Little Memoirs

Your Writing, Your Stories, Your Life

 

You’ve been feeling the call to write your own story. To journey into your path as a writer, to explore and express all the wild and wonderful tales that brought you here, to be who you are now.

You’re ready to hone your relationship with words and deepen your conviction as a writer. It’s time to sharpen your writing skills, reflect on the way you choose to tell your life story and connect with yourself and others through the process.

You know sharing yourself with the world matters, and that it’s the ultimate path to intimacy and self-actualization. Writing is something that has been calling you, and you’re now ready to step into.

But where to begin?

It’s likely you’ve been looping a little. Writing here and there. Maybe you’ve committed to a book which right now looks like scribbled notes and half formulated pieces on google docs. Writing calls you, but you haven’t found a structure or pathway that works for you.

A little memoir is a small piece of writing that captures a piece of your story. Some of the ‘Little Memoirs’ I’ve written have expanded to become chapters of my books. Others have ignited massive emotional and narrative completion in my inner worlds. Some have been sweet gifts to send to friends.

Writing is such a powerful process. I would argue it’s one of the most potent pathways for personal transformation. It is creative, it is personal, and it calls you in to ask: How do I choose to tell my story? How do I choose to share who I am?

Across eight weeks you will write six Little Memoirs.

You will benefit from


✓ Embodied Tasks real-world tasks designed to stir the energy, emotion and memory-bank for your writing each week, proving to make you a more dynamic and vivid writer.

✓ Writing Assignments to give you direction and prompt, supporting you to create succinct and directed pieces of work relating to your life journey.

✓ Way With Words writing tips, tricks & tools to make you a stronger and more well-equipped writer.

✓Space to share your work in weekly group zoom calls and a Discord server. You will benefit from being witnessed in your work, witnessing others, and receiving writing feedback from myself and course peers.

“Every offering Yana does is devotion in physical form.” - LN

MEET YANA

Hey, my name is Yana Fay Dzedze. I am a writer, facilitator and I champion the fullness of human expression in this world. I believe our stories matter, so deeply.

Having now written and published two memoirs, The Fire in My Belly & You Came With the Birds, I can attest to the transformational power of words and the writer’s path.

Stories are key to the way we connect, with ourselves and each other. They are the bedrock of intimacy, and the most pivotal form of being seen, heard and felt.

Whether there’s a book in the pipeline, or feel called to dabble deeper with words, Little Memoirs welcomes you into a place of opening and activating the Memoir writing path, actually writing, and getting more confident in your skills and your story along the way. I’d love to have you with us if you do feel the call to join.

  • If your book is Memoir and draws on your own life, I’d say this is one of the best things you can do for yourself. It is an ideal intermediate stage between no book to book. if you’re looking to find flow and clarity in your writing process, and keep your writing sharp, it will definitely support you. And it’s also a great side-writing project if you feel like a bit of ‘fresh air’ from your chapter writing.

  • The first five people to sign up for Little Memoirs gain a bonus 1:1 writing session with me. Otherwise, 1:1 Writing support isn’t part of this package, however I will be offering direct feedback on your work via the Discord Channel which you’re welcome to post in throughout the journey.

  • Yes, the calls will be recorded and replays will be available to this round of participants only.

  • We begin on the 8th January 2024 and run for eight weeks! New modules are released every Monday, and calls happen every Tuesday (alternating times)

  • Call times will be announced closer to the time and will alternative between am and pm to suit various timezones

  • The course itself is hosted via ThriveCart. You will be emailed with weekly module updates, and all communications and feedback will be held in a private Discord channel.