lessons and live Q&A calls.
Week 1: Finding Your Story – Get crystal clear on how to approach writing a memoir and identify which parts of your life story belong in your book
Week 2: Your Memoir’s Structure – Determine exactly what story you’re telling and how you want to tell it
Week 3: Your Creative Voice – Find your own personal voice as a creative writer, so you can make your writing sing… while still sounding just like you
Week 4: Showing and Telling – Master one of the biggest traps for new (and more established!) creative writers… what even are showing and telling, anyway?
Week 5: The Road to a Finished Draft – Set yourself up for success as you continue writing after the course concludes
Keep an eye on your inbox after you sign up for a welcome email with a link to your pre-course prep assignment! You'll also find a scheduling poll to help us choose the day and time that works best for our group calls.