Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
Influences
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I want to tell you about my teachers and teachers. Those to whom I owe my fascination with the genre. I recommend that you read them! ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Writing Horror Stories. Learn to transform your deepest fears into compelling, terrifying and unforgettable stories that impact readers.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences I'll talk about my influences, although I mentioned one of them, which is very important. Obviously we're talking about Daddy Stephen King. All of us who write horror feel his heirs. First, obviously, I discovered the film adaptations of his books: "The Shining," "Carrie," "Pet Sematary," "It," "Misery"... Then I discovered that those movies that I had liked so much were based on books that a man had written. "Salem's Lot," for example, is a story that I am still unable to watch again. This is how much Stephen King marked my childhood and adolescence. From him I learned tension m...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
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Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
María Fernanda Ampuero
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero
Although born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, journalist and writer María Fernanda Ampuero has lived in Quito, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Madrid. Her texts have been included in countless anthologies and her latest book of short stories, Cockfight (Páginas de Espuma, 2018), was named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times in Spanish, in addition to receiving the Joaquín Gallegos Lara award for the best book of short stories of the year.
She has also published two books of journalistic chronicles: Lo que aprendí en la peluquería (Dinediciones, 2011) and Permiso de Residencia (Caracola, 2013). She has collaborated with important literary chronicle magazines such as Gatopardo, Piaüi, and Internazionale. Her work has been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, and Chinese.
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