MasterClass

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Meet Your Instructor
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Salman introduces himself and shares his hopes to teach you the shortcuts and lessons he’s learned through decades of writing.
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Determine How to Tell Your Story
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Salman explains his philosophy: A big story should drive your writing. Learn the essential questions he asks himself about a new story before sitting down to write.
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Flesh Out Your Story’s Structure
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Build the framework of your story through a well-planned plot with Salman’s techniques to help you avoid setbacks.
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Opening Lines With Power
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Salman discusses the unique value of opening sentences and shares successful examples from literature as well as his own work.
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Drawing From Storytelling Traditions
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Explore influential forms of traditional storytelling, including the “Frame Story” represented in Arabian Nights, global mythology, and India’s rich history of oral storytelling.
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Conceiving Characters
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Salman discusses the “write what you know” dictum in relation to character and encourages you to embrace characters whose realities differ from your own.
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Bringing Characters to Life
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Think of your characters as real, dynamic people and work to understand the internal motivations that drive them.
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Revealing Character
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Learn the elements that help you reveal more about your characters than adjectives alone can.
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Setting as a Character
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Learn how to approach place with the same depth and description as you would for any of your characters.
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Your Unmistakably Unique Worldview
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Examine your personal perspective, values, and experience to understand one of your strongest assets as a writer: your unmistakably unique worldview.
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Observing the World
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Salman shares practical tips for observing sights and soundscapes to gather material for rich descriptions.
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Developing Your Narrative Style
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Salman teaches techniques to translate your personal voice into your own unique style of prose.
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Building a Surrealist Story
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Salman encourages you to take advantage of surrealism as a device and “let the carpet fly.”
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Researching the Novel
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Go beyond the internet when conducting research for fiction. Salman shares ideas for where and how to look.
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All Writing Is Rewriting
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Discover Salman’s approaches to rewriting and learn how his work habits have changed over time.
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Editing and Feedback: The Confidence to Share
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Get practical advice for working with an editor and discover the power of working past your inhibitions to receive feedback from an objective person.
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Develop Your Relationship With Writing
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Salman discusses his approach to finding motivation, the value of experimentation, and his tips for working through writer’s block.
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Salman’s Global Canon
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Salman makes the case for a new global canon and discusses works of fiction that have inspired him personally.
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Seven Useful Tips for Writers
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Take away seven practical tips for becoming a stronger writer.

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