Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
I'll go with you to hell itself
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: I'll go with you to hell itself
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn something fundamental not only for the horror genre, but for all literature: trust the reader , trust the reader, trust the reader. ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: I'll go with you to hell itself, 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
“I'll Go With You to Hell Itself In this lesson we will talk about something incredibly important, how much you should trust the reader. Many authors, especially beginners, but not only them, don't trust in the reader's ability to understand the twists, the characters, the things that happen. What they do is they overfill the blank spaces, as if the reader had no experience about what life is, what the behavior of human beings is, what are the dangers, how people act in certain circumstances. That is, they don't trust them. The reader knows, and you should know that they know. Determining ho...”
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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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