Narratively Academy
Narratively Academy, Noah Rosenberg, Liza Donnelly, Caroline Rothstein, Jesse Sposato, Melissa Petro, Kristi D. Osorio, Janna Marlies Maron, Brendan Spiegel, JAVIER SINAY, Rebecca EvansA community for writers to hone your craft and develop all the tools to pursue your writing and publishing dreams.
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Make November the Month You Write Every Day
Last chance to join “ Hot-Off-the-Presses Prompts: A Month of Memoir Inspiration.”
Boo! Happy Halloweekend and also…how is it almost November already? If you’ve spent 2026 swearing you’ll get in the writing groove and never quite making it...
Mini Flash Essay Contest: What Story Has Haunted You for Years?
Illustration by Fan Pu/Narratively archive
We all have one story — at least one! — that has been gnawing at us for years, maybe decades. That time you ordered pizzas to your frenemy’s house and they found out it was you 😱, or the time you...
How I Learned to Write the Hard Stuff
Illustration by Olivia Waller
In our upcoming three-part workshop, Untangling the Traumatic Narrative: Using Words to Access Our Wounds, Rebecca Evans will share from her own extensive experience confronting the fear and vulnerability that...
This Week: Which Parts of Your Life Will Make the Best Stories?
Hey, writers! It was such a joy chatting with last week about what makes a personal essay great. Sari really helped break open so many important things about the keys to compelling personal essay writing. Here’s one of my favorite moments:...
Last Call to Join “Visualizing Your Story — A Writer’s Toolbox”
If you’ve been struggling with the structure of a story, trying to figure out why a scene isn’t working, or looking for a fresh way to develop a character, our newest workshop might be just what you need.
In Visualizing Your Story: A Write...
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Narratively Academy is a creative community for writers to hone your craft and develop all the tools you need to pursue your writing and publishing dreams—through intimate classes, live videos, how-to guides, community chats, and much more.
I'm the Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Content at Narratively, and a proud Brooklyn dad. When I'm not creating or consuming stories, you'll likely find me on two wheels or tending to my plants (or my kids!).
Liza is a writer, cartoonist, writer, director at The New Yorker, NY Times. Documentary: Women Laughing (2025, Womenlaughingfilm.com). Author of 18 books. Observing culture and politics, seeking what’s funny but also what’s important.
Writer, poet, performer, educator, & documentary filmmaker.
Executive editor at Narratively. Also writes essays around the internet about feminist things, friendship, parenting, and more.
Freelance writer, full-time mom, former sex worker. Survivor. Author of SHAME ON YOU: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification
Author of The Sound of Burning: A Mother, a Daughter, a Murder (University of Georgia Press, October 2026). Check out my interview series The Chat Room!
On a mission to help as many woman as possible finally write (and finish!) that book manuscript. Publisher of lit mag Under the Gum Tree. Seeking representation for memoir. Craft book in progress.
Cofounder and Head of Editorial, Narratively
Crónica fan // Nuevo libro: 'El secreto de los sobrevivientes'
Poet | Essayist | Artist | Warrior
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