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. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com/s/live-videos?utm_medium=podcast">www.narrativelyacademy.com</a>
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. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com/s/live-videos?utm_medium=podcast">www.narrativelyacademy.com</a>
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July 7, 2026
Open Book With the Writer of the Latest 'Modern Love'
<p>The New York Times’ Modern Love column is an institution. It falls at the top of many writers’ bucket lists, and there are even classes — several! — about how to write your own. So, when someone writes two Modern Loves, well, that feels like a huge feat. And when that someone is a writer who you have worked with before and whose essays you love, well, even better. </p><p>Yes, we’re talking about <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/47700-elizabeth-laura-nelson">Elizabeth Laura Nelson</a> and her recent Modern Love — about meeting her current boyfriend through her best friend, brief lover and, ahem, the subject of her first ML — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/style/what-we-found-after-he-was-gone.html">you can read here if you haven’t already</a>. </p><p>And if you want to read <a target="_blank" href="https://www.narratively.com/p/whats-the-opposite-of-taking-someones-virginity">the piece she wrote for us — exploring similar themes and people! — you can head here for that</a>. </p><p>With her piece top of mind, we wanted to re-share our interview with her in which she talks all about her first Modern Love journey. Watch above to find out Elizabeth’s tricks to submitting, what the whole process was like and more. </p><p>Open Book recordings are usually for paying subscribers, but we’re making this one free for a limited time so everyone can check it out. If you feel inclined to become a paying subscriber to support all the independent content we create — and that we’ve been creating since 2013! — we would so greatly appreciate it. Thank you for considering! 🙏❤️🥳</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.narrativelyacademy.com/subscribe</a>
June 6, 2026
WATCH: "How to Report on Family Secrets" with New York Times Contributor Susan Saulny
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.narrativelyacademy.com</a><br/><br/><p>Happy weekend, writers! What did you work on this week? Don’t forget to<a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/chat/4371472/post/de86d3ce-36c6-4a7f-905e-426a8bdef592"> share your #WeeklyWins over in the Narratively Academy Chat.</a></p><p>The best thing I did this week was my chat with <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/516452624-susan-saulny">Susan Saulny</a>, the writer behind one of the most impressive feature articles I’ve read this year, the epic story, “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/degrange-family-history-race.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.-Zu6.SlnccJuE7DI0&smid=url-share"><strong>A Family Secret No More</strong></a>,” published in The New York Times a few weeks ago.</p><p>In her story, Susan explores the dual life stories of her grandfather, George, who lived in the Jim Crow South as a Black man, and his lighter-skinned brother, Edward, who moved to Chicago and “crossed the line” to live as White. It’s a remarkable reported essay that I can only imagine took an immense amount of researching, reporting, and navigating complicated family dynamics to put together.</p><p>If you haven’t had a chance to read Susan’s story yet, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/degrange-family-history-race.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m1A.-Zu6.SlnccJuE7DI0&smid=url-share">here’s a gift link for you to catch up this weekend</a>. Click play above to dive into our full conversation about how Susan put this incredible piece of storytelling together.</p>
June 2, 2026
WATCH: Melissa Petro on How to Write a Hybrid Memoir
<p>This Open Book conversation with <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/1782559-melissa-petro">Melissa Petro</a>, author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736321/shame-on-you-by-melissa-petro/">Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification</a>, is one that has been particularly helpful for a lot of writers in our community. So many of us have lots of material for a memoir but no firm concept about how that material comes together into a marketable book.</p><p>Melissa 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. Give it a watch by clicking play above.</p><p>BTW, we have just a couple seats left in Melissa’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com/p/nonfiction-book-development-bootcamp"><strong>Nonfiction Book Development Boot Camp</strong></a>, which starts next week. If you’re ready to take on a full-length book—memoir, narrative nonfiction, or something in between—but you’re not totally sure how it takes shape, this two-day workshop is designed to help you transform your idea into a structured, strategic vision you can confidently pitch, write and publish.</p><p><p>To make sure you never miss a post, become a free or paid subscriber to Narratively Academy.</p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.narrativelyacademy.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.narrativelyacademy.com/subscribe</a>
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