In college, I competed in something called intercollegiate forensics. Or in more normal words, speech and debate. I joined because I needed to improve my English and what better way to do it than to completely embarrase yourself speaking about politics, economics and culture. To travel with the t...

The Story Frame Sprint starts tomorrow morning at 9 am PST. A few spots are still open. If you've been reading these emails all week and haven't pulled the trigger yet — this is the last real window. Registration closes tonight. Here's what the next four days look like: Day 1 — Story Frame Founda...

The Story Frame Sprint starts March 9th. Before it does, I want to answer every question I've been getting. Here's what the Sprint is: a four-day live workshop where you write one complete, polished memoir story and outline your full 30-chapter memoir — in four hours total, one hour each day. Her...