Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
It was a monster, it is a monster, it will be a monster
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: It was a monster, it is a monster, it will be a monster
Overview
“One thing that usually paralyzes us when writing is the choice of verb tense. Present past Future? What will be scarier? In this lesson, I will help you choose the form of the verb that best suits the horror story. ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: It was a monster, it is a monster, it will be 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
“He Was a Monster, He Is a Monster, He Will Be a Monster He was a monster, he is a monster, he will be a monster. In this lesson, we will talk about verb tenses. What will be scarier? Present? Past? Future? It's not too hard to imagine that verb tenses change everything in horror stories, and in all stories in general. It is not the same to narrate something in the past than in the present or in the future. The doorbell rang. The doorbell rings. The doorbell will ring. Do you see what I mean? Everything that goes into creating the tension in a horror story has to do with the verb tense. You ...”
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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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