Date: February 18th, 2019
Time: 2-5 pm PST
Click here for the registration page. Scroll down to find the Mastering Memoir Class.
You do NOT have to register for the whole conference to join this class! It’s a separate registration. If you want to get a good start on writing your memoir in the new year, this class is perfect for you. I hope you can join me.
When you want to write a memoir, you find yourself drawing upon many layers of challenge and skill: telling your story, having it reach the hearts of others, and managing the labyrinth of doubts and fears about the possible consequences of revealing your personal truths. And you need to navigate how to explore the labyrinth where our stories take us.
There are several keys that can unlock your story: finding the structure of your story, writing scenes, having internal permission to write what you need to write, and locating the main growth points in your story.
Alice Miller, a well-known psychiatrist said that the path to finding a new perspective about our lives–one reason many people write a memoir–is to have a “compassionate witness.” By weaving truth and craft, you create new insights for yourself and the arc of your story will lead to meaningful takeaways for your readers.
In this class you will learn:
- How to discover the major moments that create the spine of your memoir
- Understand how to weave through time
- The power of writing scene to create insight and change in the writer and the reader
- How to manage the inner and outer critics that get in your way
- Ways to both focus deeply into your story and allow it to have its own path
The journey of writing a memoir offers you an opportunity to stand in the shoes of who you were in past while you also explore your story through the eyes of you now, the now narrator. Learning to writing strong scenes is an important skill that allows you to dip into the stream of time, to taste and know and feel that time once again, and bring the reader into your world. We will explore the power of scenes, how to find your most significant moments, sketch out your timeline, and practice silencing your inner critic.
Balancing the art of excellent craft with the freedom to speak your truth in your story is a way to surrender to the power of memoir and trust that your book will deliver a transformational experience to your readers.
Click here for the registration page. Scroll down to find the Mastering Memoir Class.
You do NOT have to register for the whole conference to join this class! It’s a separate registration. If you want to get a good start on writing your memoir in the new year, this class is perfect for you. I hope you can join me.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D., MFT, is president and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers. Her first memoir, Don’t Call Me Mother: A Daughter’s Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness, was a finalist in the ForeWord Book of the Year Award and the IndieExcellence Awards, and a BAIPA Gold Medal award winner. Her new memoir Song of the Plains is a finalist in the Best Book Awards and the 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Author of The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story, Journey of Memoir, and Becoming Whole, her prize-winning fiction, nonfiction, and memoir pieces have been published in literary journals and online. She is co-author with Brooke Warner of Breaking Ground on Your Memoir, and The Magic of Memoir. Linda Joy has been a therapist for 40 years, where story is part of the healing process. A memoir coach for two decades, Myers helps people dive deep into writing their truths while crafting a publishable story. Her monthly programs on NAMW offer tools about breaking silence, developing a powerful story, and finding the best publishing path.
