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You have a lifetime of stories. Memories, moments, turning points, experiences and perhaps a book that’s been calling to you for years.

But where do you begin? How do you find the thread? What if your story isn’t a straightforward memoir? And how on earth do you get from a collection of memories to a finished book?

Welcome to Memoir Magic – a membership for people who want to write their life story and bring it into the world.

Inside, you’ll find the courses, writing time, community and ongoing resources to help you move from I don’t know where to start to a memoir or hybrid memoir that is planned, written, edited and ready to publish.

You don’t have to figure it all out alone. And you don’t have to do it all at once.

You bring the stories. I’ll help you find the way through them.

Online Courses

Ten Chapters of Your Life – Memoir Journaling

Start by exploring the ten chapters of your life.

This guided memoir-journaling course helps you revisit memories, uncover significant moments, explore the people and experiences that shaped you, and discover the stories you might want to write.

You don’t need to know what your book is yet. This is a place to begin gathering the material and listening for the stories that matter.

Memoir: Write Your Life Story Course

The complete journey from first idea to finished book. You will go through the decisions and practical work involved in creating and publishing your memoir.

You’ll explore:

• Finding the story you really want to tell.
• Planning a traditional memoir.
• Creating a structure and chapter plan.
• Writing your memoir, scene by scene.
• Reviewing your work and deciding whether it wants to become a hybrid memoir.
• Understanding the differences between memoir and hybrid memoir.
• Planning and writing a hybrid memoir, if that’s the right form for your book.
• Editing and preparing your manuscript.
• Understanding book interior design and formatting.
• Creating a book cover.
• Preparing and uploading your book to Amazon KDP.

You can work through the process at your own pace, returning to the lessons as your manuscript develops.

Twice-monthly live Writing Sprints

Sometimes you what you need is to sit down and write.

Writing Sprints are structured, focused co-working sessions where you turn up, choose your writing intention and give your memoir some dedicated attention.

We’ll create a little space away from everyday distractions, set a focus and get writing.

No pressure to share your work. No expectation to produce a masterpiece. Just protected time to make progress.

Two opportunities to write together every month.

Monthly live Memoir Lounge

A monthly gathering for craft, questions and the things that come up when you’re writing about life.

Each Memoir Lounge will include:

• Deep-dive teaching: explore a particular aspect of memoir or hybrid memoir craft.
• Hot-seat sessions: bring a writing question or challenge for group exploration and guidance.
• Open Q&A: ask questions about your writing, planning, structure, editing and publishing.

These sessions are about learning together. You can listen, participate or bring a question when you’re ready.

Teaching sessions will be made available as replays so you can catch up if the live time doesn’t suit you.

Soul Writers Lounge community

Writing a memoir can be a solitary business. It helps to have people around you who understand the process.

Inside the Soul Writers Lounge, you’ll have a place to:

• Ask questions and get support from the community.
• Share writing milestones and celebrate progress.
• Talk through ideas and challenges.
• Find encouragement when the writing gets difficult.
• Connect with other people who are putting their life stories into words.

You can participate as much or as little as you like. There is no pressure to share personal stories or unfinished writing.

A growing library of resources

Good questions often lead to useful lessons.

When a question comes up that isn’t already covered in the courses, I’ll consider the best way to answer it. Where appropriate, I’ll create a short teaching video, workbook or other resource and add it to the relevant course or shared resource library.

That means the learning can grow over time, and useful answers can benefit the whole community.

How Memoir Magic works

Memoir Magic is hosted on Skool, bringing the courses, community, resources and live events together in one online space.

You can:

• Learn at your own pace.
• Write in your own time.
• Join the live sessions when you can.
• Watch available replays.
• Ask questions and connect with the community.

You don’t have to keep up with anyone else. Your memoir is your journey, and you can move through the material at a pace that works for you.

Is Memoir Magic right for you?

Memoir Magic is for you if:

• You have been thinking about writing your life story but don’t know where to start.
• You have memories, notebooks or unfinished drafts and need a way to bring them together.
• You want to write a memoir but aren’t sure what story to tell.
• You suspect your book might be a hybrid memoir.
• You want to learn the writing and publishing process rather than hand your book over to someone else.
• You would benefit from regular writing time and a community to keep you moving.
• You want practical guidance without signing up for private coaching.

You don’t need to be an experienced writer, or have your book planned. You simply need a willingness to explore your story and take the next step.

Support

Memoir Magic is a group learning membership, not a private coaching programme.

There is no 1:1 coaching, private manuscript review or individual mentoring included. You are welcome to ask questions in the community, and I’ll contribute guidance and shared resources to help members move forward.

Where a question deserves a more detailed explanation, I may create a video, workbook or lesson that can be added to the course or resource library.

This means useful learning is shared, rather than depending on private access to me.

Become a founding member

Memoir Magic is opening at a special founding membership rate.

US$49 per month

As a founding member, you’ll have access to:

• Online memoir courses.
• Twice-monthly live Writing Sprints.
• A monthly live Memoir Lounge.
• The Soul Writers Lounge community.
• The growing shared resource library.
• Course and resource additions as they are developed.

Join from wherever you are in the world. The courses are available online, and live event times will be published in advance so you can see what works for your timezone.

What happens if I cancel my membership?

The Finer Details

You are welcome to remain part of the Soul Writers Lounge community if you decide to cancel Memoir Magic.

Your access to the courses works a little differently:

• If you have been a paid member for less than 12 months, your course access ends when your membership period finishes.
• If you have maintained a paid membership for 12 months or more, you retain lifetime access to the courses included in your membership at the time you qualify.

Your access to live events and other paid membership benefits ends when your subscription ends.

This way, you can step away from the membership without losing your connection to the writing community, while longer-term members receive an additional benefit for their commitment.