Memoir Masterclasses And Workshops
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The Memoir Arc – What Is Your Story?
One method, however deep you go
Everything here runs on one thing – The Memoir Arc. This is the method I’ve created in my first memoir journal – The Memoir Arc. So these aren’t four separate offerings competing for your money. They’re the same path, walked to whatever depth you’re ready for.
The Arc holds two shapes. The Meadow is the human curve every story of change moves through – six movements, from the life before to the meaning you came out with the other side.
The Bloom is how you gather the raw material without freezing: four small steps – Moment, Memory, Meaning, Wisdom – one memory at a time.
Everything builds…
The Memoir Arc Masterclass – free
Start here if your story is still a jumble – if you know there’s a book in you but every attempt comes out as a list, and you’re not sure what on earth you are doing.
In one hour together I’ll show you the whole shape: a life lived against how your transformational story is woven through the six movements that every story of change moves through.
You’ll see where your story fits in the curve and see. And for the first time you’ll see things clearly.
There’s nothing to prepare – just come.
What you leave with: an understanding of the memoir arc and knowing yours fits in there too.
The practical: 60 minutes, live on Zoom, free. Next date – 24th November – 7.30 pm Madrid time.
Come and learn the shape of the memoir arc…
The Memoir Arc Masterclass – the deep dive
Come to this when you have an idea what your your memoir could be about and you are itching to start.
At this point you don’t want another overview – you want to put pen to paper.
The PDF version of the journal will be supplied (see here for the printed version) and I teach the six movements in depth. Then we find your slice of life followed by your first raw pieces – proof you can do this.
The practical: Set aside about 2 hours, for this evergreen masterclass – €47, the PDF version of journal included. All inside The Soul Writers Lounge. Once you pay you will be directed to the Lounge and added to the masterclass.
Autumn / Winter 2026
- 29 Oct 2026, 7.30pm – Memoir Storytelling Circle
- 24 Nov 2026, 7.30pm – The Memoir Arc Masterclass (free)
- 3 Dec 2026 – Memoir Storytelling Circle
- 10 Dec 2026, 7.30pm – Ask Me Anything
New Year 2027
- 7 Jan 2027, 7.30pm – The Memoir Arc Masterclass (free)
- 14 Jan 2027, 7.30pm – The Memoir Arc Masterclass (free)
- 19 Jan 2027 – Memoir Foundations begins
- 28 Jan 2027, 7.30pm – Ask Me Anything
- 25 Feb 2027, 7.30pm – Memoir Storytelling Circle
The Memoir Arc Foundations – the six-week workshop
Writing a memoir – pure story, or a hybrid where your lived experience meets hard-won wisdom – has never been about waiting until you have all the answers. It’s about shaping the messy, human truth of what changed you into something a reader can follow.
Over six weeks you’ll walk away with:
- Confidence that your story is worth telling
- Clarity about which book you’re actually writing – pure memoir, hybrid, or self-help woven with your experience
- Your intention, your Heart Project, and the one reader you’re writing for
- The memoir arc – the six movements your story already moves through
- Your golden thread – the theme your life keeps returning to
- A memory map, timeline and turning points – your life mapped out
- A Story Map and a chapter-by-chapter outline – the shape of your book, in your hands
- Your first 3,000 words chosen, and a plan you trust to write from
For weeks seven to ten – we write and get clear on other questions.
What you leave with: your golden thread, your timeline, turning points, and your Story Map – your memoir’s shape, in your hands.
Come and find the shape of your memoir…
Memoir Foundations – the six-week workshop, Writing And Q&A Sessions
Foundations is the six-week Arc, as above and then the writing weeks with Q&A included. We build from your organic chapter plan. And we write chapter one, together, while I’m there to keep you going when the old doubts come back for another try.
What you leave with: a plan you trust, and the first chapter of your memoir actually written.
Come and plan your book and write your first chapter…
What Else?
Who is this for?
- You’ve got decades of lived experience and drawers full of journals, tons of books you have started but you don’t know where the story or book actually begins.
- You’re a coach, mentor or guide, and you know your origin story is the portal to everything you do – you just haven’t built it yet.
- You’ve been circling one idea for months (or maybe years), intellectualising it half to death, and you need to feel where the life force actually is.
- You’re done writing a private journal. You’re ready to turn your mess into a light and path for someone else.
Why Come?
- Stop intellectualising your life: This hour bypasses the rubbish noise in your mind and goes straight to your body’s wisdom to find where the real life force of your story lives.
- Understand what you’re actually writing: A memoir isn’t a chronological list of everything that ever happened to you; it’s a slice of life chosen with purpose on purpose. You’ll learn how to stop trying to tell your whole biography and start uncovering the specific story that matters.
- Defend your form without compromise: Whether your heart is pulling you toward a raw, personal journey or a hybrid memoir that guides the reader with your wisdom, you’ll discover why sharing your lived experience with or without your added wisdom is a brilliant way to support your readers.
