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Dec 7, 2023Liked by Narratively, Noah Rosenberg

Love to see short memoir.

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We've actually been talking a lot about adding short new memoir pieces. More to come on that front in the new year.

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Thanks, Jean! How short are you thinking? And can you please share an example of a short memoir piece you loved from elsewhere on the internet? That’d be really helpful to us as we think about additional formats for 2024.

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Grief, Relationships, Discovery, Rebirth, Cats

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That's a good list.

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Dec 7, 2023·edited Dec 7, 2023Author

I mean...Grief, Relationships, Discovery, Rebirth, Cats...that's basically all there is to life isn't it! The 5 pillars. Our Life Goes On collection has some great stories about grief, rebirth and more: https://www.narratively.com/t/life-goes-on

And we'll def work on finding some more furry stories to add here!

https://www.narratively.com/t/cats

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Dec 7, 2023Liked by Narratively

Memoir (nothing beats life), crime, the marginalized, LGBTQ, black, hispanic...unfortunately the list is long, death (stories that sit alongside our tales of living), stories that take me into unexplored places in my mind and spirit, shift my paradigm.

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I like short memoir that explores a single question. I write what I call "real-time flash memoir" where I document the full remodel of our home. I explore what it means to build a home when there is always someone missing from the dinner table.

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My own niche is in exploring the complex relationship between art and mental health, particularly the shadow side of how mental health symptoms impact creative content and process. So, that would be a unique theme I'd love to see. More broadly - the shadow side of creativity.

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travel memoir, personal transformation, second half of life...

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Dec 7, 2023Liked by Noah Rosenberg

Insightful, meditative &/or reflective & transformative travel stories.

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Inspiring adventure travel stories are always great.

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I’d love to see more LQBTQ+ as well as full-time nomad/traveler stories. 😊

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Check out our Narratively Pride collection: https://www.narratively.com/t/narratively-pride

Plenty more to come!

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I'd also like to read more full time nomad/traveler stories here, like mine!

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This is a fun collection of stories that are all about finding home -- with a good few nomad pieces! https://www.narratively.com/t/no-place-like-home

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Dec 7, 2023Liked by Noah Rosenberg

How about stories around adoption and finding one’s birth parents, siblings and other family members.

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https://www.narratively.com/t/annals-of-adoption

Hope to have some more for this collection soon!

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How about if readers submit 1000 word (more or less) personal memoir stories?

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Nothing beats memoir, life stories, in all its forms that captivate and make us feel something.

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Two off-beat, if you will, topics I would like to see stories about, topics that are gaining currency are: UFOs (UAPs, the new name) and the JFK Assassination. I myself have a personal memoir posted in Medium about each.

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The way Menopause is talked about (or not), grief, domestic violence

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