About the Course

Do you carry a life story within you that yearns to be shared, to inspire, or to transform? Or perhaps you've encountered someone whose powerful journey deserves a wider audience? This course offers a simple yet profoundly effective pattern for turning true-life experiences into a compelling and inspirational memoir. Whether you are writing your own autobiography or collaborating to tell someone else's story, you will learn to go beyond mere facts and capture the very heart of human experience. By the end of this immersive course, you won't just have raw notes; you'll possess the practical skills and the proven framework to transform a life's journey into a polished, publishable manuscript that resonates with readers and leaves a lasting spiritual legacy.  It's time to unlock that story and share it with the world.

Unlock Your Creativity

Discover your inner storyteller and learn how to weave compelling narratives that captivate your readers.

Connect with Others

Join a community of like-minded writers where you can share ideas, provide feedback, and collaborate on creating unforgettable memoirs.

Writing Wisdom

Discover techniques from an award-winning author to bring power to your own stories.

Course Curriculum

8 Chapters · 46 Lessons

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    Chapter 1: Start Here - Learn and Connect

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      About this Course

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      Before You Begin

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      Getting Started

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      Introductions

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    Chapter 2: Core Concepts and Introduction

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      The True-Life Storytelling Process

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      QUIZ: The Process for Writing the True-Life Story

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      Three Main Steps...

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      What Stories Come to Mind?

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    Chapter 3: Gathering Material

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      Gathering Material: The Interview

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      Prepare for Effective Interviewing

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      Gathering Material: Significant Scenes and Stories

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      Identifying the Spiritual Thread and Theme

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      QUIZ: Interviews, Scenes and Threads

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      Interviews - Practice!

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      Gathering Material: The Missing Pieces

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      Research

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      Research allows you...

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    Chapter 4: Organizing Material

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      Organizing Material: Think Hook

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      Think Hook

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      Organizing Material: Think Theme

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      Think Theme.

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      Think Theme Tip Sheet

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      Organizing Material: Think Chronology

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      Organizing Your Material

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      QUIZ: Organizing Material

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    Chapter 5: Writing the Book - Part 1

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      Writing the Book: Voice

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      THEIR Voice

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      Writing the Book: The Prologue

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      Write the Prologue

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      Writing the Book: Telling the Story

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      Finding the Balance - Show AND Tell

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      Writing the Book: The Six Senses

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      QUIZ: The Six Senses

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      Using the Six Senses

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    Chapter 6: Writing Book - Part 2

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      Writing the Book: Dialogue

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      The Dialogue Lab

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      Principles of Narrative Prose

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      Using the Principles of Narrative Prose

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      Writing the Book: Chapter Breaks

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      Writing the Book: The Epilogue

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      QUIZ: Writing the Book

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    Chapter 7: Q&A

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      Webinar Q&As

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      Questions?

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    Chapter 8: Keep Going - Turn Learning Into Impact

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      Explore More

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      Turn Learning Into Impact

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      A Story To Tell: Writing the Collaborative Memoir -- Feedback Form

Meet Your Instructor, Jeanette Windle

Award-winning novelist and missions journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in equatorial South America's guerrilla hot zones, has lived in six countries and traveled in more than 30. Those experiences have birthed 15 fiction and 3 non-fiction titles, including bestselling "Veiled Freedom," a 2010 ECPA Christian Book Award and Christy Award finalist, sequel "Freedom's Stand," a 2012 ECPA Christian Book Award and Carol Award finalist, and Congo Dawn, 2013 Golden Scroll Novel of the Year. Jeanette mentors developing-nation writers in both English and Spanish on all five continents.

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