ONLINE WORKSHOP: Escaping the Monster: How to Use the Tropes of Horror to Write Stories that Resonate
Date:
With:
Kaaron Warren
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
Why should you borrow from your colleagues in horror fiction? Because a horror overlay allows you to explore the worst and best of humanity and, if you’re honest, yourself. Good horror fiction should chill, disturb, creep-out and frighten. Learn some of the tricks of the trade with one of Australia’s most awarded horror writers, Kaaron Warren, and how you can incorporate horror tropes into your writing to add thrills, chills, and real fear to your writing.
Details
This workshop will take place online. Detailed instruction for participation will be provided.
You will learn:
- We’ll look at the tropes and cliches of horror fiction and why they are important
- You’ll identify your own important themes, motivations and fears
- We’ll look at ways into your story using the emotions of horror fiction
- You’ll think about best voice for your story
- We’ll talk about how to twist those tropes and cliches towards a piece of original fiction
Please bring along writing materials and a few thoughts about things that you fear.
About Kaaron Warren
Shirley Jackson award-winner Kaaron Warren published her first short story in 1993 and has had fiction in print every year since. She has published five multi-award winning novels (Slights, Walking the Tree, Mistification, The Grief Hole and Tide of Stone) and seven short story collections, including the multi-award winning Through Splintered Walls.
Not a Member?
If you’re purchasing a full price workshop at $215, consider a full price one-year membership ($75) plus member-priced workshop ($155) will cost just $230 and give you discounts on all our services plus a year's subscription to ‘The Victorian Writer’ magazine.
And if you have a concession card, a one-year membership ($55) plus member-concession workshop ($135) will cost you only $190.
Venue:
Australia
Contact:
Phone: 0390947840
Email: [email protected]