Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing | Official Trailer | MasterClass

In her first-ever online class, Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, teaches you her approach to crafting vivid prose and hooking readers with her timeless approach to storytelling.

Margaret Atwood, arguably one of the world’s best fiction writers, is an award-winning and prolific author of more than 50 novels, books of poetry, and critical essays. Her 1990 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, was adapted into the Emmy-winning TV series on Hulu, now coming up on its fourth season, and was the bestselling book on Amazon in 2017. Margaret’s Booker Prize–nominated 1996 novel, Alias Grace, was adapted into a TV series for Netflix.

In her online writing class, Margaret teaches you about:
• Crafting complex dystopias
• Structure and narrative
• Creating nuanced characters
• Speculative fiction
• Narrative point of view
• Crafting dialogue
• Prose style and texture

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[pete]

Since I watched this video, I felt inspired to start writing thoughts, feelings, vivid dreams I have had. I keep rewatching this video. Truly invigorating.

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