The Memoir Workshop

The Memoir Workshop

Since embarking upon my memoir a good number of years ago, it has been my goal to run a number of workshops to enable others to consider writing theirs.

With the publication of mine during August 2025, that time has now come 😊

My hunch had always been that putting a memoir together would enable a number of things for me. These range from making sense of my life to date, to feeling the release that comes through “telling my story.”

The effect was almost instantaneous. Releasing my story as a trilogy, with each book uploaded about a week apart, mercifully gave me a gentle ramp into the near euphoria that followed. I walk that little bit taller. I have back an energy that I have not felt for some considerable time.

So there is a large part of me that wants to bottle the effect and hand it to anyone who would like it, or who needs it.

Recently discovering a course being run at Newton Dee entitled: Biographical Counselling, now makes complete sense to me and I shall soon explore possibly joining a future cohort.

In the interim, I now feel wholly suited to running a workshop in which to support and enable others wishing to “tell their story.”

This workshop will be an optimal blend of:

- A Memoir Workbook

- Excerpts from the Art of Writing Memoir by Natalie Goldberg

- A treatise on how I put a memoir together

This workshop will be held as follows:

- Location: www.rnuc.org.uk 9 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, Scotland. AB10 1YE.

- Day and Date: Wednesday 8 October 2025

- Timing: 10am to 5pm

- Price: £250

- Including a sumptuous lunch at 1pm from the Club menu, plus refreshments throughout the day

Delegates will also receive:

- A copy of The Memoir Workbook by C S Lakin

- A number of worksheets, guides and exercises

- A “Red and Black” Notebook

- A USB Flash Drive pre-loaded with articles and guides to support, enable, enthuse and motivate 😊

- A copy of my trilogy:

o Under an African Sky

o From Under An African Sky

o Beyond an African Sky

Reserving Your Place

Booking your place can be done by email, SMS, phone or Eventbrite

Payment can be direct to our account (details on request), via Eventbrite or PayPal - Reference MemWriteWksp

We hope to see your there. Vic@businessworkout.com Tel: +44 790 3333 004

Curriculum

Stories are powerful, and humans have been telling stories since the dawn of time.

Do you feel driven to share what you’ve gone through and the insights you’ve learned in life? Do you long to tell your story but don’t know where to start?

The Memoirs Workshop will take you, step by step, through all you need to know to write a powerful and moving memoir,

You’ll mine your memories and begin to put them in a coherent order inside the pages of your workbook. Passages from memoirs and writing prompts will help you get your creative juices flowing.

Whether you want to publish your story or write it for yourself, your family or others, this unique workshop will help you learn the most effective ways to convey your life experiences onto the page.

You will learn the following essential aspects to memoir writing:

• How to identify your unique story as well as the things that make your story universal
• The many ways memoir can be structured, with examples to help you decide how to lay out your story
• How to determine a beginning and an ending point
• Ways to bring your story to life with sensory detail
• What “voice” is and why it’s important to write from the “mature self”
• How to craft distilled dialogue that is engaging and sounds natural
• How to protect yourself and others when you write your memoir
• What theme is and why you need one
• How to pick an appropriate title for your memoir

Writing a memoir is a journey of the heart. This Memoir Workshop will throw light along your path, from start to finish.

We look forward to welcoming you on the day.

Please also email us a note of anything you would like to be included in the workshop and we shall do our very best to accommodate you.