With more than 130 million sales worldwide, New York Times–bestselling author David Baldacci has been crafting high-stakes suspense for more than 20 years. His plots and characters blend reality and conspiracy, with stories woven from in-depth research and careful character development.
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David has written 38 thrillers so far, several of which have been adapted for film and TV. His novels have been published in more than 45 languages and in more than 80 countries.
In his MasterClass, the prolific novelist teaches you his writing tools, from coming up with ideas to crafting action to weaving together mystery and suspense. Learn David’s techniques for conducting research, structuring your outline and chapters, and writing a novel that keeps readers turning the pages. David walks you through his process for developing characters, crafting action scenes, building tension and suspense, and pacing your novel for maximum impact. Discover how David injects mystery into his suspense, so you can keep readers hooked to the very last page.
In this online class, you’ll learn about:
• Finding writing ideas with potential
• Conducting research, interviewing sources, and developing outlines
• Opening your book with suspense
• Creating a sense of mystery
• Building tension and suspense
• Crafting compelling characters
• How to write dialogue
• How to write better action scenes
• Editing and revising
• Navigating the publishing industry
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[MUSIC PLAYING] My wife likes to tell people
that he looks very nice. He's a very nice guy. He's a very calm guy. But, he has a dark side to him. [MUSIC PLAYING] As a thriller writer,
my job is to look out into the real world,
see the problem side. I create the problems. Then during the course of
the novel, I solve them. You don't want the
reader to sort of settle back and be really
comfortable and, like, drifting through these pages. You want to grab them by the
throat right from the get-go and
hurdle them through
the next 450 pages. [MUSIC PLAYING] I wanted to get into the
weeds with all of you about how I go about my craft. Great characters. How do you come up with them? How do you pace a
story so that people can't stop turning the pages? All the things that go into
making a successful writing career, I've tried to deliver
to you during this MasterClass. [MUSIC PLAYING] I was a lawyer when I first
started writing my first novel. I would spend time
with my family. They would go off t
o bed. And around 10 o'clock
I would go downstairs and I would write till
two in the morning. Every day, seven days a week,
and I did that for years. If you want to be
creative writing stories, you have to be very
creative in finding the time to write those stories. [MUSIC PLAYING] Research, for me, is critical. This binder is my nuke binder. And the section I'm
gonna read to you is about two and a half pages
long. Two and a half pages versus this. Do this. Leave almost all of it out. You will t
hank me later. I had insecurities. You will have insecurities. So any writer out there
who's doubting their ability to actually sit down and tell
a story, I'm telling you, I got your back on this. Writers change the world. Books change the world. As much as you might
need a class from me, I, and the rest
of the publishing world and the world in general,
we need you a lot more. I'm David Baldacci, and
this is my MasterClass.
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This class is so excellent and exciting/inspiring! Thank you Masterclass and David Baldacci for such an excellent feature! I thoroughly love it!
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Si David Baldacci ay sumasayaw sa bulwagan kasama ang mga tao at nag-iisip sa koreograpia. Sa wakas ang 6:20 Man na sumasayaw sa bulwagan mga larawan nina Travis Devine at Sara Ewes na nakabihis para sa ilustrasyon ng Ball! 😍
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I like the person in the story want to do good after he suffer in the past, redemption for the people love him back.
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"" Jon Cozart habang ang kanyang anak na babae para sa aming at habi sa buhay 😂🌹❤️ Ang bisitang si David Baldacci at Austin Evans ay talagang mas mahusay ngayon.
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