How to Craft Scares Improve Your Writing but aren't sure where to

but aren't sure where to go next with them

National Novel Writing Month

The traditional short fiction market simply can’t accommodate the many excellent short stories that deserve to reach readers

and compelling characters beyond our lived realities

How to vet those literary agents and/or publishers

How to Craft Scares Improve Your Writing but aren't sure where toAre you looking to startle or surprise? Boil unsettling sensations up into visceral feelings of dread? A corrosive brew of both? In this presentation, Ill talk about the basics of writing scares pacing, character, location, as well as the challenges (and opportunities) of a hungry readership that has seen it all. Ill also delve into the hard questions only you can answer* thatll point you in the direction of the scares only you can write. (*Whether