I had a coupon for a cheap annual subscription to BBC’s Maestro which is their version of Master Class. So today and yesterday I’ve been listening to Alan Moore talk about storytelling. And while it’s not a real hands-on practicum of a class, it’s chockfull of recommendations of things to read and other resources to get:
- An etymological dictionary (I got the Oxford version)
- Ted Chiang
- Magic by William Goldman
- the French oluipo movement (including a novel that doesn’t use the letter “e”)
- the short stories of Saki
- and way way more
It’s very inspiring, he’s such an inspired mind. I think it’s more engaging than a lot of the Master Class material almost because it makes no attempt to be “practical”… there’s no real exercises or things to actually… do.
But I feel like a lot of my connections to culture these days have to do with people that… no, not people, experiences where my brain feels good to be in the thing. My brain feels good watching Daniel Kitson do standup, listening to Alan Moore talk about storytelling, or Mark Ronson about creating music, or Maria Bamford doing anything.
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