• monthly new-member orientation sessions
• deep dive into the writing craft
• 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
• live instruction by Patricia Charpentier, owner and founder of Writing Your Life and Life Writers
• 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
• close reading of a published memoir
• helpful feedback on stories
• monthly goals/intentions check-in call
• answers to your writing questions and topical discussions in the Writers CAFE twice per month
• 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 add your info to the member directory, begin working through the Get Started Roadmap, and look around the site to see what’s there.

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

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

However, Life Writers 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 Life Writers.

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

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

• first Tuesday – First Tuesday Write and Read – This is not an exclusive Life Writers event, but many members enjoy this monthly activity.
• second Tuesday – Writers CAFE, which includes a book discussion and the exploration of writing-related topics.
• third Tuesday – master class given by Patricia Charpentier, owner/founder of Writing Your Life and Life Writers.
• fourth Tuesday – Writers CAFE followed by a session where members receive feedback on their stories.
• every Wednesday – Two hours where Life Writers come together to write individually within a  group.

All sessions are recorded with replays available within forty-eight to seventy-two hours.

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

The activities within Life Writers vary somewhat week-to-week. Should you wish to participate fully, you can expect to invest an average of two to three 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.

Not at all. While life story, memoir, and family history are the primary focus of Writing Your Life, 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. Life Writers 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, you will answer some questions we use to pair you with other writers with similar writing goals, interests, and skill levels.

Absolutely not.

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

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

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

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

If you try out the program, yet find Life Writers 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 Life Writers, 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 will simply re-register as a new member at the current membership rate, and you will once again have full access to all membership content.