A 2-Day Online Fiction Workshop
Saturday, October 26th & Sunday, October 27th, 1-4 PM
Scaring someone on the page is one of the hardest things for a writer to achieve. It's not enough to have a frightening idea or to describe the horrific entity in your head. You need a strategy to make the horror feel real inside your reader. No one has done this more times than Stephen King.
In this class, we'll dissect the principles underpinning King's worlds, the rhetorical techniques he uses to disarm our disbelief, and most importantly, his exploitation of interiority. These concepts will be supported by close readings of excerpts from King's earlier works -- Salem's Lot, The Shining, Pet Sematary, IT - group discussions, as well as writing exercises designed to be low-pressure, generative, and freeing. By the end of the class, you will have the foundations of a practical approach that Stephen King has used to turn our inner worlds against us.
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur ONLINE via Zoom. For online attendance, students do not need to create an account to participate, but should test out Zoom before their class if they are first-time users. The week of the workshop, students will be emailed a link that they may click to enter the class.
+ REQUIRED EQUIPMENT A reliable, fast internet connection (broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE), speakers & a microphone (built-in or USB plug-in), and a webcam (built-in or USB plug-in).
$120 Members/$175 Nonmembers
Ahsan Butt earned his MFA in Fiction at Antioch University of Los Angeles. His short-fiction and essays have appeared in Pleiades, West Branch, Split Lip Magazine, Barrelhouse, The Massachusetts Review, The Normal School, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. He is currently a Senior Editor at South Asian Avant Garde: A Dissident Literary Anthology (SAAG) and writes a newsletter on horror writing. Find him at ahsanb.com.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due by October 12 at 9:00 a.m.
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