• ongoing access to our ever-growing content library, exclusive member resources, instructional videos, handouts, and assignments
• monthly live instruction by Patricia Charpentier, owner and founder of Writing Your Life and Life Writers
• participation in regular live group sessions via simple online conferencing
• accountability, support, and encouragement as part of a three-person buddy group
• helpful feedback on stories
• 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
• an online forum to connect with fellow Life Writers members
• and more

Plus, a VIP Membership includes opportunities to:

• monthly, one-on-one feedback sessions with Patricia to obtain expert advice on your stories
• monthly, VIP-member-only feedback groups where members review and provide useful insight into your story
• complimentary admission to Writing Your Life classes and workshops

Once we receive your registration, we will send you an email with details about the start of the session, including the date and time of our launch party and orientation. You will also receive a link to sign in to the Life Writers website, set up your profile, watch the Help videos, introduce yourself to your fellow members, and begin the Get Started Roadmap.

Your membership automatically renews annually or every four months, 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 continue your membership when you see how much progress you make with Life Writers.

Unfortunately, no. Because of how the Life Writers program is structured, the minimum commitment is a four-month session.

The Life Writers membership is broken into four-month sessions:

• February through May
• June through September
• October through January

Each new session begins at the start of February, June, and October with regular weekly meetings held on Tuesday evenings (ET) thereafter.

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 specifically selected to support and encourage one another throughout the four-month session. 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.

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. None of these tasks are difficult, and we provide you with detailed instructions on how to do each.

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

If you try out the program, use its features, complete the assignments, and actively participate in the live events 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.

If your subscription renews every four months, you must cancel fourteen days before the start of the next session, which begins on February 1, June 1, or October 1.

If your subscription renews annually, you must cancel fourteen days before the next annual billing, which occurs before the start of the next session begins

For more details, please refer to our Automatic Renewing Subscription 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.