Bring Your Characters to Life on the Page
Storytelling magic for creating vivid, authentic characters
Mondays: September 15, 22, 29 and October 6, 2025
90-minute live sessions | 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET
Instructors: Carla King & Linda Joy Myers
Let Your Scenes Breathe, Speak, and Spark with Meaning: A Deep Dive into Dialogue, Action, and Emotional Truth
Whether you’re writing memoir, fiction, or posts for your blog, Substack, or magazines, this craft of writing course with instructors Linda Joy Myers and Carla King will elevate your character development. You’ll master dialogue that drives plot, use body language to reveal hidden emotions, and create scenes with authentic power dynamics that feel cinematic and true.
Perfect for writers crafting mini-memoirs, short stories, or book chapters. Four 90-minute live sessions include optional personalized feedback, class recordings, and a supportive writer community.
Stop writing characters who all sound alike. Start creating people readers will never forget.
Transform flat characters into unforgettable people in just 4 weeks
Back to the Basics:
Essential Craft for Memoirists
6 Mondays:
September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6, 13
with Piper Kerman, Ashley C. Ford, Jeannine Ouelette, E.J. Koh, Brooke Warner & Linda Joy Myers
1-hour sessions
(3-4pm PT | 6-7pm ET)
Cost: $299
Writing the Mini or Flash Memoir: A four-week course in March 2025
Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025
10:00-11:30 am PT
Learn to write mini or flash memoirs so you can craft, complete, and share short, powerful life stories now. Work on stories about family, love, travel, business, spiritual, healing, or any kind of non-fiction memoir. Join Linda Joy Myers and Carla King for this four-week course and membership in a writers discussion group. $259
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$259
DISCOUNTS FOR NAMW MEMBERS
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BEFORE March 4, 2025 12:00pm PT
$30 discount for NAMW members ($229)
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AFTER March 4, 2025 12:00pm PT
$20 discount for NAMW members ($239)
NAMW20COURSE
The Story of You:
Memoir as a Path to Self-Discovery
6 Tuesdays:
March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8
with Kiese Laymon, Mark Nepo, Joshua Mohr,
Susan Lieu, Brooke Warner & Linda Joy Myers
1-hour classes
(4-5pm PT | 7-8pm ET)
Cost: $299
MAPPING YOUR MEMOIR
Free Class: Monday, March 3, 2025
10:00-11:00 am PT
The stories in your memoir can be short or long, fun or deep, personal or universal. In Mapping Your Memoir, you’ll learn about the many ways to write your memoir and finish your stories so you can start sharing them now. Join Linda Joy Myers & Carla King for this inspiring free session on Monday, March 3, 2025, from 10:00-11:00 am PT on Zoom.
The Birth of a Memoir
New 4-week memoir class
Feb 3, 10, 17, 24
Instructors: Linda Joy Myers and Carla King
Begins: Monday February 3, 2025
10:00am PT –90 minutes on Zoom
Happy New Year! Carla King and I are excited to offer this class first thing—to get you started on the right track writing your memoir, or to refresh your basic memoir writing skills so you can make great progress this year!
Over four weeks, you’ll discover the heart of your story, and identify the key turning points that help to shape your memoir. You will learn how to bring those moments to life with vivid, emotional scenes and learn about characterization, dialogue, and how to keep going. After four weeks, you’ll have a solid foundation for your memoir—and the momentum to continue writing. The fee includes membership in a private discussion group so you connect with other memoir writers.
Learn more here: https://carlaking.circle.so/c/the-birth-of-a-memoir/
Earlybird discount for everyone is $20 off – EARLYBIRD2025
Earlybird discount for NAMW members is $30 off – EARLYBIRDNAMW2025
These expire midnight Pacific Time on Tuesday January 14.
Are You Ready to Get Your Book Published in 2025?
Many memoirists I talk with feel confused and overwhelmed about how to go from writer to published author in the current publishing world. But we have a solution for you! First, you need to learn about the business of publishing—no matter which path you choose—traditional, hybrid, or assisted publishing.
Our publishing expert Carla King is offering a comprehensive yearlong Publishing Course and Consulting Program to help you finish your book and get it professionally published in 2025.
If you have a first draft, it’s time to start thinking about publishing! Whether you dream of landing a publishing deal or self-publishing, this program equips you to think like a publisher—something agents and publishers appreciate. You’ll gain clarity on what publishers can (and can’t) do for you, and if you choose the hybrid or custom publishing route, you’ll learn how to avoid costly mistakes by choosing the right services. So many writers struggle with these decisions. When you are informed you have a better chance to make the best choice for your book!
For self-publishing authors, Carla will show you how to publish like a pro so your book stands out with a quality of design and presentation that rivals traditional publishing. It’s a competitive world out there, and we all need to learn how to present our work in the most polished and professional way possible.
What’s Included:
- A 6-week live course on Zoom to guide you through the publishing process.
- Twice-monthly consulting sessions throughout the year to answer your questions and keep you on track.
- An ongoing discussion group so you can connect with other members.
Special NAMW Member Discount:
Enroll now for the special price of $397 (regular price $497)—a $100 savings exclusively for NAMW members!
It’s never too early to think about your reader, your publishing goals, and your next steps. Don’t miss this chance to get your book ready for the world.
Register here for a free publishing roadmap and tour of the program (Jan 16)
Find out more and enroll (Jan-Dec 2025). Use coupon code NAMW2025PUB at checkout.
The Craft of Writing a Successful Memoir
The Craft of Writing a Successful Memoir is your gateway to finally sharing your story with the world. Join memoir experts Linda Joy Myers and Carla King for an intensive 8-week journey that will transform your writing. Through our comprehensive course, weekly group coaching, and supportive writing and critique group, we’ll guide you from first draft to finished manuscript. Whether you’re crafting a healing memoir, a business or professional memoir, or a travel memoir, we’re here to help you complete your book in 2024, setting you up for publication in 2025. Don’t let another year pass without telling your story – your memoir matters, and the world is waiting to hear it.
Now Available as an On Demand/Self-Paced Course – ENROLL HERE
6-MONTH COURSE
With Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner
Registration for Spring 2025 class is now open.
Write Your Memoir in Six Months offers the support, encouragement, and accountability you’re looking for to write the book that’s in your heart and ready to be on the page—and all you have to do is write one page a day! We are here to make sure that happens by providing you with structure, skill, deadlines, and community.
If you’ve been wanting, trying, or longing to write a memoir, know that you’re not alone. It’s hard work to write in isolation, and sometimes in fear of churning up memories that you might feel are better left buried underground. The inevitable questions of who you might hurt and whether you’re telling the whole truth can niggle their way into your writing process, creating paralysis and self-doubt. Or maybe you’re just a busy person who would benefit from knowing that others are going through the same thing you’re experiencing. There is comfort in hearing others’ stories and knowing that you aren’t alone. No matter what has prevented you from completing your memoir, we will address it here, and you will have the support of your team—your two mentors, Linda Joy and Brooke, as well as eleven other memoirists who are equally passionate and compelled to bring their story into the world.
The Evolution of Memoir
4 Mondays:
March 4, March 11, March 18, March 24
1-hour class (3-4pm PT | 6-7pm ET) followed by
1 hour of generative writing (4-5pm PT | 7-8pm ET)
Cost: $299
Evolution of Memoir Reading Group
4 Mondays:
April 15, April 22, April 29, May 6
Join us after The Evolution of Memoir to read four of the books on the reading list for this course.
Cost: $100 add-on
The Challenge of Beginnings
A New Memoir Class by Linda Joy Myers
February 6, 13, 20, 27; March 5, 12—Tuesdays
4 PM PST | 5 PM MST | 6 PM CST | 7 PM EST
NAMW Members – $179
Non-Members – $199