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Open Book with Narratively Academy

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The Narratively Academy team interviews top writers, editors and publishing industry professionals to give you real, honest insight on how to pitch, write and publish your work. www.narrativelyacademy.com

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57:20

New York Times Features Writer Steven Kurutz on the...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2026/01/18

Thanks so much to everyone who joined our live chat on Friday with Creative Nonfiction founder Lee Gutkind and New York Times features writer Steven Kurutz. Steven has written so many fantastic articles over the years, and it was incredible to get his insight into how to find great stories—and figure out how and where to tell each one. (We had a few technical difficulties which meant Steven had to be off-camera, but we rolled with it!) Click play above to listen to the full conversation. We’re

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31:14

WATCH: How to Juggle Multiple Creative Projects at Once

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2026/01/09

What an honor it was to chat with Caroline Rothstein this afternoon and hear all about how she handles the logistical, creative and emotional complexities of working on multiple writing projects at once. Even if you’re not an essayist-poet-performer-educator-filmmaker-screenwriter-playwright-novelist like Caroline is, if you always wish you had more time and energy to get creative, her insights here are gold. Because this one is relevant to so many of you new year’s goal-setters, we’re making the

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44:43

Award-Winning Novelist Kern Carter on Landing the...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/12/30

You may have noticed that this video with Kern Carter was one of our top 10 most-read Narratively Academy posts of the year, and it’s not hard to see why. We really appreciate it when a successful author can be wholly honest and transparent about all of the ups and downs of the industry, and Kern is nothing if not that. Kern has landed six separate book deals (yes, we said five when we promoted this chat; and yes, as he revealed in our live video, he landed yet another one since then!)Next week at

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5:08

How to Become a Prize-Winning Essayist From Prison,...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/12/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comI could sing Christopher Blackwell’s praises all day long. He’s a beautiful writer — he won the 2023 Narratively Memoir Prize, after all, for his moving essay, “Chaos and Noise: One Man’s Harrowing Stint in Solitary Confinement” — a podcaster, executive director of an organization that works to empower incarcerated people, co-author of a book about solitary confinement and so much more. All while being

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3:53

How to Write About Your Most Vulnerable Experiences...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/11/24

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comFor someone as successful as Susannah Cahalan — she’s among a small pool of writers who actually once got to answer the question everyone always ponders, Who would play you in a movie? (Chloë Grace Moretz!) — she’s very humble. She’s this year’s Narratively Memoir Prize judge, and she’s not doing it merely as a favor — she genuinely can’t wait to read your memoir stories. Truly! Susannah joined me in conversation

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4:32

How These 3 Writers Penned Narratively Memoir...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/11/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comLast week, we had the absolute pleasure to speak with the three past winners of the Narratively Memoir Prize, Laura Green-Russell, Christopher Blackwell and Lisa Williamson Rosenberg…all at once. They each shared about the process of writing their essays, the starts and stops, the editors and mentors who played a role, the expectations they had (and didn’t have…at all). It was eye-opening and encouraging all at

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9:40

Hollywood Wants True Stories—Here’s How to Get Yours...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/11/05

It’s no secret that we’re massive storytelling fans here at Narratively. When we’re not commissioning and editing stories, we’re reading essays, novels, and memoirs, listening to podcasts, and sinking into the couch (ideally with a kitten on our lap and tea in hand) to binge the latest streaming gem. My favorite shows and movies tend to start as the kinds of stories we already love: Slow Horses (originally a gripping spy novel series that, yes, my kitten and I just blew through), Inventing Anna

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2:30

Watch (or Listen to) Our First Community Critique

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comHappy Sunday, writers! If you haven’t already, be sure to head over to the chat and tell us about your #WeeklyWin.By the way, there’s only 1 seat left in The Art of Writing a Nonfiction Book That Reads Like a Novel, which starts this Wednesday, so if you’ve been thinking about joining that one, be sure to grab that last spot today.One of my favorite things I did this week was join a bunch of you for our

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42:29

Nupu Press on Blending Art Into Your Writing Practice

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/10/05

Our Open Book video series has offered tons of insight into the practicalities of publishing, from how to write longform features to how to land a book deal and much more. This Friday’s chat with artist Nupu Press was less focused on the business side of things but it was such a breath of fresh air! Nupu chatted with Abeer Hoque about the benefits of incorporating sketching and drawing into your journaling practice, and how to nurture you creative self, especially after years of blocks. Thanks so

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30:41

Melissa Petro on How to Write a Hybrid Memoir

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2025/09/21

This week’s Open Book conversation was a really great one! Melissa Petro, author of Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification chatted with us about how she re-conceptualized her memoir into a hybrid book that feels very of-the-moment—and got a publisher’s attention with her new proposal. Several participants in this Wednesday’s Writers’ Room mentioned that Melissa’s insight into how to reframe your personal experience into something universal was particular helpful for them

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1:09

Free Episode: The Producers of 'Heavyweight' on the...

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2025/09/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comWe’ve been waiting so long for this day — since December 21, 2023, to be exact, when the last brand-new full episode of Heavyweight aired — that it’s hard to believe it’s finally here. After a year and a half away and now at a new home, everyone’s favorite narrative nonfiction podcast is back! To celebrate, we’re sharing the Open Book interview we did w…

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34:29

Erika Hayasaki on Writing Longform Features and Cover...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/08/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comA former contributing editor at Narratively, Erika Hayasaki has written cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, WIRED, Newsweek and more, plus features for The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, Men’s Health, Elle, New York magazine, The Cut, and many other publications. Erika joined our Open Book video series to talk about how she started her career—and how she forms relationships with editors,

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3:31

Ada Calhoun on How to Follow Your Nose and Keep at It

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/08/17

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comOne of my favorite parts about being a journalist — as I’m sure I’ve written about before — is going on a deep dive of someone’s work and then getting to ask them all the questions that came up for me as I did. This — spoiler — is exactly what I got to do with Ada Calhoun recently, and it was such a joy! Ada — who has done everything from write five incredible books in the last decade, to collaborate on 30 major

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1:37

The Producers of 'Heavyweight' on the Secrets of...

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2025/08/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comIn the days leading up to — and after — my interview with Kalila and Stevie of Heavyweight, I kept hearing from friends and strangers about how much they “omg, love this podcast!” And how it was their “absolute favorite,” (as it is mine)! Always with an exclamation point, always with the knowing enthusiasm that we were all in on something we didn’t real…

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3:45

Parisa Saranj on How to Handle Rejection Like a Pro...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/07/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comLast week was what we were calling “Rejection Week” at Narratively Academy. I wrote a craft piece for which I spoke to several writers and editors about what it’s like to be on both sides of it, and shared some advice in Writers’ Room about it, too. I also got to speak with the one and only Parisa Saranj, who is a writer, Persian translator and contributing editor at literary magazine Consequence Forum, about all

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1:46

Novelist Kern Carter on Landing the Book Deal…and...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/07/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comWe really appreciate it when a successful author can be wholly honest and transparent about all of the ups and downs of the industry, and Kern Carter is nothing if not that. Kern has landed six separate book deals (yes, we said five when we promoted this chat; and yes, as he revealed in our live video, he landed yet another one since then!)Kern chatted with us about why he felt self-publishing was the perfect way

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1:30

How to Pitch Narratively.com

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/07/15

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comIt was incredible to see so many of you at our Pitch Perfect video session last week, where we talked over what we’re looking for in pitches and submission to Narratively.com (including our brand new call for pitches on unusual jobs), along with some broader tips on pitching any editorial publication. If you missed this session, just click play above to…

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1:20

What the Heck Is a Flash Essay?

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/06/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comThanks so much to the over 400(!) of you who joined our live chat today with Lee Gutkind and Dinty W. Moore. What a pleasure to have these two literary legends get together to talk about flash essays—and to have so many of you join from all over the world and chime in with insightful comments and questions. Press play above to watch the full session.And we have a special little treat: our first-ever flash essay

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1:00

Lizzie Widdicombe on Writing and Editing for The New...

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/06/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.comAs a staff writer at The New Yorker, Lizzie Widdicombe has penned everything from breaking news posts to an 11,000-word profile of Taylor Swift. She has also authored over 200 pieces for the “Talk of the Town” section, where she served as deputy editor for nine years.

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45:43

The Narratively Academy Launch Party

Open Book with Narratively Academy ·

2025/06/20

Thanks so much to everyone who joined our virtual launch party this Wednesday! It was such a treat to meet writers from all around the world and to hear about what you want from this writing community. Special thanks to Narratively Academy instructors Kerra Bolton, Audrey Clare Farley and Kern Carter for telling us all a bit about how you do what you do, and to everyone who asked a question out loud or in the chat.For those of you who missed it, you can watch the full video above to get a sense for

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