Salman Rushdie
Teaches Storytelling and Writing
Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie teaches you his techniques for crafting believable characters, vivid worlds, and spellbinding stories.
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Salman Rushdie's MasterClass in Creating Enchanted Narratives
Dive into the imaginative world of storytelling with Salman Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author, as he shares his expertise in crafting captivating characters, vibrant worlds, and enthralling narratives. In his introduction, Salman warmly welcomes students, expressing his desire to impart the valuable shortcuts and lessons gleaned from his extensive writing career. The course explores the rich tapestry of traditional storytelling, examining the influential ‘Frame Story’ technique as seen in ‘Arabian Nights,’ along with global mythology and India’s profound legacy of oral storytelling. Salman advocates for the creation of a new global canon, discussing the impactful works of fiction that have personally inspired him. This MasterClass is not just a guide to writing; it’s an invitation to weave spellbinding tales by drawing upon a diverse range of cultural narratives and storytelling traditions, all taught by one of the most celebrated literary figures of our time.
Course Content.
Salman introduces himself and shares his hopes to teach you the shortcuts and lessons he’s learned through decades of writing.
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.
Build the framework of your story through a well-planned plot with Salman’s techniques to help you avoid setbacks.
Salman discusses the unique value of opening sentences and shares successful examples from literature as well as his own work.
Explore influential forms of traditional storytelling, including the “Frame Story” represented in Arabian Nights, global mythology, and India’s rich history of oral storytelling.
Salman discusses the “write what you know” dictum in relation to character and encourages you to embrace characters whose realities differ from your own.
Think of your characters as real, dynamic people and work to understand the internal motivations that drive them.
Learn the elements that help you reveal more about your characters than adjectives alone can.
Learn how to approach place with the same depth and description as you would for any of your characters.
Examine your personal perspective, values, and experience to understand one of your strongest assets as a writer: your unmistakably unique worldview.
Salman shares practical tips for observing sights and soundscapes to gather material for rich descriptions.
Salman teaches techniques to translate your personal voice into your own unique style of prose.
Salman encourages you to take advantage of surrealism as a device and “let the carpet fly.”
Go beyond the internet when conducting research for fiction. Salman shares ideas for where and how to look.
Discover Salman’s approaches to rewriting and learn how his work habits have changed over time.
Get practical advice for working with an editor and discover the power of working past your inhibitions to receive feedback from an objective person.
Salman discusses his approach to finding motivation, the value of experimentation, and his tips for working through writer’s block.
Salman makes the case for a new global canon and discusses works of fiction that have inspired him personally.
Take away seven practical tips for becoming a stronger writer.
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- Full Access to all Courses
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