Neil Gaiman Teaches The Art of Storytelling | Official Trailer | MasterClass

Named one of the Dictionary of Literary Biography’s top ten living post-modern writers, Neil Gaiman may be one of the most awarded and prolific writers alive. He has received the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and his writing has been awarded four Hugos, two Nebulas, one World Fantasy Award, and nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, among many other honors.

Not constrained by genre or medium, Neil’s work includes poetry, short stories, journalism, novels, graphic novels, screenplays, and books for young readers. In Neil Gaiman’s MasterClass, the author of Coraline, American Gods, Stardust, and The Sandman series teaches his approach to the art and craft of storytelling.

In his MasterClass, Neil Gaiman will teach you his creative process for generating original ideas and building those ideas into stories, worlds, and characters that engage and fascinate. Using some of his most celebrated work as case studies, he’ll teach you how he crafts convincing characters and stories driven by essential truths. In Neil’s MasterClass, you’ll learn to find your unique voice as a storyteller, seek inspiration in unexpected places, and breathe life into your characters.

Through 4+ hours of video lessons and a customized workbook tailored to each chapter, Neil teaches you:
• Worldbuilding techniques that create a sense of credibility and authenticity
• Ideas for combating writer’s block and tackling fear
• How to identify and develop the narrative voice of a story
• How he uses humor, dialogue, and rich description to bring a story to life
• How to find a story’s core elements and use them as a guide
• How he fuses ideas together to build unexpected and original concepts
• How to make dialogue distinct and memorable
• How he makes the most of unique storytelling opportunities in comics
• How he collaborates with artists for graphic novels
• His approach to writing short fiction that feels like magic

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[belladonna]

I can't belive they have Neil Gaiman for a masterclass that is so cool.

[SchardtCinematic]

The music is called Ever Lasting Waltz for those interested.

[sdustin]

Neil is one of my very favorite writers. I was lucky enough to see him talk in Tulsa, Ok. He is as nice and charming as they say. Just a man doing his passion. I took this course. Just to spend time with his charm, humor, and POV on story telling was worth it. EVERYTHING is Story. Once a person looks at the framework of storied and how they are all basically the same, that framework can be applied to every creative endeavor you undertake in life. These courses are really awesome. I aim to take more.

[PattyBandAidz]

Norse Mythology is great if you haven't yet checked it out ... obviously the source material was already in place but the way Neil puts it together as one linear story is super entertaining 😉

[fabrjcio]

Neil Godman! These are the only minutes i can see of your masterclass, and was fantastic.

[Barbie]

I like Neil Gaiman teaching this Master Class as well as the Falafelosophy episode of Arthur that he appeared on.

[jackypool]

I Wish I Can Meet Neil Gaiman Because He Seems Like A Really Nice Guy And It Will Make My Day If I Get My Book Signed By Him

[alphablitz]

Imagine getting to learn from the guy who did Sandman. I'm doing this for my next vacation.

[jasonw]

Good Omens is where i remember him from mainly. A collaboration with Terry Pratchett. Love the story telling. Loved the story. God bless Mr Pratchett and all the best to Mr Gaiman.

[susysnakegirl]

I love him so much. He and Susanna Clarke make me remember the joy of creation. I'm there!

[Stratword_]

The Graveyard Book is such a fun time.

[jubinjmathew]

One of the best masterclasses in the masterclass library. totally worth it!!

[BSArtStudio]

Oh my, 😍 I got a lot inspiration from Neil Gaiman

[SchardtCinematic]

What happened to all the comments that used to be on this video? Maybe it's a re upload.

[giovanniricci]

His storytelling on Miracleman stopped too many years ago and I’m still waiting for this oeuvre to be completed.

[ssncns]

I just saw a vision of me writing a book that is actually good. Thank you for that.

[eyewas]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation:

00:27 *🌫️ Writing a novel is like driving through fog with one headlight out; clarity comes in bursts.*
00:56 *📝 Overcoming writer's block involves understanding the process of plotting and refining your work.*
01:26 *🌍 Worldbuilding enriches fiction by imbuing it with intricate details that enhance believability.*
01:53 *✨ Belief in the brilliance of your ideas fuels the conviction needed to create impactful stories.*

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[adamkoyn]

I love Neil Gaiman as their choice of writer, but it'd still be cool to see them tear someone like, for instance the great Terence Malick (filmmaker) into the grid for a MasterClass clinic. I wanna know how Malick apparently just casually made Badlands in 1973 without realizing what an epic and timeless story it was? How patient did he he have to be to get some of those shots from The New World or The Tree of Life. And dude you work as a film teacher? Thats cool... Otherwise, you can't find even any on-set photos of him... he's worse than Kubrick was. I guess I would likely be a similar way though when it came to dealing with the media

[ryanng]

The character is begin by telling the story of wolverine release from being enhance human being to be the person kill the bad mutant magneto during the rise of opposition about those mutant existence. The start is a older charles after year of being a lecturer to jean and other member of x-men. The story is begin with mystique, then, younger self of mystique called raven. The beginning is about the present day of wolverine after he found the creator want wolverine. After that, the timeline of magneto move to the start of magneto is when charles xavier and magneto on the same route to use ability for good. Then, magneto never intend to be a person to fight anymore, he decide to be independent as a bad person to live in poland. The start of mutant begin to tell about society have never even think of using mutant power, they not even want to heard mutant in the security force.