Craft your own spooky tale! Explore classic spooky story elements like suspense, setting, and surprise endings while writing your own original short story. Warm up with eerie prompts, review the structure of a suspenseful story, and write. Brainstorm creepy characters, haunted settings, and surprising plot twists to craft a spooky short story that’s just the right amount of scary for your comfort level.
Then, explore how sound, smell, and shadows can make a story feel real—and how writers can use description and pacing to build suspense. Leave with a completed (or nearly completed) short story and the tools to keep writing!
- Learn how to structure a short spooky story
- Practice writing sensory descriptions and building suspense
- Use imagination and creativity
Includes two modules, five lessons, and a course handout.
Curriculum
- 2 Sections
- 5 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Module OneSpooky Concepts3
- Module TwoMore Spooks2
Instructor
MFA in Creative Writing, BA in Written English with a minor in journalism; years of writing and education experience; multiple published works.
