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- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Subscriber Member Pricing: $35.00
- Basic Member Pricing: $40.00
- Category
- Editing
- Dialogue
- Structure
- Genre
- GMC
- Plotting
- POV
- Voice
- Worldbuilding
- Class Length
- 4 Weeks
Prepare to haunt your readers with tales that leave them breathless and glancing over their shoulders. In Writing Supernatural Horror, you’ll explore the art of crafting horror that goes beyond jump scares—stories that linger in the mind and stir the soul. This workshop will take you through every bone-chilling element of supernatural horror, from creating unsettling atmospheres and unique supernatural creatures to using fear and psychology to its fullest.
Here’s what’s waiting for you:
Here’s what’s waiting for you:
- Lesson 1: Dive into the history and origins of supernatural horror to understand its eerie foundations.
- Lesson 2: Master the art of building tension, crafting atmosphere, and writing horror scenes that terrify.
- Lesson 3: Bring supernatural creatures to life and invent original lore that grips readers.
- Lesson 4: Explore classic horror archetypes and tropes, and learn to put your own twist on them.
- Lesson 5: Harness fear and psychology, and see how supernatural horror blends with other genres.
- Lesson 6: Design believable supernatural worlds that make the impossible feel real.
- Lesson 7: Add thematic depth, using fear and psychological tension as story-driving forces.
- Lesson 8: Write endings that leave readers questioning reality, with a touch of doubt and ambiguity.
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
Please note that you do NOT need to be online at a specific time to access the lectures. This is NOT a live video based class.
