This four-week workshop will teach you to dig down on the mechanics of horror writing— word choice, to evoking empathy, to developing characters, to engaging the five sense...
Your Instructor: Brian Keene, Mary SanGiovanni, Damien Angelica Walters, and Gwendolyn Kiste
Where: Online — Available everywhere!
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Enrollment: 15 students
Price: $425
Class Description
There’s more to horror fiction than shock and revulsion.
Over the space of four weeks, a quartet of today’s leading horror experts will take you through the elements that go into constructing a better horror story, from word choice, to evoking empathy, to developing characters, to engaging the five senses.
And by the end, you’ll have a better appreciation of the tremendous possibilities horror fiction continues to offer the ambitious writer.
Over the course of your four weeks in this class, you will get:
- Original lectures written by each instructor specifically for this course
- The opportunity to study with four of today’s leading horror writers
- Instructor and peer critique within a supportive environment
- Writing assignments designed to help you to develop your ability to create dynamic horror stories
- Insightful commentary from all four instructors to help you to develop your writing more fully
What This Class Covers
WEEK 1: Mary SanGiovanni
Weird Words: The importance of word choice in developing atmosphere, character, and theme
WEEK 2: Brian Keene
Sympathy for the Devil: Evoking empathy in horror fiction
WEEK 3: Gwendolyn Kiste
The Heart of the Story: Developing characters to haunt and horrify
WEEK 4: Damien Angelica Walters
The Five Senses: Immersing your reader into the world you've created
Goals Of This Class
- Get the opportunity to study with four of today’s leading horror writers.
- Get feedback on your work in a collaborative environment.
- Get insightful commentary from all four instructors to help you to develop your writing more fully.
- Learn the importance of word choice in developing atmosphere, character, and theme
- Learn how to evoke empathy in horror fiction
- Learn how to develop characters that haunt and horrify
- Learn how to immerse your reader and engage all five senses
