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Open Book With the Writer of the Latest 'Modern Love'
Did you read and love Elizabeth Laura Nelson’s second essay in this popular column? Check out the conversation we had with her around writing for the…
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TONIGHT: Advanced Craft Workshop on Finding Your Structure
Struggling to figure out how your memoir or nonfiction story takes shape? In this intimate class, we'll explore a few nontraditional story structures…
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June 2026
This is, Quite Literally, What a Personal Essay Looks Like
In this visual guide from Creative Nonfiction magazine, learn about the basic "shapes" of memoir writing—and achieve a more personal, unique result in…
Jun 30
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Ready to Revise? "A Month of Self-Editing Your Essays" Starts This Week!
This July, our prompts-based class will help you develop a full suite of tools to polish and perfect your first-person writing.
Jun 29
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First Look: Announcing Our Summer 2026 Writing Classes!
Whether you want to sharpen your storytelling craft, tackle timely cultural essays, or explore alternative story structures, our new summer lineup has…
Jun 24
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Brendan Spiegel
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Last Call to Join "Theater Camp for Memoir Writers"
What can memoir writers learn from actors?
Jun 23
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Brendan Spiegel
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Join Our New Section of the 2026 Narratively Book Incubator This Summer!
Want the accountability to finish writing your book? Announcing a new opportunity for up to six writers to receive expert guidance and community support…
Jun 19
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Brendan Spiegel
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Finding Hopefulness in a Majestic English Garden
At a world-famous garden in England, an American volunteer discovers what tending land—and being tended by a community—can restore.
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How I Learned to Externalize the Internal in My Writing
…by borrowing some techniques and thinking from theater.
Jun 17
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Chris Tebbetts
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Personalize Your Narratively Academy Subscription
Your guide to getting everything you want from this writer-centric community...and not getting more emails than you need!
Jun 16
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Brendan Spiegel
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Mini Flash Essay Contest: Tell Us About an Act of Love
We'd like to hear your story, whether someone hired a blimp to tell the whole world they loved you, or surprised you with your a lizard (your dream pet…
Jun 11
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Jesse Sposato
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Writing the Zeitgeist: Weaving Pop Culture + Politics Into Essays
Want to write compelling essays that tap into the cultural moment and get published?
Jun 10
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