Last Call for "Writing the Zeitgeist: Weaving Pop Culture and Politics Into Timely Essays"
Want to write compelling essays that tap into the cultural moment and get published in major outlets? Join our brand new class this Wednesday.
Some of the most powerful essays published today use a seemingly small cultural moment — a television show, a celebrity, a trend, a viral news story — to illuminate something much larger about the world we live in. But how do you write these pieces in a way that feels insightful rather than reactive? How do you connect the personal, political, and cultural in ways that resonate with readers?
In this brand new workshop with cultural critic Alizah Salario, you’ll learn how to identify compelling cultural entry points, develop your own perspective, and craft essays that engage with the conversations happening around us right now. If you’ve ever read an essay about a current cultural trend or moment and thought, I wish I’d written that, this class may be for you. Class takes places tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15 at 1pm ET and we have just a few seats left, so if you’d like to join, sign up now!
And we have lots more happening at Narratively Academy this week.
Wednesday morning always means it’s time for Writers’ Room, a virtual weekly space dedicated to, well, writing. We check in at the beginning to disclose what we’re planning to get into and again at the end to share how it all went — and we spend the majority of the time working on our own stuff, from fiction to essays to hybrid memoirs.
We host two Writers’ Rooms on Wednesday mornings — at 8am ET / 5am PT and again at 11am ET / 8am PT.
So, set your alarm, sharpen your pencils and get ready to be held accountable and write.
Want to get reminders each week when we’re about to begin Writers’ Room?
8 a.m. ET Writers’ Room: head here to (very easily) sign up for text alerts, and here to add the 8 a.m. ET Writers’ Room to your calendar.
8 a.m. PT Writers’ Room: head here to sign up for text alerts and here to add the 8 a.m. PT Writers’ Room to your cal.
Then on Thursday, join us for a special Open Book live video conversation with Lee Gutkind and Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild.
