Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
And now, where do I get a monster?
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: And now, where do I get a monster?
Overview
“Here you will learn to identify how the best-known horror stories use the technique of using a real fear to, applying the techniques that I will teach you, turn it into something that scares us. It's super natural for you to doubt your own ability to create horror stories that might scare readers, it seems so difficult! Calm down, breathe. Be creative and, most of all, read a lot of books and watch a lot of movies about the genre. Learn from the masters. ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: And now, where do I get a monster?, 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
“And Now, Where Do I Get a Monster? In this lesson you will learn to identify, in the best known horror stories, those you've seen and read a thousand times, how real fear was used to turn it into a scary story. Monsters are creepy creatures, right? Sinister, dangerous, terrifying, evil. Yes and no. If you look at the story closely, for example, "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, you will realize that the monster is a creature that has been created with pieces of human beings, of dead human beings, and that comes to life through electricity, by means of lightning. That's scary, right? "Franken...”
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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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