English CBST. Blood, Sweat, Tears: The Art and Craft of Horror Writing

Instructor: Nick White
Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: TBD
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students

This is a fiction workshop for those who are interested in the art and craft of horror literature. In this class, we will learn how other writers have frightened readers with the demonically-willed word and use this knowledge to create our own tales of the macabre. We often create fantastical horrors to help us cope with the very real ones of our everyday lives. In that spirit, the kind of horror we will study and write in this workshop will not be interested in cheap thrills and schlocky gore alone. We will also plumb the depths of what frightens us to better understand ourselves and each other. Authors whose work we will study include: Mariana Enríquez, Samanta Schweblin, Stephen Graham Jones, and Victor LaValle. This workshop is open to both beginning and advanced writers of fiction.

Supplemental Application Information: Prior experience writing fiction is helpful but not required. Please submit a one-page letter where you talk about your relationship to the horror genre and what sort of stories you would like to work on in this workshop. Also, please include horror writers you count as influences. 

Apply via Submittable (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, April 5)