Writing About Your Life: A Guide to Personal Journals and Memoirs

Learn to share your story in a compelling and authentic way

A small, green book standing upright on a wooden table. Writing About Your Life: A Guide to Personal Journals and Memoirs by Laura Brown

Have you ever wanted to explore your life experiences in writing, either through keeping a personal journal or writing a memoir?

More and more people are exploring the growing genre of life writing, harnessing the power of writing to understand their own experiences or to share those experiences with a wider readership. This resource offers you all the support you need to start writing about your life and perhaps turn your writing into a work of literary art to share with others.

This 30-page download offers you everything you need to get started with your life writing project:

  • An excerpt from my book How to Write Anything on writing the personal journal
  • 101 writing prompts to help you start writing about your experiences
  • Notes from my popular in-person seminar "The Power of Life Writing"
  • Guidelines for setting up your own writing group, so you can create a supportive environment for your writing
  • Guidance on creating and maintaining a daily writing habit
  • Advice about how to create an environment that helps you be productive
  • Support for turning your journal pages into an actual memoir to submit to agents or editors for publication

If you've ever wanted to start writing about your experiences and perhaps to share them with others, this resource offers comprehensive support and guidance to get started writing, develop a daily writing practice, and share you writing with the world when you're ready.

With all the guidance in this download, it's easy to set up a regular writing practice for yourself that you'll follow through on. Download this resource now and get started writing about your life and your insights.

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