Tension and Terror: Evoking Fear To Elevate Your Fiction
San Diego Writers, Ink
Saturday, July 11, 2026 from 10 AM to 12 PM
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Virtual
All Ages
$36-42
This interactive workshop will cover suspense and horror techniques to elevate your storytelling. Whether you write fantasy, literary fiction, sci-fi or other genres, you’ll learn strategies to evoke fear, build tension, create suspenseful scenes, deepen emotional stakes and sharpen pacing. You’ll also develop a compelling antagonist (human or monstrous) that haunts the reader long after the last page.
The workshop will cover:
- The value of suspense and horror
- Ways to evoke visceral reactions from your readers and heighten tension
- Strategies for pacing, foreshadowing and effective reveals
- How to balance dread and shock for maximum impact
- Methods for creating unforgettable monsters and villains
Event Supported By
San Diego Writers, Ink
619-696-0363
programs@sandiegowriters.org