Unputdownable

How to Write and Pitch Personal Essays That Don't Suck

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When: Wednesday, July 17th, 2024, from 11:30 am – 1 pm Mountain time.

Where: Live on Zoom (yes, you’ll get the recording if you miss it)

Cost: $27 for paid Unmentionables Subscribers (free for Founding Members, you can sign up here to get your discount code).

$47 for general admission, limited scholarship tickets available. Email me at juliane@bergmannconsulting.com, if you can't afford the ticket. I got you. 

YES PLEASE!

HEY,
I’m Juliane 

with one n.

I run Unmentionables on Substack and ghostwrite books for Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House, work with Navy SEALs, Apple Executives, and Ironman athletes, and freelance for HuffPost, Wired, Insider, and The Rumpus.

Guest Expert

Noah Michelson

Noah Michelson is the Head of HuffPost Personal and a producer and co-host of HuffPost's "Am I Doing It Wrong?" podcast. He joined HuffPost in 2011 to launch and oversee the site's first vertical dedicated to queer issues, Queer Voices, and went on to oversee all of HuffPost's community sections before pivoting to create and run HuffPost Personal in 2018. He received his MFA in Poetry from New York University and has served as a commentator for the BBC, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight, NPR, and Sirius XM.

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What Even is this?

Writing

Five Secrets of Writing Killer Personal Essays (showing you examples from my students' essays and Noah's published pieces).

Two Ways to Start (even when you have the worst ever writers' block).

Story & Structure (why your creativity needs a container).

How Noah and I write essays and how to find your own process.

Pitching

How and where to pitch your personal essay.

Publications that pay for personal essays.

How to pitch HuffPost Personal and Noah.

What is HuffPost interested in and what is Noah looking for specifically?

Q&A

Ask any question about writing or pitching your personal essay.

Share a piece of your essay draft or a pitch with us (yes, out loud in front of everyone which will be terrifying and magical).

How Does This Work?

Once you’re signed up, you’ll receive an email with specific instructions on how to submit your questions for the Q&A, access the Zoom class, be considered for reading/pitching out loud, and access your resources.

What Resources?

My pitch guide “From Zero to Bylines.”

A list of publications that pay for personal essays and their submission/pitching guidelines.

A curated reading list of our favorite personal essays.

Exercises and writing prompts that actually make you want to write instead of being hella annoying.

Unputdownable is for you if:

 

  • You have a story to tell but don't know how and where to start.
  • You want to get your first official byline.
  • You've had articles published but have never ventured into writing anything really personal.
  • You're intimidated by the idea of pitching a scary editor at a big publication.
  • You want to get paid for your writing.
  • All of the above.
  • None of the above but you want to hang out because we seem cool. We totally are and you can sit at our table.
SIgn up for $47