Writing your memoir without first knowing your memoir's unique message is to waste precious writing time.

You will spend weeks, even months, writing in the wrong direction.

Are you writing in the wrong direction, even going in circles with your memoir?

If you are writing your memoir simply filling page after page with eighty thousand words about your life, you are writing in the wrong direction.

Unfortunately, most struggling first-time writers of memoir make the mistake of simply sitting down to write. BUT, without FIRST knowing your unique message—what the promise is of your memoir, and the transformational journey you are offering your reader—you will be clueless about your story's direction and who you are writing for. In fact, you will waste months typing away and end up with a memoir that likely goes in circles and doesn't speak to anyone. 

That's why I have developed the Create Your Memoir Blueprint | From Premise to Promise Course which will guide you to your unique message and walk you through key components you need to know before you pick up a pen or start to click away on your keyboard.

Create Your Memoir Blueprint

The First Frame of The Concise Memoir Writing System

Get started with this first step. A comprehensive video course with a complete workbook to keep everything in one place for easy reference.
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Course Reviews

  • Cynthia | Ontario, Canada

    Brenda, your course is excellent. This is one of, if not, the best course I have seen. The format works really well. You understand attention span and I never once checked how much video was left. Your presentation skills are impeccable. I never had a "what did she say?" moment. I am totally clear about what needs to be said, and more importantly, what doesn't need to be said.

  • Kathy | Georgia, USA

    Brenda, this is a great course. You kept putting my feet to the fire, and so I went deeper in understanding what my book is about than any other course I have ever done.

  • Colette | BC, Canada

    The blueprint does work! I had a hot mess of information for my memoir but instinctively knew I wasn't putting it together correctly. It was so frustrating. Because of your course, I now know how to organize my material and why some scenes can be part of the memoir or why others don't belong.

  • Jeanne Krieg | Author of Seeing Red

    Going through this course helped me clear the cobwebs! You made it very concise, simple, and clear in only the way you can teach it. Thank you so much for this course. Because you made it simple, it made me dig a little deeper and I started writing again! You have a winning course on your hands.

  • Christie Christiaens | Author of Wager on Forever

    I love your course, Brenda - and it is not only for beginners. I'm on the second draft of my memoir and going through the course is helping me to hone the message of my memoir even more!

  • Glenn | Israel

    Brenda, I listened to your video on the 'potential reader' in the bookstore episode of your Blueprint Your Memoir course and finally (after years of doubt) understood that question - Who are you writing for? I filled-in the worksheet in a flurry of realization of who my reader is and of how important that question is for my memoir. Thank youI

Common Memoir Writing Mistakes I See!

Ones that the Blueprint Course will clear up for you.

If you are writing your memoir not knowing:

  • the role you play as the lead character in your memoir,
  • the #1 structure that will make your memoir a winner,
  • the unique message and lens of your memoir,
  • the universal truth that your memoir speaks to,
  • how to write for the reader and not for yourself,
  • what the transformation is in your memoir, or
  • how to put your voice on the page ... then you are writing blind.


Create Your Memoir Blueprint | From Premise to Promise and shave months, if not years, off your writing journey.

This course is for you if:
  • you are a seasoned writer but new to memoir,
  • you know how to write but are unclear as to what your memoir is really about,
  • you are stuck and need to be inspired to get writing again,
  • you want to make sure you have all your bases covered, or
  • you are a beginner writer.


Don't waste anymore time trying to find your own way.

Don't be stalled, frustrated or confused:

When you can Create your Memoir Blueprint | From Premise to Promise instead.

  • Stop Writing in Circles

    Without a clear message for your memoir, chances are you are writing in circles. You are writing reams of memories that aren't going anywhere or you are getting stuck. Either way, you are lost. Do this instead—get clear on your memoir's message.

  • Get Clear on Your Message

    Say good-bye to futile circles. Once you know your unique message, you will have your story's direction: straight and true. You'll know where your story starts, where it ends, and how you get there. You'll know why you care about this story—and why the reader should care too.

  • And Get it Done

    Imagine this—Author. Your name on the cover of your book. Trust me that dream isn't just for others, it's for your too. But it isn't going to happen on its own, you need to do the work of writing your memoir the right way. I can help you with that.

By the time you finish this course

You'll have blueprinted:

PART 1: Your unique message: Why you want to write your memoir, who it is for, and the universal truth it speaks to. You'll know the core themes and the unique value you bring to writing your story. 

PART 2: Your memoir's outline: The eight components of the premise of your memoir, your memoir's promise, and the chronological structure of your memoir. Know exactly what your memoir is about and what you are offering the reader.  

PART 3: Your memoir's progression and transformation: Know your plot, story, and character arc, and the difference between the three. You'll have identified the problem you are going to solve and three other characters that are central to your story. 

Save yourself oodles of frustration and future lost time. 

Let me guide you. 

We'll get your unique message and your blueprint sorted in next to no-time.

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