This episode and the notes include affiliate links.

Today, Fable and the Verbivore are giving into our obsession with the online learning service Masterclass and talking about specific classes that we've enjoyed and things we’ve learned. The major selling point for this paid resource is that you can take online video classes directly from individuals who are masters in their field, it’s a personal type of window into the teacher’s experiences and knowledge that is hard to find elsewhere.

Because we have used and referenced these Masterclasses so often in previous episodes, we want to state up front that we’ve decided to become affiliates with them. This means that we receive a financial benefit if you use the links we’ve provided below to sign up, which we’ll use to help support the costs of running our podcast.

That said, we also reference some of the free articles that they have available as writing resources on their website and that we’ve used previously to prepare for our podcast conversations. Anyone can access this information free of charge.

In this episode, we each talk about some of the classes that we’ve enjoyed most and some of our key takeaways. Many of them are directly about writing, but some are about creativity and explorations into areas that sparked our curiosity. Just a few of the classes we cover are:

• LeVar Burton Teaches the Power Storytelling

• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling

• N. K. Jemisin Teaches Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing

• Dan Brown Teaches Writing Thrillers

• R. L. Stine Teaches Writing for Young Audiences

We hope you enjoy this episode! Keep reading, writing, and putting your voice out there!

Into the woods,

Fable & The Verbivore

Notes:

At the beginning of this episode Fable mentions a memoir writing class from our friends Shawn Smucker and Maile Silva, of the podcast The Stories Between us. If you’re interested in learning more about that course go to fableandtheverbivore.com/memoir. We are big fans of Shawn and Maile and know this course will have a lot to offer anyone who wants to tell their story to the world. As affiliates of this course, signing up through our link will financially benefit the podcast and help us keep sharing our thoughts about writing and reading with the world.

The Verbivore mentions that we’ve referenced some of Masterclasses free articles in preparation for some of our podcast episodes and that they can be a great writing resource. Here are several that we’ve used for previous and upcoming episodes:

• How to Write An Action Scene

• How to Use the Snowflake Method to Outline Your Novel

• Mystery, Thriller, and Crime Novels: What’s the Difference?

• How to Write an Adventure Story

• What’s the Difference Between Middle-Grade Fiction vs. Young Adult Fiction?

• Writing 101: 6 Ways to End Your Story

Books Mentioned:

•  The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm - By LeVar Burton

Masterclasses Mentioned: 

• Levar Burton Teaches the Power Storytelling

• N. K. Jemisin Teaches Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing

• Malcolm Gladwell Teaches Writing

• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling

• Dan Brown Teaches Writing Thrillers

• David Mamet Teaches Dramatic Writing

• Judy Bloom Teaches Writing

• David Baldacci Teaches Mystery and Thriller Writing

• Walter Mosley Teaches Fiction and Storytelling

• Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry

• James Patterson Teaches Writing

• R. L. Stine Teaches Writing for Young Audiences

• Amy Tan Teaches Fiction Memory and Imagination

• Kelly Wearstler Teaches Interior Design

• Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing

• Salman Rushdie Teaches Storytelling and Writing

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)