I wanted to let you know about a couple changes and also say HI after a long while.

When I started The Story Letter, I wanted to give advice and guidance about storytelling. And for a while I truly enjoyed that.

But I got super writer’s block. (I mean, you haven’t heard from me for months!) I love teaching and coaching when I’m literally with people, but when it came to “declaring” something on the internet, I wondered: Who am I to be giving advice when I’m figuring things out myself? Why does this have to be about me teaching YOU, instead of us exploring together?

I started to feel like THIS guy sometimes:

Love Ben Stein, obviously, but I want to share way more of myself than that.

So.

The vibe here is pretty simple: I’m obsessed with stories, and I want to share that obsession with you.

I’ll write about the stories I love: pop culture, romance novels, TV shows, whatever has me thinking about narrative. I’ll write about the stories I’m living: personal experiences, moments with my students, things I’m figuring out in real time. And I’ll write about the memoir I’m currently drafting and other storytelling I’m doing, because that’s where those two things collide.

If you love thinking about how stories work and why we tell them, you’re in the right place.

You can unsubscribe with a click. But if you like my stories, my teaching, or you’ve liked my posts so far – I hope you’ll want to stick around. I think the biggest change here is that I’m going to let myself be as weird, as vulnerable, as enthusiastic as I am in real life.

Ok bye! I love you.