Your story has the power to heal you—and move everyone who reads it.
NAMW has guided memoir writers through craft, courage, and healing for over 35 years. Join a community led by award-winning author and memoir coach Linda Joy Myers—and finally write the story only you can tell.
What we have for you
The Power of Writing Scenes
Our new eBook, $19.89
Memory and Imagination
Helen Fremont and Linda Joy Myers, October 22
The Times They Were a-Changin’
Writing group for women, 8 Tuesdays from September 22
This week from Linda Joy
I’m so thrilled that so many inspiring events are happening at NAMW this month—and I’m especially honored to host our Tangled up in Blues Panel on October 14! So many writers I speak with struggle with how to write the secret stories, the stories that won’t leave them alone. They are tangled up in the threads of the positive and the challenging memories that surge up as they write their memoir. These authors show you how it can be done—each of them presenting insights and ideas that have helped them with their memoirs. Nicole Walker, Mimi Nichter, and Laraine Herring have all taken that deep dive and we have their amazing memoirs and words of wisdom to help us with ours.
Linda Joy
Workshops and Classes
The Challenge of Beginnings
June 24 – July 29, 2026 | Six Wednesdays | 4:00–5:30 PM PDT / 7:00–8:30 PM EDT
The Storyteller: The Narrator of Your Memoir
Two-Hour Class with Linda Joy Myers: June 18, 2026, 2-4 PM PDT | 5-7 PM EDT
Writing Your Family Legacy
Two-Hour Class with Linda Joy Myers: May 21, 2026, 2-4 PM PDT | 5-7 PM EDT
This Month at NAMW
Yvonne Liu: Featured NAMW Member
During the pandemic, my carefully constructed suburban Los Angeles life shatters when my adoptive brother Kevin (a pseudonym) discovers discovers...
September Virtual Book Club
Deb Trotter Searching for Danny Boy: Falling in Love with Ireland and Basketball Legend, Paudie O’Connor September 10, 2026 4 PM PDT | 5 PM MDT | 6...
August Member Event
Jerry Waxler Six Tips to Improve First Person POV in Memoir Writing August 14, 2026 11 AM PDT | 12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT | 2 PM EDT Memoirs invite...
Latest Articles
Get Started on Your Memoir Journey—The Basic Craft of Writing a Memoir
Most people writing a memoir are learning to write while also excavating the terrain of memories and learning about elements of the past can be...
Turning Points—How to Find the Structure of Your Memoir
Most of the stories that we want to write are about situations and people that changed us and shifted our lives in a new direction. We call these...
Using Expressive Writing to Heal Trauma – Dr James Pennebaker, PhD
The healing power of expressive writing an effective treatment for emotional wounds.
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