Marnie's Memoir Mission
Accountability Program
Starts September 30th, 2024. Still in development so sign up here to be kept up to date.
And please send your program suggestions to my assistant Emily Davies via [email protected].
This is for you and I want to know what you need.
Women!
Men, I'll come to you in a moment 🙂
But ladies! A few things have happened recently that have made me reflect on my 16 years in the memoir writing world. And I feel really sad to have to acknowledge that overall it's women who are not getting their memoirs written.
I know why and you do too. It's because women continuously put their dreams on hold while tending to others' needs. There are just SO many demands on a woman's time, energy and resources.
Now, that's not to say that many of these demands aren't welcome and aren't things you want to do and love doing. But the fact remains. Unless a woman is working with someone like me, a mentor and cheerleader - unless there's ACCOUNTABILITY - her writing consistently falls to the bottom of life's to-do list.
But no more! I am creating an accountability program and it starts on September 30th.
I love working with male memoirists, so guys it's open to you of course - you are very welcome. But this is my clarion call.
Women - writing your memoir is not just an act of self-care—it's a radical, feminist act. You need this. You want to do this. It is your turn to rise up and share your wisdom with the world.
My yet-to-be-named* program offers:
It's all going on behind the scenes tech-wise here at YM HQ. I'm having a secure portal and forum built. When you commit, you and I will chat about your memoir and how your life and a typical week looks for you right now. Then we'll set your a weekly, fortnightly or monthly writing goal. This will be a realistic goal. Whether you write 500 words a month or 5,000, every word counts and I'm willing to bet it will be more than you're writing now. Then you'll upload your words to the portal so you can see your running total and receive congrats from me and your fellow writers. If you don't hit your goal, we'll chat about what needs to change - either your life (!) or your goal.
Once you're registered on the program, we'll be in email contact and I will ask you to do two things:
1. To keep a diary of a typical week/fortnight/month of your life, so we can see where the writing space is. Or what needs to go to make space for writing! I won't be asking you give up sleep...
2. To write a list of your habits, in case we can stack your writing habit to one you already have. This is known as Habit Stacking, a super hack created by James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. These can be good or bad habits. To give you an idea it might be: yoga, aqua aerobics class, putting your child to bed, calling your dad, doom-scrolling, popping into a neighbour, the gym, taking your child to sports practice, fave TV show, scrolling Netflix, bingo, baking, cleaning the rabbits out, walking the dog, meal prepping, drinks with friends, meditation, skin care routine, fave radio show - anything you do with any regularity, make a note of it and we'll see if we can habit stack!
This is tough love time!
I am going to help you overcome the barriers and stick to your commitment.
Your story matters. You don't even ever have to share it. You can just do it for you.
It costs £60 to have your one-on-one Zoom with me where we'll create your writing plan and set you on the path to memoir success. This £60 includes your first month on the program. Then from month two, you need to invest £40/month. I am going to grow this program into a global memoir movement. But since I need to give you my time and a personal plan, I can only take on a few people at a time and will open slots just a few times a year.
For this reason, when I open on September 30th, I'll only be taking on 30 people. And there's an introductory offer of £35/month for the first 30 memoirists - as opposed to the normal £40. So you pay £60 for your writing plan and the first month, Then just £35/month rather than £40, saving you £60 over one year. That's the cost of your personalised writing plan saved right there!
You can stay on the program until your book is written or leave anytime. This is about YOU.
Don't let your memoir remain an unfulfilled dream!
Contact my assistant Emily Davies via [email protected] to register your interest.
If you have questions, feel free to contact me directly.
Yours, with tough memoir love, Marnie
*P.S. I need a name for this program! And if you name it, you'll get your Zoom and writing plan for free!
Marnie's Memoir Mission? Memoir Momentum Club? Marnie's memoir Motivators? All ideas welcome...Thoughts on a postcard 😉
