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✏️🛠️ 3 Essential Steps for Getting Started With Writing Your Memoir
If you’re committed to writing your life story but not sure how to approach it, here’s a mini guide to getting things off the ground.
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Kern Carter
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Diary of a Bachelor Who Suddenly Became a Solo Dad to a Teenage Girl
I was an 18-year-old father who couldn’t be there for his baby. I know, you’ve heard this one before. How about this part? Twelve years later…
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Kern Carter
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How Meditation Can Help With Your Writing Revision
Revising your own work is a complex process that deserves a systematic approach. The very first step can be as simple as taking a breath.
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Katey Schultz
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Her Best Friend Was Her Secret Stalker
A 19-year-old student was inundated with lewd messages and fake Facebook profiles pretending to be her. The most shocking part was the person behind it…
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Amira Aleem
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Blurb No More
I'm taking a long blurbing break...but here's how blurbs work, and how to ask for one
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The Horror of Witnessing a Massive Oil Spill Up Close and Personal
The Cosco Busan oil spill in California washed ashore at a marine rescue center, of all places. But nothing could prepare the first responders for the…
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Mieke Eerkens
Tell Us Your New Year's Resolution & We'll Send You a (Related) Narratively Story
Whether you’re a resolutions/intentions person or not, the new year does always feel like a lovely chance for new beginnings…
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December 2024

Meet the Obsessive Role-Players Who Live Inside the World of Grand Theft Auto
Renegade developers co-opted this controversial video game’s source code to build a complex alternate universe where breaking character is the cardinal…
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Meghan Gunn
Editors’ Picks: The Best Narratively Stories of 2024
From a piece about one of the greatest UFO hoaxes the world has ever seen to one about an Italian mobster turned special detective, and more, here are…
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Jesse Sposato
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Last Call: Submit Your Essay to the 2024 Narratively Memoir Prize!
Have a revealing and emotional first-person story to share? Submissions for our third annual prize close this Thursday, December 19, at 9 p.m. EDT.
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My All-Time Favorite Narratively Memoirs
Thinking of submitting to our Memoir Prize and looking for inspo? Dive into 5 of the best personal essays we've ever published, from one about an epic…
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Brendan Spiegel
Announcing Our Winter 2025 Narratively Academy Classes!
Want to break into travel writing, finish your memoir or learn how to write personal essays that get published?
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Brendan Spiegel
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