On this day, July 24, 2021, I am going through “The Art of Storytelling” MasterClass course produced by Neil Gaiman. There are 19 sessions to his 4:49 hour program:
- Introduction
- Truth in Fiction
- Sources of Inspiration
- Finding Your Voice
- Developing the Story
- Story Case Study: The Graveyard Book
- Short Fiction
- Short Fiction Case Study: March Tales
- Dialogue and Character
- Character Case Study: October Tales
- Worldbuilding
- Descriptions
- Humor
- Genre
- Comics
- Dealing With Writer’s Block
- Editing
- Rules for Writers
- The Writer’s Response
After completing lesson 5, I ran a quick search on Gaiman and came up with this awesome YouTube video featuring his instruction, too.
How Stories Last | Neil Gaiman
58,261 views Published: May 3, 2020
I finished all the lessons around 6 p.m. This is absolutely a stellar MasterClass course!