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What It Took to Write the Personal Essay That’s Setting the Web on Fire
Jenisha Watts, a senior editor at The Atlantic, penned a phenomenal piece that’s blowing readers away. We chatted with her about what it took to write…
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Jesse Sposato
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Narratively Founders Noah and Brendan Sat on a Park Bench and Reflected on 11 Years. You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next.
We founded our company to avoid having to write clickbaity headlines like the one above! So, in honor of our anniversary, we met up to figure out why…
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Brendan Spiegel
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Noah Rosenberg
How I Learned That Treasure Hunting Isn’t Just About the Spot Marked X
After hearing about an armchair treasure hunt that had been running for decades in France, I was intrigued. Little did I know that was just the…
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Phil Hoad
Your Long Weekend Listening List
Need to load up on podcasts for your Labor Day road trip? Check out these three shows that recently featured Narratively writers, subjects and editors.
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Brendan Spiegel
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The Best Writing Advice We’ve Ever Received
We asked friends of the site what words of wisdom they keep coming back to again and again—this is what they shared.
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Jesse Sposato
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How I Turned My Love of Dildos Into a Sex-Positive Writing Career
From discovering a sex toy in a hotel room to poring over an adult film star’s diaries in the Harvard archives, sex historian and Narratively writer…
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Hallie Lieberman
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Confessions of an Indie Media CEO: Inside Narratively’s Budding Hollywood Role
Wonder what it’s like to run an independent media biz in 2023? In this new column, our founder lifts the curtain, starting with his thrilling (and…
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Noah Rosenberg
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