Live Monday, Jan 31st 2022, 8 P.M. EST — Horror University Online
Also Available Asynchronously Following the Event!
DESCRIPTION:
In space, no one can hear you scream. Here there be monsters. Who’s behind the door?
Settings can be as scary and surprisingly deadly as the creatures and killers who populate our books. From craggy caverns to undersea cities, haunted houses to alien landscapes, they can threaten characters with their very lives, and their inherent fear factor always offers a potential stage for delightfully dangerous action, creative conflict, and shocking surprise.
In this 2-hour session we’ll discover different methods for manipulating the elements of SETTING (the time and place of a story) in a way that provides direct and indirect conflict, escalates suspense, or raises the kind of spooky atmosphere that keeps readers glued to the pages. We’ll examine passages of treacherous setting descriptions and practice strategies in class that will help participants create dark places, threatening locales, and dangerous environs. Attendees should be able to generate a stronger sense of atmosphere and even discover possible plot complications for their horror writing projects as a result.
Note: a short story for discussion will be emailed to participants and is required reading prior to the class.
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
The class will run live (synchronously) online on 1/31/2021 at 8pm eastern, as part of the Horror Writers Association’s “Horror University” with ticketed registration and hosting run via Teachable.com The course will be recorded and materials archived for all enrollees, whether you attend the live session or not.
The price for this course is $65 usd. Be sure to visit Horror U for a full explanation and extra details on any discounts or bundles that might be available. Or go directly to the Horror U class on Teachable.com
You can also still enroll in last year’s Horror U class on “The Uncanny and The Abject” while you’re there, which gets you access to all the learning materials and a recording of the live class event.
NOTE: HWA Members and StokerCon attendees also receive a discount on all courses. Discount codes change regularly and are provided both via email and in the Members Only section of horror.org. If you have any further questions, please write admin@horror.org.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Michael Arnzen teaches horror and fiction writing fulltime at Seton Hill University — home of the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction — and has run workshops at World Horror Convention, Odyssey, Alpha, and elsewhere for genre writers, including every stateside StokerCon. The author of INSTIGATION and GRAVE MARKINGS, Arnzen holds four Bram Stoker Awards and an International Horror Guild Award for his twisted fiction and poetry.
