This is Where You Transform Your Story into a Healing Journey for Others
Inside Memoir on a Mission, a four-week live journey where you'll start shaping your lived experience into something meaningful. You'll leave with clarity, confidence, and the real sense that your story can become someone else's lifeline.
October 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2026
Tuesdays | 6:00–7:30 pm Pacific
/ 9:00–10:30 pm Eastern
You carry a story.
It lives in you—built from what you found after loss, addiction, illness, or a life shift that changed how you see everything.
You’ve done the hard work of healing. And now something new is stirring: you want to share what you’ve learned.
You wonder if your story could help someone else walking a similar path.
But you’re stuck in the in-between.
The story lives in you, but it won’t come out clearly. Journals pile up. Drafts stall.
The doubt creeps in:
Who am I to write a memoir? Is it too late? Does my story even matter?
Your story isn't self-indulgent.
It's someone else's survival guide.
Great memoirs don’t just recount an experience.
They become sources of hope, offering wisdom through lived truth.
Think of Untamed by Glennon Doyle, Wild by Cheryl Strayed, or Dear Black Girls by A’ja Wilson.
These are great stories, and they’re also medicine.
In this live online course, Hierophant Publishing Senior Editor Hilary T. Smith will help you start crafting a memoir that does more than share your story—it helps others heal and rewrite their own.
Memoir on a Mission is the bridge between your healing and your contribution—a structured path to share your truth with care and confidence.
What You'll Learn Inside the Program
WEEK ONE
Class 1: Discovering Your Mission
Not every part of your story needs to be told, but the right parts can change lives. This class helps you move through the initial overwhelm and clarify exactly who your story is for, and why it matters.
You’ll learn how to:
- Define the true scope of your memoir so your story feels focused and manageable.
- Identify your ideal reader and write directly to the person who most needs your insight.
- Sharpen your core message so it acts as a beacon for your reader—and for you.
- Let go of competing narratives that keep you stuck and reclaim your through-line.
WEEK TWO
Class 2: Shaping Your Story
A meaningful story isn’t always linear, but it does need shape. This class gives you a clear structure to transform lived experience into a narrative that reads with clarity and purpose.
You’ll learn how to:
- Hook your reader from the first page with emotional immediacy and resonance.
- Choose the structure that best serves your story’s truth.
- Find the organizing principle that ties your experiences together.
- Highlight the moments that reveal your most profound transformations.
WEEK THREE
Class 3: Writing with Purpose
Memoir becomes powerful when personal healing transforms into public service. This class shows you how to write what happened, what it meant, and what it offers to others.
You’ll learn how to:
- Extract meaningful insight from your lived experience.
- Balance vivid scenes with reflection so your story guides, not just tells.
- Offer tangible takeaways that meet your reader in their moment of need.
- Shift from writing for catharsis to writing as a sacred act of service
WEEK FOUR
Class 4: Writing with Care
& Integrity
When your story involves others, or may be seen as a guide, you need more than courage. You need an ethical framework that lets you write with both honesty and compassion.
You’ll learn how to:
- Navigate sensitive topics without causing harm.
- Balance vulnerability with personal authority and narrative control.
- Consider your reader’s emotional reality without self-censoring.
- Write truthfully while honoring the complexity of your story and your relationships.
Addressing Your Quiet Concerns
“I’ve taken writing classes before—what makes this different?”
Most writing classes focus on craft or self-expression. This one is specifically about turning your experience into something that helps other people going through similar things. That's a different skill.
“I’m afraid of hurting people or saying too much.”
You’ll learn how to write with boundaries and integrity. We’ll never ask you to tell more than feels right.
“What if I’m not ready?”
You might not be. But "ready" doesn't mean having it all figured out. If you've got a story that won't leave you alone and you want help figuring out what to do with it, that's enough.
Meet Your Teacher—the Editor Behind Our Bestselling Books
Hilary T. Smith
Senior Editor at Hierophant Publishing • Memoir guide for the sacred and complex
Hilary has spent nearly two decades helping people tell the truth on the page—with clarity, care, and deep respect for their lived experience. As Senior Editor at Hierophant Publishing, she’s worked closely with authors across genres of spiritual growth and personal transformation—stories that require great care to tell well.
If you’re carrying something that feels too big, too messy, or too important to get wrong, Hilary knows how to meet you there—and help you write from that place with integrity.
Bestselling Books Edited by Hilary
Rhonda McCrimmon
Author, Cauldron and Drum
Staring at a woefully blank page with brain fog, I heard my email ping. I'm glad I chose to read it. Hilary appeared like a literary lifeline, helping me shape my teachings into a coherent narrative. I learned storytelling, pacing, structure, all through watching how Hilary edited and co-created my book with me.
Rhonda's best-selling book Cauldron and Drum was published by Hierophant Publishing with Hilary as her editor.
Class Dates & TImes
in October 2026.
Each session is 90 minutes and includes teaching, guided reflection,
and space to ask questions.
Can’t attend live? No problem. All sessions are recorded, and you’ll have access to the replays for six months.
Your investment
Cohort pricing tiers
$199
or two payments of $99.50, paid monthly. Available at checkout.
- Four live 90-minute classes with Hilary Smith
- Recordings of every session to keep for 6 months
- Direct feedback on your work from Hilary
Guarantee
Come to Week 1. If the work isn’t a fit by the end of that first session, write to us, and we’ll refund you (minus the 3.5% booking fee). No questions asked.
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FAQS
Replays will be available for each class, and you’ll have access to them for six months.
Probably not—and that’s not the goal. This course is about giving you the structure and clarity to begin (or begin again) with confidence. You’ll leave with a strong foundation, a clearer sense of direction, and the tools to keep going at your own pace.
Not at all. This course is designed for people with lived experience, not literary credentials. If you’ve journaled, reflected, or simply carried a story inside you, you already have what you need. Your truth is your authority.
You’re not alone. Many students come in with partial drafts, scattered notes, or years of emotional circling. This course provides the structure, support, and ethical clarity to finally move forward with purpose.
Hilary created Memoir on a Mission with emotional safety in mind. She won’t push you to share more than feels right. Instead, she’ll guide you to discern what’s essential and how to tell it carefully for yourself and your readers.
This is one of the most common concerns—and it’s precisely why this course exists. We’ll guide you in setting boundaries, navigating ethical storytelling, and writing your truth with compassion and care.
No. Some students write to publish, others to find closure, and many to offer their story as a private or shared resource for healing. You define what completion means to you.
This work asks something tender of you, and we don’t take that lightly. If you join and find within the first 7 days that this course doesn’t feel like the right container, reach out. We’ll offer a refund (minus the 3.5% booking fee), no questions asked. Because the decision to share your story should never add to your burden—it should help you lift it.
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