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What I Learned From a Life Spent Leaving
By a longtime adventure writer who lived it hard, did the work, and learned how to stay
 • Brad Wetzler
The Wild Intelligence of the Natural World
How an encounter with a great horned owl at 65 mph helped me understand that everything is alive
 • Brad Wetzler
Start Here: Welcome to Seeking.
Welcome to Seeking
 • Brad Wetzler
Read what The New York Post, fellow authors, and my memoir writing students say about my book and my teaching
“Brad Wetzler’s Into the Soul of the World is a quest for healing, one adventure at a time.”
 • Brad Wetzler
My memoir: Into the Soul of the World
This powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist’s story of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and…
 • Brad Wetzler

Memoir School

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Start Here: Welcome to Memoir School
There is a moment when a person decides that their story matters enough to place on the page.
 • Brad Wetzler
12:39
Memoir School with Brad Wetzler: The Three Voices of Memoir
A recording from Brad Wetzler's live video
 • Brad Wetzler
4:53
The Keys to Great Storytelling: Desire, Struggle, & Realization
Here’s the simple secret to great memoir and storytelling: Desire/Struggle/Realization.
 • Brad Wetzler
7:04
End Procrastination! Lean into the Story.
Suffering from procrastination in your memoir writing?
 • Brad Wetzler
7:49
Four Types of Storytelling in Memoir
Brad Wetzler, author of “Into the Soul of the World” (Hachette Go, 2023), discusses four types of storytelling that will help your memoir be more…
 • Brad Wetzler
11:06
How to Use the Hero's Journey in Memoir
Brad Wetzler, author of “Into the Soul of the World” (Hachette, 2023), reveals how to use the hero’s journey to structure your memoir.
 • Brad Wetzler
3:30
The Importance of "Earning the Tell" in Memoir
In this video, published memoirist and longtime memoir editor and coach Brad Wetzler discusses the concept called “earn the tell.” He explains how…
 • Brad Wetzler
12:40
Two Pillars of Memoir
Brad Wetzler, author of “Into the Soul of the World” (Hachette, 2023) reveals his secrets for writing an empowered memoir.
 • Brad Wetzler
6:19
A Memoirist and Memoir Editor's Journey
Memoir Writing Tips is a writing instructional video series presented by Brad Wetzler, author, journalist, award-winning editor, book writing coach, and…
 • Brad Wetzler
6:30
Know Your Memoir's "Why"
Author, editor, and writing coach Brad Wetzler discusses the Intentional Arc.
 • Brad Wetzler
26:01
How to Structure Your Memoir
Memoir Writing Tips is a writing instructional video series presented by Brad Wetzler, author, journalist, award-winning editor, book writing coach, and…
 • Brad Wetzler
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Memoir Tips: The Magic Forumula (V.A.S.T.)
 • Brad Wetzler

Recent posts

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Every memoir begins with a moment that changes everything and asks to be understood.
A white dove struck my windshield yesterday morning and left behind the dusty imprint of wings.
 • Brad Wetzler
The World Is Wilder Than You Can Imagine
How three teenagers and a Jimi Hendrix song broke through the loneliest night of my life.
 • Brad Wetzler
Love Is the Only Real Rebellion
Faith steadies us. Doubt keeps us honest. But only love can bind us back together in these violent times.
 • Brad Wetzler
I’ve Been Learning How Longing Moves through Us Like a River—and How to Follow It
The Current That Won't Let Go
 • Brad Wetzler
The Moment I Knew I Had to Start Telling My Truth
For anyone who’s lived a beautiful, complicated story and knows it’s time to write it down in a memoir. Is that you?
 • Brad Wetzler
Don’t Hide Your Soul
A note for writers—and spiritual beginners—on honesty, aliveness, and not disappearing
 • Brad Wetzler
How I Deal with My Fear of the Blank Page
In both writing and life
 • Brad Wetzler
The Story on Everest
A new excerpt from my memoir, "Into the Soul of the World"
 • Brad Wetzler
Finding Your Voice in Writing and Life
Do you write to know yourself?
 • Brad Wetzler
Yoga and Recovery (and a Podcast Guest Appearance)
Talking psych-med addiction, materialistic worldviews, devotion, and laying ourselves bare in order to heal with J Brown of "J Brown Yoga Talks"
 • Brad Wetzler
Embracing A Humble Faith
How I Learned to Love the F-Word (and How You Can Too)
 • Brad Wetzler
What's your relationship to "the holy"?
This is Enlightened-ish with Brad Wetzler, my weekly dispatch about how we can brave the wilderness of these tough, post-modern, hyper-capitalist…
 • Brad Wetzler
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