How do we write engrossing—as in I-can’t-wait-to-read-this-week’s-post engrossing—narrative essays? How can we make our lives that interesting? 

In this workshop, we’ll cover

  • What the best storytellers know

  • The business of narrative essays on Substack

  • The art of narrative essays on Substack

  • The 4 steps to writing engrossing personal stories worthy of Substack subscribers

Tell your best stories on Substack. Get subscribers. Repeat.

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What qualifies me to teach this workshop?

(You should ask this of everyone you work with!)

The guidance I give you is based directly on the advice Substack gave me. No marketing tricks. No gimmicks. 

I also share with you my experience as 

  • the creator of two bestselling, featured Substack publications (Writers at Work with Sarah Fay and Cured: The Memoir); 
  • an author at HarperCollins; 
  • a member of Substack’s Product Lab; 
  • a former advisory editor at The Paris Review; and 
  • a creative writing professor at Northwestern University.


No one else has the relationship with Substack that I do and specializes in the unique nature of the platform, how it can be used to earn an income, and how it complements traditional publishing and all aspects of a writer’s career.

For more, visit www.sarahfay.org and follow me on Instagram @sarahfayauthor (though IG is mostly my cats, who get tens of thousands of views).