Write Your Book
a five-day course to discover your voice and complete Your memoir
a five-day course to write your Memoir
Have an idea for your memoir, but unsure where to start? Do you routinely read memoirs and think: I could have written that?
In this course, within 5 days, you’ll gain an understanding of the creative process and your particular foibles; you’ll learn the main components of a successful book—and you’ll use this knowledge to develop a sketch for your memoir, and exciting prompts that will help you develop your story and shape your pages. If you’re ready to start your memoir—and gain the tools to complete it, this course is for you.
“When I started the class, I wanted to write but had no idea if I was any good at it or if anyone would want to read what I wrote. I left the class feeling like a writer and have a good start to a project that I am passionate about. If you want to write, I highly recommend this class. It’s worth every penny! ”
by the end of this course you’ll have
Insight into your particular creative hangups and how to address them
A sketch of your book and the arc that will shape it
An understanding of your characters, their desires, weaknesses and problems
Various exciting exercises that will trigger reflection and leave you with material you can expand and develop into chapters
Suggested readings
Five emails and two videos about memoir writing that you can refer to at your leisure
A specific plan for completing your book
Since our class takes place over email, you’ll always have access to these course materials
Connect with other writers on the Lafayette Writers’ Studio private Facebook Group
““If you want to move forward with whatever writing project you are working on, join one of Melissa Fraterrigo’s writing workshops. Any one, really. No matter which direction you need to move, be it north, south, east or west, or somewhere in between—you would do well to choose Melissa as your guide.”
Ready to complete your Memoir?
You’ve led an interesting life. Now it’s time to make space for writing about it. You have the idea—you just need a process for how to get those ideas onto the page. Each day you’ll receive an email with content designed to reveal your most compelling stories and an exercise to help you develop it. The class also includes two videos to help motivate you and develop your book. Make 2021 the year you start—and finish your memoir. Together we can do this.
Could this Be like you?
You want to write your memoir but have no idea where to start and any time you sit down at your desk and open up a new blank document on your computer, your palms get sweaty, the cursor blinking. What do I have to say and how do I go about saying it?
Or maybe others hear about your experiences and TELL you that you should write them down—and you want to do that but the process seems impossible
You feel a need to be more creative and reflect upon your experiences but between work and family and all your other responsibilities, you can’t quite make the time.
What if there was a process that helped you not only understand the blocks to your creativity, but also helped you launch a satisfying start to your memoir?
That’s why I created Write Your Memoir. Writing about your own life can be a daunting task, but now more than ever So take five days from XX to XX and get to know your creative self, give it space to grow. Learn the power of your own voice and reflect on your stories using innovative exercises and lessons that will gift you with the energy to not only start your book, but finish it.
Meet Karen, a course participant.
Karen wanted to write more than anything. She bought how-to write a memoir books, attended conferences and took classes, but any time she tried to sit down at her keyboard, nothing came out—or what did made her cringe. Everyone was always telling her that she should write down her stories. What was going on?
Karen needed someone to teach her how to turn her memories into a memoir.
By joining Write Your Memoir: A Five Day Course to Discover Your Voice and Complete Your Memoir, Karen suddenly had so many ideas for her memoir along with techniques that added to the dramatic potential of her book and helped her build on that inspiration by taking into account her lifestyle and personality. Karen discovered how to arrange her life and other organizational tools to help keep writer’s block at bay.