• new-member orientation sessions
• answers to your writing questions
• weekly group writing sessions
• ongoing access to our ever-growing content library, exclusive member resources, instructional videos, handouts, and assignments
• handouts, outlines, worksheets, charts, etc., to support your learning
• participation in regular live group sessions via simple online conferencing
• accountability, support, and encouragement as part of a two/three-person buddy group
• helpful feedback on stories
• a thriving, supportive, encouraging community where everyone helps each other
• and more

During registration, you will create a user ID and password. Afterward, we will send you an email with details about how to access Life Writers and encourage you to begin working through the Get Started Roadmap, look around the site to see what’s there, and plan to join us every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. ET.

Your membership automatically renews monthly, every three months, or annually, depending upon the option you select.

You can cancel your membership at any time. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for full details.

However, Life Writers Community members love the program and continue to find value, month after month. We believe you’ll want to remain a member when you see how much progress you make in the Life Writers Community.

Yes, you can. You can select the monthly Life Writers Community option, and your membership will renew each month until you cancel.

Life Writers offers live sessions via Zoom on Tuesday evenings. Here is the current schedule:

• first Tuesday – First Tuesday Write and Read – This is not an exclusive Life Writers Community event, but many members enjoy this monthly activity.
• second Tuesday – meet with your Life Writers Community buddies, review your stories, get help, or just enjoy catching up. What you do with this time is up to you and your buddies.
• third Tuesday – enjoy a rotating schedule of fun activities, including Five Questions, Book Share, Share What You Know, and more.
• fourth Tuesday – attend a Q&A with Patricia Charpentier, participate in a discussion of one member’s story, and receive feedback on your story submitted a week in advance.
• fifth Tuesday – when we have a fifth Tuesday, it’s Open Mic Night where members read their stories to the group.
• every Wednesday – two hours where Life Writers Community members come together to write individually within a group.

You can devote as much or as little time as you’d like to Life Writers.

The activities within the Life Writers Community vary week-to-week. Should you wish to participate fully, you can expect to invest an average of three to four hours per week of live meetings, video lessons, assignments, and connecting with your buddy group, in addition to the time you choose to set aside to write your personal stories. But you can pick and choose where you want to invest your time.

Not at all. While life story, memoir, and family history are the primary focus of all Writing Your Life offerings, we also acknowledge that good writing is good writing, no matter the genre.

Whether you are crafting poems, fictional stories, or creative nonfiction, the elements of engaging text are all the same. The Life Writers Community exposes its members to devices such as dialogue, crafting scenes, characterization, and more that enhance all writing.

A buddy group is composed of two or three writers selected to support and encourage one another. You may share your writing and assignments with your buddies to receive feedback and suggestions, as well as help hold one another accountable to meet your individual writing intentions. Buddy groups are a great way to cultivate friendships and stay connected while writing—an otherwise isolating endeavor.

Soon after you register, we will pair you with other writers in the Life Writers Community.

Absolutely not.

Ultimately, members need to be comfortable using technology, including email, basic word processing, Zoom video conferencing, navigating the Life Writers Community website, posting assignments, and commenting on the Life Writers Community website, all of which we can show you how to do.

The Life Writers Community also provides written instructions and numerous help videos that show you how to accomplish these tasks successfully.

None of these are difficult, and before long, you’ll be able to do everything you need to with your eyes closed.

The Life Writers Community is risk-free to you because it’s backed by a thirty-day, money-back guarantee.

If you try out the program and find the Life Writers Community is not a good fit for you, email us before the end of your first thirty days of membership, and we will refund your subscription fee. However, we know once you experience the Life Writers Community, you’ll be excited to stay and see what you can accomplish.

If you are past your first thirty days, you may cancel your membership renewal on your My Account page, but you will not receive a refund for the unused portion of your membership fee.

Your membership will automatically renew on the date you signed up either one, three, or twelve months later. If you wish to cancel, you must do so before that date to avoid being charged.

For more details, please refer to the Automatically Renewing Subscription section in Terms and Conditions.

You have full access to all the content as long as you are a member.

If you cancel your membership, you lose access to all content.

For more details, please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

Absolutely! You simply re-register as a new member at the current membership rate, and you will once again have full access to all membership content.