Memoir School
Who we are
With The Word Alchemist
Write Your Memoir Or Hybrid Memoir
What is Memoir School?
Well, it’s not a school in the traditional sense, it’s a community of people who come to write their memoir or hybrid memoir in their way, in a safe space at their pace. You won’t find cold classrooms, corporate rules, or red pens here.
Instead I like to think of it is a warm, heart-centred sanctuary. It feels like sitting at a kitchen table with a cup of tea in hand, surrounded by people who get you and understand what it’s like trying to write.
It is a place where practical writing meets energetic safety. We don’t just work with words on a screen; we pay attention to what your body is telling you – is your throat chakra feeling stuck is your solar plexus screaming and what about those stuck, your shoulders creeping up to your ears, or your jaw tightening when you think about what relatives might say.
The Memoir School gives you the tools, structure, and permission to stop faffing around, take off that heavy rain-sodden coat of procrastination, and gently tell your truth.
When you hold the physical book in your hands, you are no longer the one the story happened to – you are the author of it.
Memoir School is for you (men and women? who know they have a story inside them that refuses to be ignored. You are in the right place if:
You’ve hit the 4,000-word wall
You start with enthusiasm, but a few thousand words in, the draft fizzles out because three different books (the Story, the Teaching, and the Reckoning) are quietly arguing with your computer – who doesn’t care
You want connection over isolation
You don’t want to sit alone in a dark room with your hoodie up, wondering if you’ve lost your mind ; you want a safe, friendly, and genuinely fun space to write alongside others.
You’re tired of the “Someday” myth
You’re waiting for life to settle down, for the garden to be done, or for a £5,000 retreat in Tuscany to magically appear
You’re worried about Secret Keepers
You want to write your emotional truth, but you’re terrified of family judgment, lighting a fire you can’t put out, or what the dead might say.
You flinch at hard scenes
You find yourself jumping into explaining “what it all meant” before you’ve actually shown what happened, using advice as a shield to stay safe from the emotional fallout.
What’s Inside Memoir School?
The Soul Writers Lounge
The Community Home Base
Access to community discussions, self-paced courses, Q&A spaces, and immediate connection with fellow writers walking the same path.
A friendly space where you can show up in your M&S dressing gown with a mug of tea and drop your defenses.
Memoir & Story Circles
Intimate Free Gatherings
A 1.15 hour container where 4 storytellers share a piece of their draft without commentary or judgment, while 6 silent witnesses listen. The floor opens only for “what moved me” reflections, keeping the space safe and free of unsolicited advice.
Memoir Foundations
Get Ready to Write (10-Week Live Program)
8 live sessions over 10 weeks. You will map your memory, build your timeline, un-tangle Book A (Story), B (Teaching), and C (Reckoning), and walk away with a clear, comprehensive chapter plan ready to write. You’ll also learn how to step into a hard memory, take out the piece of truth you came for, and step back out before it pulls you under.
Write With Me
Weekly Live Writing Containers
Dedicated weekly co-writing sessions. Write your book or blog. Learn to write from the scar, not the open wound , navigate the “Month-Three Wall of Shame” with live support , and turn up week by week until your draft is finished.
Publishing Pathways
Build Your Business
What do you actually want this book to do?
Discover whether your memoir is a business engine, an act of completion, or a lasting legacy -without forcing a sales funnel onto a sacred story.
You’ll discover lots of things you could do, but will they help you realise your vision? You’ll have some brilliant ideas which simply aren’t practical right now and things that you said yes to turn in the cold light of day into things that do not energise you.
Blog Your Book
How Do I Get Readers?
Build an audience while you write, establishing strong personal boundaries on how much to share and how to stay safe in public comments.
You’ll need a lead magnet connected to something that entices your reader to want to give up their email. Then there is the content plan – which we can build from your chapter plan and existing content. If you have an existing book, whether it has been published or not – we can use that too.
Publish With Me
Get It Out
Master the technical bits – interior layout, cover design, Kindle and print uploads – while having a hand to hold through the “vulnerability hangover” when you press publish.
This is the bit that makes it all worth it. Holding the physical object – your book. The story that lived inside you for years, that you were half-afraid of, now has a cover, a listing and a smell, and it’s sitting in your hands.
Ask Me Anything
What It Says On The Tin
These are open sessions where you can come and ask me anything.
