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I also run workshops for those who would like to write their story themselves, but need a bit of help to get started, or perhaps revive a project that got stuck. Writing your story can be incredibly therapeutic, even if no-one’s ever going to read it but you.
Part 1 Planning and Organising Telling every detail of your life story would take . . . a lifetime! And more than likely make your reader put the book down within a few pages. So in a Write your Own Life Story Workshop we start with how to make those important decisions about what to include and what to leave out, and how to structure your narrative in a way that will make your reader want to keep turning the page.
Part 2: Bringing your story to life The best memoirs bring the author’s story to life on the page, immersing the reader in the story, just like a novel. So Part 2 of the workshop introduces a range of techniques drawn from fiction writing such as how to use sensory details and dialogue.
To book a workshop for your group or organisation,  07849 208924  or  penny@lifestorywriter.co.uk Or if you’d rather just dive in and give it a go, visit my Facebook page, Life Story Writer Shropshire, for free tips and tricksto help you get started - and finish!
A Write your own Life Story’ workshop is packed with practical activities and useful information to help you elevate your story beyond a dry account of the facts to a compelling story that your family and friends won’t be able to put down. The workshop is divided into two parts:
 Penny McCarthy 2025 Privacy Policy
Workshops
As well as writing clients’ stories for them, I also run workshops for those who would like to write their story themselves, but need a bit of help to get started, or perhaps revive a project that got stuck. Writing your story can be incredibly therapeutic, even if no-one’s ever going to read it but you.
Part 1 Planning and Organising Telling every detail of your life story would take . . . a lifetime! And more than likely make your reader put the book down within a few pages. So in a Write your Own Life Story Workshop we start with how to make those important decisions about what to include and what to leave out, and how to structure your narrative in a way that will make your reader want to keep turning the page.
Part 2: Bringing your story to life The best memoirs bring the author’s story to life on the page, immersing the reader in the story, just like a novel. So Part 2 of the workshop introduces a range of techniques drawn from fiction writing such as how to use sensory details and dialogue.
To book a workshop for your group or organisation,  07849 208924  or  penny@lifestorywriter.co.uk Or if you’d rather just dive in and give it a go, visit my Facebook page, Life Story Writer Shropshire, for free tips and tricksto help you get started - and finish!
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 Penny McCarthy 2025 Privacy Policy
Associate of the Society of Authors Link
Workshops
As well as writing clients’ stories for them, I also run workshops for those who would like to write their story themselves, but need a bit of help to get started, or perhaps revive a project that got stuck. Writing your story can be incredibly therapeutic, even if no-one’s ever going to read it but you.
Part 1 Planning and Organising Telling every detail of your life story would take . . . a lifetime! And more than likely make your reader put the book down within a few pages. So in a Write your Own Life Story Workshop we start with how to make those important decisions about what to include and what to leave out, and how to structure your narrative in a way that will make your reader want to keep turning the page.
Part 2: Bringing your story to life The best memoirs bring the author’s story to life on the page, immersing the reader in the story, just like a novel. So Part 2 of the workshop introduces a range of techniques drawn from fiction writing such as how to use sensory details and dialogue.
To book a workshop for your group or organisation,  07849 208924  or  penny@lifestorywriter.co.uk Or if you’d rather just dive in and give it a go, visit my Facebook page, Life Story Writer Shropshire, for free tips and tricksto help you get started - and finish!