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Did you know that trademarks of horror writing can strengthen your craft in ANY genre?

Come gather close around the Zoom campfire as I reveal how the secrets of this scary genre can be used by any author or artist working in any genre to craft thrilling content.

I explore instinctual childhood fears in relation to tension and stakes, with examples from Madeleine L’Engle. We venture into Freud’s Uncanny, where I demonstrate how to make the familiar into the unfamiliar to add impact, create dread, and transform an ordinary setting or encounter into a thrilling one. We’ll explore the Uncanny with illustration examples from Maurice Sendak and more, plus writing examples from Frances Hodgson Burnett.

You may also suddenly feel the urge to eat Count Chocula cereal.

Get a pen and paper or your sketchpad out, and Watch the webinar below! Please pass it on to other writers and illustrators you know who work in any genre.

Thank you to KAST co-coordinators Melanie Bryce and Isabel O’Hagin for helping with and hosting this webinar for the SCBWI Michigan community and beyond.