This four-week workshop will teach you to dig down on the mechanics of horror writing—from weird fiction to POV to setting to editing your stories to a fine point...
Your Instructor: Lynda E. Rucker, Angela Slatter, S.P. Miskowski, Michael Cisco
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 introductiong weird elements, to better understanding POV, to finding your best setting, and finally, teaching you to edit your work to a fine point.
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: Michael Cisco
Weird Fiction: How to write something genuinely strange...
WEEK 2: S.P. Miskowski
Who Are You?: Point of view in fiction writing...
WEEK 3: Lynda E. Rucker
From Perdido to Derry, Brichester and Beyond: Setting in horror fiction...
WEEK 4: Angela Slatter
Editing & Auditing for Writers: Keeping it short...
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 how to unsettle your reader using defamiliarization and other tools.
- Learn how to flesh out your villains.
- Learn how to use setting to create atmosphere.
- Learn how to write dialogue that creates narrative.
