Sept 29 - Oct 3rd
Scroll down 👇🏼 for the live and pre-recorded schedule
Presentations will all be released the morning of September 29th, 8am Pacific Time.
They will be available until midnight of October 3rd, Pacific Time. Take the quiz here to see which sessions to start with.
12+ Pre-recorded sessions
Available to watch anytime from Sept 29 - Oct 03
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Choosing the Right Narrative Structure for Your Memoir
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Avoiding the Villain Edit: Writing the People in Your Life as Full Humans (Even If They Were Awful)
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Writing Emotion In Memoir
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Writing with Creative Intelligence: How Story Energy Bypasses Logic
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Owning Your Story: A Survivor’s Guide to Self-Publishing
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3 Character Arcs for Memoir
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Invoking the Holy Witness: Writing Hard Truths in Memoir and Knowing What to Leave Out
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Muscle Memory: Writing Memoir Through The Body
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Writing Yourself as a Character: Fiction-Writing Techniques for Memoir
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The Art of Chaos: A Memoir-Writing Journey of Healing and Transformation
Nicole Dolan (She/Her)
Memoirist & Depth Psychologist — Helping Writers Transform Life into Story
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The Invitation of Pain: Navigating our Body Stories
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What You Need to Know About Revision
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Talking About Yourself Publicly: Social Media and Marketing for Memoir-writers
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Your Fairy Tale, Your Story
Dr. Sara Cleto (She/Her) and Dr. Brittany Warman (She/Her)
Founders of The Carterhaugh School and Folklorists
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Micro Memoir: Publish Your Tiny True Stories
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Rebuild the Past, Reveal the Truth: Worldbuilding for Memoir Writers
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Rest and Write: Reclaiming Your Inner Voice
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The Desire to Write – On Sex, Story and Showing Skin without Shame
Live sessions!
Day 1/5: Monday Sept 29th
Kick-off Call and Outlining Workshop
We’ll orient ourselves to the full 5-day event with our kick-off call, then dive into Janelle’s signature Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy Tale and Myth as Your Guide Workshop.
Then take the rest of the day to dive into pre-recorded sessions.
Live sessions schedule in Pacific Time (check your timezone schedule here)
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Welcome and Opening the Space
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Outline Your Memoir Using Fairy Tale and Myth as Your Guide
Janelle Hardy
Host, Creator and Teacher of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking
9am - 11:15am Pacific Time
Day 2/5: Tuesday September 30th
Live sessions schedule is in Pacific Time (check your timezone here)
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Daily orientation & brief writing somatic session
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The Art of Graphic Memoir
Tom Hart
Graphic Memoirist; Director, Sequential Artists Workshop
9am Pacific Time
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Write it Anyway: A Tarot-Led Writing Workshop for Tender Writers Who Feel Afraid to Begin
Giselle Vriesen (She/They)
Author, Tarot Reader, Writing Teacher
11am Pacific Time
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Your Body Is Your Life Story: Core Principles of Embodied Writing
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The Art of Auto-Ethnography: Exploring Culture, Subjectivity & Technology Through the Looking Glass
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The Art of Seasoning: How to Craft Flavorful Sentences
Day 3/5: Wednesday October 1st
Live sessions schedule is in Pacific Time (check your timezone here)
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Daily orientation & brief writing somatic session
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Writing What You Don't Know: Imagination, Recreation & the Ethics of Making Sh*t Up
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The Orgasmic Writing Practice: A Sensual Method for Hitting Your Creative Sweet Spot Every Time You Write
Shawnrey Notto (She/Her)
Sensual Embodiment & Creativity Coach
11am Pacific Time
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Giving Our Body a Voice Through Poetry
Heidi Rose Robbins (She/Her)
Poet, Astrologer, Teacher
1:30pm Pacific Time
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How to Serialize Your Memoir on Substack
Mercedes O’Leary
Essayist, Poet, and Writing Teacher
3:30pm Pacific time
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ADHD, Neurodivergence, and Unconventional Writing Strategies
Day 4/5: Thursday October 2nd
Live sessions schedule is in Pacific Time (check your timezone here)
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Daily orientation & brief writing somatic session
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Breathing Through Chaos to Clarity
Lucie Forster
Transformation and Breathwork Specialist, CEO of VANA Breathwork App
9am Pacific Time
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How to Find Places to Get Your Writing Published Using Chill Subs
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Sitting With The Bones: Talking to the Dead as Memory Keeping
Charlotte Henay
Ph.D, Memory Keeper, Deathworker, Recovering Academic
1:30pm Pacific Time
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Your Stories in Your Hands: Stress-Free Self-Publishing
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Writing Comedy and Vulnerability: How To Do Both By Doing Neither
Day 5/5: Friday October 3rd
Live sessions schedule is in Pacific Time (check your timezone here)
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Daily orientation & brief writing somatic session
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Memoir Process Deep Dive: The Start to Finish Process of Writing your Memoir
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A Memoir in 36 Prompts: Writing Your Story One Scene at a Time
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Shifting Resistance and Writer's Block Using Your Body Workshop
Janelle Hardy
Host, Creator and Teacher of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking
1:30pm Pacific Time
Post-Festival Integration Call
Tuesday October 14th, 9am Pacific Time
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