Introduction to Writing Horror Stories
The exorcist's last words
A course by María Fernanda Ampuero , Author
About the video: The exorcist's last words
Overview
“The end is rushing, the one that can turn your story into a masterpiece or a fiasco. This is the last push and I know you are going to do very well. ”
In this video lesson María Fernanda Ampuero addresses the topic: The exorcist's last words, 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
“The Exorcist's Last Words Now we are heading for the end of the story. In this lesson I will tell you how to finish a story so that it is a masterpiece and not a fiasco. This is the last stretch and I know you'll do it very well. Julio Cortázar says in his classic boxing simile between novel and story that the novel wins by points and the story wins by knockout. I don't agree so much with Cortázar's comparison, with all due respect, because I feel that it requires that we, story writers, storytellers, must always seek an impactful, surprising, resounding, impossible ending that is not alway...”
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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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