Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie teaches you his techniques for crafting believable characters, vivid worlds, and spellbinding stories.
Where to Watch Salman Rushdie Teaches Storytelling and Writing
19 Episodes
Meet Your Instructor
E1
Meet Your InstructorSalman introduces himself and shares his hopes to teach you the shortcuts and lessons he’s learned through decades of writing.
Determine How to Tell Your Story
E2
Determine How to Tell Your StorySalman 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.
Flesh Out Your Story’s Structure
E3
Flesh Out Your Story’s StructureBuild the framework of your story through a well-planned plot with Salman’s techniques to help you avoid setbacks.
Opening Lines With Power
E4
Opening Lines With PowerSalman discusses the unique value of opening sentences and shares successful examples from literature as well as his own work.
Drawing From Storytelling Traditions
E5
Drawing From Storytelling TraditionsExplore influential forms of traditional storytelling, including the “Frame Story” represented in Arabian Nights, global mythology, and India’s rich history of oral storytelling.
Conceiving Characters
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Conceiving CharactersSalman discusses the “write what you know” dictum in relation to character and encourages you to embrace characters whose realities differ from your own.
Bringing Characters to Life
E7
Bringing Characters to LifeThink of your characters as real, dynamic people and work to understand the internal motivations that drive them.
Revealing Character
E8
Revealing CharacterLearn the elements that help you reveal more about your characters than adjectives alone can.
Setting as a Character
E9
Setting as a CharacterLearn how to approach place with the same depth and description as you would for any of your characters.
Your Unmistakably Unique Worldview
E10
Your Unmistakably Unique WorldviewExamine your personal perspective, values, and experience to understand one of your strongest assets as a writer: your unmistakably unique worldview.
Observing the World
E11
Observing the WorldSalman shares practical tips for observing sights and soundscapes to gather material for rich descriptions.
Developing Your Narrative Style
E12
Developing Your Narrative StyleSalman teaches techniques to translate your personal voice into your own unique style of prose.
Building a Surrealist Story
E13
Building a Surrealist StorySalman encourages you to take advantage of surrealism as a device and “let the carpet fly.”
Researching the Novel
E14
Researching the NovelGo beyond the internet when conducting research for fiction. Salman shares ideas for where and how to look.
All Writing Is Rewriting
E15
All Writing Is RewritingDiscover Salman’s approaches to rewriting and learn how his work habits have changed over time.
Editing and Feedback: The Confidence to Share
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Editing and Feedback: The Confidence to ShareGet practical advice for working with an editor and discover the power of working past your inhibitions to receive feedback from an objective person.
Develop Your Relationship With Writing
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Develop Your Relationship With WritingSalman discusses his approach to finding motivation, the value of experimentation, and his tips for working through writer’s block.
Salman’s Global Canon
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Salman’s Global CanonSalman makes the case for a new global canon and discusses works of fiction that have inspired him personally.
Seven Useful Tips for Writers
E19
Seven Useful Tips for WritersTake away seven practical tips for becoming a stronger writer.
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