## Metadata - Author: [[Masterclass Notes]] - Full Title: Summary of Neil Gaiman’s MasterClass on the Art of Storytelling - Category: #articles - URL: https://medium.com/p/300b6684e69a ## Highlights - When you don’t worry about being judged, the ironic thing is that people will actually judge you better - Open yourself up to everything. Your influences are not necessarily what you think they are. - Go into a train station or coffee shop, and look at all the disparate people there. - Characters get what they need, not what they want. - Write like you are paying by the word, not paid by the word. ## New highlights added June 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM - When you don’t worry about being judged, the ironic thing is that people will actually judge you better - Open yourself up to everything. Your influences are not necessarily what you think they are. - Go into a train station or coffee shop, and look at all the disparate people there. - Characters get what they need, not what they want. - Write like you are paying by the word, not paid by the word.