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Welcome to The Memoir Project, Where We Meet All of Your Memoir Writing Needs.

From introductory to advanced classes, with experienced coaches and editors, a podcast, a regular newsletter and regular free webinars, you can get everything you need right here.

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Take Memoirama, our 90-minute, entry-level class

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What do you want to achieve as a writer? These classes might help.

Get Started Writing Short-Form Memoir

  1. Take Memoirama
  2. Take The Art of the Personal Essay
  3. The Writer’s Deadline Formula
  4. Take the Op-Ed Course
  5. Take Writing for Major Publications
  6. Work with one of our editors

Write and Publish a Book-Length Memoir

  1. Take Memoirama
  2. Take Memoirama 2
  3. The Writer’s Deadline Formula
  4. Take the Master Class or Your Memoir Project
  5. Sign up for the Memoir Map
  6. Work with one of our editors

Tools You Need to Lead a Writing Life

  1. Take Memoirama
  2. Take Memoirama 2
  3. The Writer’s Deadline Formula
  4. Take The Art of the Personal Essay
  5. Take Writing for Major Publications
  6. Take the Op-Ed Course
  7. Take the Master Class or Your Memoir Project
  8. Sign up for the Memoir Map
  9. Work with one of our editors

All of the class offerings are explained on the Online Classes Page of the website. The Memoir Map and editing services can be found here.

QWERTY Podcast

And along the way, have the episodes of QWERTY playing to give you the full support of the wisdom of other writers.

How to Find a Major Theme When Writing Memoir, with Jon Kinnally

What Does ‘Write What You Know’ Mean & How To Do It, with Khadijah VanBrakle

How to Write Into What’s Coming Next, with author J.E. Thomas

Can You Write Memoir at Any Age? Author Joanna Choi Kalbus Answers that Question
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