Oct 13th 2019, 22 tweets, 23 min read
Today I will be livetweeting highlights from @clundoff 's class on Writing Gothic Horror with the hashtag #writinghorror
mentions International class today! Includes someone from Belgium. Talking about what gothic is, and how its style/atmosphere -- blood and black lace, decaying houses, multitudes of tormented ghosts. #writinghorror
mentions One text she'll mention several times this class is @RealGDT 's Crimson Peak, she says, which encapsulates the intensity and intricatet nature of the genre. #writinghorror
mentions Making the setting a character is often part of this, so we're doing an exercise that focuses on making the setting come alive. #writinghorror
mentions In thinking about setting as character, I'm thinking of Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House, and the intense, claustrophobic nature of the student's rooms, or The Rats in the Walls, where the setting is alive beneath the surface. #writinghorror
mentions Or Shirley Jackson's amazing The Haunting of Hill House, where the house shifts, changes, is filled with secret rooms and hidden hallways. #writinghorror
mentions The house and the setting reflect each other, often landscapes of decay and downhill change. #writinghorror
mentions Often in gothic fiction there's a feeling of growing dread and a character in a state of heightened awareness to that atmosphere. #writinghorror
mentions We're referencing the idea of the "final girl", which reminds me of @SGJ72's The Last Final Girl, a novel that plays with that concept. amzn.to/31byTFJ #writinghorror
mentions "A chest full of old lace and decaying limbs" is definitely my next story prompt. #writinghorror
mentions Time for another writing exercise, this time on figuring out and enhancing your story's emotional climate. I'm digging the exercises she's come up with for this class. #writinghorror
mentions Can you set a gothic horror story in a split-level ranch house? Sure! @clundoff is talking about how she'd do that and what she'd do to create an uncomfortable emotional atmosphere in the story. #writinghorror
mentions Post-break, now we'll talk about plot, point of view, and unreliable narrators. What if your protagonist misreads or misinterprets something important? #writinghorror
mentions You can have gothic horror set in a spaceship or in fairyland, as with @jeannette_ng 's Under the Pendulum Sun. (so good) #writinghorror
mentions We're talking about resources and I wanted to point to this one: hbl.gcc.libguides.com/c.php?g=339697… #writinghorror
Lots of reading suggestions coming up too!
mentions Project Gutenberg has a TON of books as well. A student suggests going on there and searching on gothic-associated keywords. #writinghorror

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mentions I mentioned @JoyceCarolOates 's Bellefleur as a beautiful example of playing around with some of these tropes and themes; it's wonderfully creepy. #writinghorror
mentions Wrapping up now! Follow @clundhoff here on Twitter and find her website at catherinelundoff.net If you’re in the Atlanta area, she and I both will be at Multiverse Con next week!
mentions Want to check out the other live classes that are coming up for the Rambo Academy? Here’s the list. kittywumpus.net/blog/upcoming-…
mentions Or if you want writing classes you can take at your own pace, in your own space, here’s that list: catrambo.teachable.com
mentions Feeling isolated and looking for a writing community? Check out the Rambo Academy’s new Critclub! Critiquing is optional; come for the motivation, support, and random cat pics. kittywumpus.net/blog/2019/09/0…
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