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First Look: Our New March Writing Classes Are Live Now!

Want to learn how to verify your family legends, write with a poetic flair, or explore speculative nonfiction? We've got all that and more on tap.

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Brendan Spiegel
Feb 13, 2026
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Happy Friday, everyone! Don’t forget to pop over to the Narratively Academy Chat and share your #WeeklyWin. I’m so excited about this next batch of upcoming Narratively Academy classes—all brand-new ones we’ve never offered before. Speaking of new classes, we do still have a few seats left in our last two February classes: Fiction Writing for the Nonfiction Writer which starts Feb. 19, and How to Write a Memoir with Magical Realism, which starts Feb. 24—plus 31 Days, 31 Revision Prompts starts March 1. OK, on to the new announcements!

Verifying Family Lore

When you set out to memorialize family history and folklore in a memoir, things inevitably get complicated. Verifying these stories certainly improves your final product, but sometimes it can feel like bringing a tape measure to a fish tale. Brad Scriber spent two decades fact-checking articles for National Geographic magazine, and in this two-hour seminar, he’ll provide an overview of how you can effectively fact-check family stori…

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