I'm Running a Four-Day Sprint Next Week to Help You Write Your Memoir

I'm running The Story Frame Sprint next week with one simple outcome in mind: walk away with one complete, polished memoir story and a full 30-chapter memoir outline — in four days, one hour each.

Every person who has ever told me they want to write a memoir already has one.

Not written. Not outlined. But there — rattling around, half-formed, showing up in the middle of other conversations when something triggers a memory, and they say, out loud, "I should really write that down."

Those writers meet three criteria.

They have a life they've lived.

They have people who want to read about it.

And they've been meaning to write it down for longer than they'd care to admit.

That's all you need.

But too many of us are waiting for:

An MFA or formal writing training. A block of uninterrupted time that doesn't exist. A life dramatic enough to justify a memoir. The feeling that they're finally ready.

You don't need more time, more inspiration, or a better chair.

You don't need to wait until the kids are older, the job is less demanding, or the stars align in a configuration that finally feels right for sitting down and telling the truth about your life.

You have the material. You have the desire. You have people in you lives who would read every word. What you don't have is a system that takes it all and turns it into something finished.

Let me tell you the thing nobody in the writing world says.

Writing has nothing to do with having "stories," with reading, or with waiting.

Writing your memoir isn't about talent.

t's about structure.

And structure becomes a finished story when you have:

One framework that shows you exactly what to write next.

One guided sprint where you write it live.

Feedback, alongside other writers doing the same thing.

One outlined memoir, so when the sprint ends, you're not back at zero.

With just four hours total.

Here's how it works:

First, you'll learn the Story Frame — the five-part structure that eliminates the blank page. Once it's in your body, you stop waiting to feel ready. You start.

Second, you'll write the story. By Day 3, you'll have a complete, polished twelve-hundred-word story that didn't exist four days before.

Third, you'll map the memoir—all thirty chapters, outlined and waiting for you.

I keep the sprint at 12 writers so I can give feedback to everyone.

Four days. One hour each. $297.

The Story Frame Sprint starts March 9th at 9 am PST.

Reply with "I'm ready," and I'll send you enrollment details.

Happy telling!

-Carlos

P.S. There's an optional Day 5 — Memoir Café — where you read your completed story aloud to the cohort—included free. Twelve spots. Sprint starts Sunday.