I know it’s still summer, but it’s not too early to start thinking about your writing goals for the fall. To help you achieve those goals, We are pleased to announce our full fall course catalog today. Since we launched Narratively Academy earlier this year, over 350 people have taken one of our courses. We’re so excited to bring back some of our sold-out favorites this fall—plus, introduce some brand-new courses with incredible new instructors. And we’re starting with a completely free course! Read on to find the writing course you’ve been looking for, and save 15% by taking advantage of our early bird offer when you sign up for any fall course by August 26 or earlier.
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As a thank you to our great community, we start this round with a completely free course for Narratively readers! The great Caroline Rothstein leads Find your voicean inspirational workshop designed to help you discover what makes your own writing unique and impactful, whether you’re writing a memoir, a novel, articles or a screenplay. I can personally assure you that it’s impossible to leave a session with Caroline without inspiration. Numbers are limited; Register now.
This spring I had the chance to work with a small group of diverse and talented authors in The Longform Feature: Reporting on big stories that demand attention. Many of you have reached out and requested a second part of this sold-out course, which I am delighted to be offering starting September 6th. If you want to write big, exciting long-form stories that get published and delight readers, then join us!
If your end-of-year goal is to write stories that make a difference in the world, this course is for you. Nationally known poet, spoken word artist, and community organizer Nick Courmon leads A pen for the peoplea unique 90-minute seminar that will help you use your writing skills to make change in the world.
This course is one that every writer should take, because it’s time we all got paid to pursue our passion projects! Right now we have 10 spots available in The insider’s guide to writing personal statements and applying for scholarships and residencies with Abeer Hoque, a writer and photographer who has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and others.
We are also excited to bring back another of our sold-out spring courses, Kerra Bolton’s Writing with your ancestors: combining memoirs with family history. Whether you’re working on a series of essays or a memoir, this course will help you connect to your roots, refine your prose, and discover which parts of your story resonate most with readers.
OK, I’m REALLY excited about this book. Narratively Chief Submissions Reader Amy Barnes has read more pitches and story submissions than…maybe anyone on Earth, to be honest? There’s no one better suited to teach a course to help you overcome writer’s block and plan how to build your ideas into full essays. In 30 Days, 30 Essay Topics: A Month of Memoir Inspiration and IdeasAmy will send an inspiring writing prompt every day in October. You’ll take a few minutes each day (or as many days as you’d like to participate) to write something new in response to that prompt. You’ll share your brainstorms with a supportive and encouraging community of writers, and receive feedback from Amy on the ideas that most excite you.
Earlier this year we had the honour of meeting Kavita Das, author of the book Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issuesattend a three-hour seminar. The overwhelming feedback from students was, “Great, but can we please have more of this?” They got it. This October, Kavita will be teaching a seminar. six-week course entitled “How to Write About Social Issues”a workshop-based course designed to help writers tackle all the thorny issues involved in writing articles, essays, and opinion pieces about humanity’s most pressing problems.
Every writer spends an inordinate amount of time on the first lines, and if we didn’t have deadlines, we would probably spend forever rewriting those first lines. this very entertaining seminar, Author Lorraine Allen shows you how to grab the attention of editors, agents, and readers by crafting opening lines that no one will ever forget. There are only 15 spots available in this hands-on course, so sign up now.
Great personal essays can break the internet and resonate with readers around the world, but they’re also some of the hardest things to write. This intensive five-week workshop with Caroline RothsteinStudents learn how to write compelling personal essays about the experiences that matter most to them.
One of our most popular courses is The art of writing a non-fiction book that reads like a novel, and we’re excited to announce that Audrey Clare Farley will be returning to teach another course in the fall. “Audrey has a rare ability to listen to each of her students, understand their goals and questions, and help find pathways for our projects,” writes one student in this class. If you’re looking to tackle a major nonfiction or memoir book project this fall, this course is for you.
Are you looking for a creative way to take your memoir writing to the next level? Writing just one page of a narrative provides a powerful opening, a place for the audience to engage and fill in what is left unsaid. Yet this powerful form, regularly used in theater, film, and television, is often forgotten when writing personal essays and memoirs. In Use monologues to boost your memoir writingA three-hour intensive workshop, Rebecca Evans helps writers explore innovative methods to enhance their memoir writing through the use of monologues.
This is the new class that has been requested by you more than anything else. How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal That SellsNarratively Contributing Editor Shawna Kenney, who has published an award-winning memoir, written two nonfiction books, and edited an anthology, will show you how to write a compelling book proposal. Only 10 spots are available for this hands-on four-week workshop, so don’t hesitate to sign up.
Finally, we are delighted to welcome Kristina Gaddy – celebrated author, essayist and editor at the literary magazine TRUE — Leading this craft-oriented seminar called Reporting the personal essay. If you’re working on your memoir or a personal essay that you want to infuse with original reporting and research, this is a course you won’t want to miss.
Questions? Email us at [email protected] and don’t forget to use code EARLY at checkout to get 15% off any course when you sign up by August 26th.
