In this one-session workshop, we'll discuss the works of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson to evaluate how framing and setting can make your monsters (supernatural or manmade) come alive.
There are horror stories that fall so flat that our heart rates can’t be bothered to rise. Then there are horror stories that terrify us and make us seal ourselves under our covers, hidden from sight. What makes them so different? In Danse Macabre, Stephen King wrote that "terror often arises from a pervasive sense of disestablishment; that things are in the unmaking. If that sense of unmaking is sudden and seems personal — if it hits you around the heart — then it lodges in the memory as a complete set."
In this one-session workshop, we'll discuss the works of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson to evaluate how framing and setting can make your monsters (supernatural or manmade) come alive. Taking what we learned, we'll work through generative exercises to help us in our own writing. This workshop is great for both writers who have been working on their horror stories for years, or those who want to generate new material!
This workshop will take place in person at The Cabin.
Tuition: Pay what you can, suggested donation of $25
Dates: Saturday, November 12 from 1-2:30 PM
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