Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
Do not look under the bed
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: Do not look under the bed
Overview
“I'll tell you about how everything changes when the sinister makes its appearance. Turn up the tension. The horror story begins to be. ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: Do not look under the bed, 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
“Don't Look Under the Bed In this lesson we are going to touch fully on terror. We'll talk about how those levers used by authors and filmmakers generate in the reader or the viewer that feeling of panic. The horror genre has levers that you have to know how to move. It's not easy, be warned, but Stephen King wasn't made in a day. It is important that you remember that we must keep the reader on the edge of the chair. This is like a game, a very serious game, in which you are going to try that the other person feels what your character is feeling. Readers deliver themselves to you to be scar...”
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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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