Walter Mosley Teaches Fiction and Storytelling | Official Trailer | MasterClass

Walter Mosley, bestselling author and recipient of the National Book Award’s Lifetime Achievement Medal, has written more than 60 books across his 30-year career and is celebrated for fiction that addresses our culture’s racial divides. Now he’s sharing the elements of storytelling that have helped him along the way. Learn how to choose the right words, structure, genre, and characters to create the novel that’s in you.

Learn more about Walter Mosley’s MasterClass at https://mstr.cl/3qgWkLy.

Lauded for his commitment to representation in fiction and his honest approach to writing, Walter Mosley has garnered critical acclaim as a fiction writer. His first novel, Devil in a Blue Dress, was adapted into a 1995 film starring Denzel Washington, and Mosley has gone on to publish more than 59 subsequent books.

Walter has been inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame and named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. With dynamic Black protagonists and explorations of cultural boundaries, he has used his writing to illuminate racial issues.

This online class includes lessons on:
• Developing Fictional Characters
• Story vs. Plot
• Narrative Voice, Point of View, and Dialogue
• Descriptive and Vivid Language
• Using Poetry to Understand Language
• Fiction, Race, and Representation
• Genre and Rules of Fiction
• Surviving the Publishing Industry
• Writing From Your Deep Core
• Living a Creative Life

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