As long as I could remember, I always had one goal in life. No matter what else happened and how my other ambitions and interests ebbed and flowed, I always retained that one goal: to be a better writer.

So it was probably no surprise that I eventually found myself to Neil Gaiman’s masterclass on the art of storytelling. I had heard about this class extensively, though with mixed opinions. After much hemming and hawing, I finally took the plunge.

This is not a review of the class, though I...