Narratively Academy Class Enrollment is Now Open to All!
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Dear Readers,
Earlier this week we announced the exciting lineup for our first ever Narratively Academy writing classes. As of right this moment, registration for these classes is open to everyone. Keep reading for a rundown of what we have on tap.
If your New Year’s resolution is to finally start writing your memoir in 2024, don’t miss Telling Your Story: The 60-Minute Seminar for Kickstarting Your Memoir. Kern Carter is an incredibly motivating and nurturing writing coach with a commitment to supporting diverse voices and mentoring emerging writers. This inspiring one-hour seminar will have you ready to tackle that memoir, pronto.
And how about that big book project you promised yourself you’d finish this year? Audrey Clare Farley is leading an 8-week workshop-based class on The Art of Writing a Nonfiction Book That Reads Like a Novel. Audrey is the author of The Unfit Heiress, currently in development as a scripted TV series with a major actress and producer attached, and Girls and Their Monsters, named a New York Times Editors’ Pick. In this intimate, hands-on class, students will get the chance to workshop their own nonfiction book project and learn all about how to get it published.
If you’ve always wanted to write a big, epic story — for Narratively or another publication — The Longform Feature: Reporting Big Stories That Demand Attention is the class for you. Over 10 weeks in this hybrid class / mentorship program, you’ll develop an ambitious reported story while receiving personalized feedback and instruction at each stage: your ideas and pitches, the research and reporting process, interviewing, story structure, writing a draft and more.
Narratively Contributing Editor Shawna Kenney, who has successfully sold articles everywhere from The New York Times to Ms. magazine to Vice, plus countless other outlets over her illustrious decades-long freelance writing career, will teach The Insider’s Guide to Pitching Top Publications. This intensive three-hour seminar will give you all the tools you need to write winning pitches that editors will assign. If you’re ready to kick your freelance writing career into high gear, this class is a must.
Finally, one of the things we’ve heard most consistently from writers is that you want the chance to get personalized feedback on your work. So, as part of Narratively Academy, we’re very pleased to offer a brand new service: Narratively Critiques. Whether you’d like feedback on your short piece, a 5,000-word story or your entire book, we’re ready to dive in. This service is open to anyone, whether you’re a professional journalist or a first-time writer. Just send us your work and we’ll get back to you with an in-depth developmental edit, including specific notes throughout, a detailed overall plan for perfecting your story (or larger project), and a one-on-one phone consultation with you to discuss and answer your questions.
We’re offering an introductory special of 15 percent off all critiques.
Questions? Not sure which class is right for you? Don’t see what you’re looking for and want to suggest a different class we should offer? Want to teach a class yourself? Drop us a line: academy@narratively.com.