Sept 28 - Oct 1st
Find the Summit Schedule and the Pre-recorded & Replay Session links by scrolling down
Presentations will all be released the morning of September 28th, 6am Pacific Time.
They will be available until midnight of October 1st, Pacific Time.
The times listed are for the live workshops and presentations.
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20+ Pre-recorded Sessions
Available to watch anytime from Sept 28 - Oct 01
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Body Stories: Pain, Protection and the Path to Embodiment
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Between Gods: Writing Family Secrets
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Writing a 100 word Tiny Love Story (aka the NYT Tiny Love Stories)!
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All the Different Ways to Share Your Story
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ADHD, Neurodivergence, and Unconventional Writing Strategies
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From Girls Gone Wild to Tell-All Memoir: the writing process
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How to Fictionalize Your Life (and Family) Stories
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Know Yourself, Know Your Story: Using the Enneagram to Find Your Memoir's Depth
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How to Use Substack to Share Personal Writing and Grow a Following
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Writing Your Birth Story(ies): Processing Birth and other Life Changing Moments
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How to Write Consciousness and the Inner World as Your Story's True Landscape
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Using Your Chakras to Write Your Stories
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Speculative Nonfiction: Using the Imagined to Tell Deeper Truths
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Writing the Personal Essay
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Show, Don't Tell: Fiction Lessons Every Memoirist Can Steal!
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3 Character Arcs for Memoir
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How to Use Short Stories to Write Your Memoir
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Overcome Writer's Resistance with Neuroscience and Psychology
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Breath & Bone: Gentle Strategies for Excavating Your Story
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Fast Draft Your Memoir: How to Write a Complete First Draft Without Losing Your Mind
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Combining Personal Stories with Professional Expertise: Writing and Self-Publishing Prescriptive Non-Fiction
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How to Find More Time to Write
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Making Meaning of Your Memories: How to Turn Your Real Life Events Into Plot Points for Your Memoir
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Publish the Personal: Essay Publication Made Easy
Nadine Kenney Johnstone
Founder: WriteWELL workshops and retreats for women writers, Podcast Host: Heart of the Story
Live Sessions
Explore the live session schedule below
Kick-off Call: Sunday Sept 27th
We’ll orient ourselves to the full 4-day event with our kick-off call on Sunday
All times are listed in PDT (check your timezone schedule here)
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Kick-off Call: Welcome and Opening the Space
Day 1/4: Monday September 28th
All times are listed in PDT (check your timezone schedule here)
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Outine Your Memoir Using Fairytale & Myth as Your Guide
Janelle Hardy (She/Her)
Summit Host, Creator & Teacher of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking
6am-9am Pacific Time
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Writing Class Radio's Tips Clinic Live
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Turning Shame Stories Into Love Stories
Day 2/4: Tuesday September 29th
All times are listed in PDT (check your timezone schedule here)
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Memoir Writing as an Initiatory Process of Becoming
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Sense Writing: Starting from Where You Are
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Everything But The Writing: Using AI Without Losing Your Soul
Alex Dobrenko (He/Him)
Comedian, Writer, somehow also an AI Developer??
10:30am-12pm Pacific Time
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RESCHEDULED: The Poetry of Hunger and Wild Becoming
Heidi Rose Robbins
Poet, Astrologer, Retreat Facilitator
TBD - rescheduled
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Stories From the Body Writing Circle
Janelle Hardy (She/Her)
Summit Host, Creator & Teacher of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking
12:30pm-2pm Pacific Time
Day 3/4: Wednesday September 30th
All times are listed in PDT (check your timezone schedule here)
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Getting Started on Your Graphic Memoir
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Spiral Structure for Memoir: Creating Powerful Scenes When Your Story Doesn't Fit the Mold
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Textiles, Truth and Reconciliation: the stories families tell and don't tell about their history
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Hooked from the Start: Crafting a Captivating First Page
Day 4/4: Thursday October 1st
All times are listed in PDT (check your timezone schedule here)
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Shifting Resistance and Writer's Block Using Your Body Workshop
Janelle Hardy (She/Her)
Summit Host, Creator & Teacher of transformational memoir-writing course, The Art of Personal Mythmaking
6am-9am Pacific Time
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The Art of Personal Mythmaking Alumni Reading & Closing Call
Janelle Hardy with Deborah Waas, Sandra J. Edwards, Julie Chantal Thompson & Claire Worch
10:30am-12pm Pacific Time
Post-Festival Integration Call
Thursday October 15th, 9am Pacific Time
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