Kevin Strange’s Extreme Horror Writing Class Now Forming *Limited Space Available*


Gang! It’s that time again. A few times a year I like to put on my teacher hat and guide a few aspiring writers through the process of writing a short story in a particular genre. I teach fast-paced, no-nonsense classes that give you MORE than your money’s worth in terms of hands-on, interactive lectures and one-on-one discussions with an award-winning author of more than 18 published books.

Why Extreme Horror?

Evoking extreme emotions from your audience using violence and sexuality as sensory overload is a tricky business. It is often done by beginners as a way to overcompensate from a lack of confidence in writing traditional and more subtle horror fiction. But that does not mean that extreme horror is a bad genre or that very talented writers do not participate in it.

On the contrary, some of the best horror writers in the business have practiced extreme horror and I want to show you how to avoid cliches, use tropes to your advantage and build a well-rounded, high-impact story that also takes sex and violence as an art form to its very limits.

How’s it work?

My classes are structured as follows: I lecture for one hour a week through a private Google Hangouts chatroom (probably on Saturdays,) highlighting one aspect of short story writing, or one aspect of the genre we’re writing in for four weeks. During those four weeks we will build a concept, an outline, a rough draft and then a final draft that has been thoroughly edited by me that will immediately be ready to shop to the fiction marketplace.

Why learn from Kevin Strange?

I am an award-winning author, two time Wonderland Award For Excellence In Bizarro Fiction nominee and writer of nearly twenty books. I’ve practiced writing alongside other award-winning authors and now I want to share these techniques with you!

I’ve successfully taught several online writing courses including a standard horror class and a bizarro fiction class which have lead my students to publication in small press magazines and anthologies. But don’t take my word for it. Here are some testimonials from some of my former students:

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What’s it cost?

The cost for this course is 55 dollars (and can be purchased in my Square Store now) which is far less than you would pay for almost any other class of this level. And almost no online writing courses include over 4 hours of unique face-to-face real time lectures. This is a high-value writing class. Want to write like a bad-ass? Come learn from Kevin Strange.

I hope to see you in class!

Kevin Strange’s Online Writing Classes Forming Now **CLASS IS FULL**

 **UPDATE**

The spring 2016 Strange Stories with Kevin Strange class is now full. Please check back for openings for his summer 2016 Bizarro course.

strangestoriesclassfull01Let’s get right into it, Gang! Kevin Strange is a two time Wonderland book award for excellence in bizarro fiction nominated author. The only writer to date to receive two nominations in the same category (short stories) in a single year (2015).

He was the 2014 recipient of the Peppermint Rooster Review editor’s choice award for short fiction at Lewis and Clark College and made the Tangentonline.com recommended reading list for short fiction in 2015. He is the author of two short story collections with a third on the way, collecting over twenty five published short stories from various magazines, anthologies and web journals.

Now he wants to take that knowledge and expertise in short story writing and pass it on to YOU!

Strange Stories with Kevin Strange is an intensive 4 week writing course. Class will meet on Google Hangouts for lectures one hour a week for four weeks. At the end of the four weeks, you will have a 2500-3000 word short story edited by The Strange One himself! (Please allow an addition 6 weeks after the completion of the story for Kevin’s final edit to be returned.) Furthermore, Mr. Strange will offer you suggestions for markets to send your newly minted Strange Story to. While there is no guarantee that your story will be published, Kevin will use his years of experience as an active short story writer to help guide you toward publishers that routinely accept short fiction in their respective genres.

Class size will be 10 students per course. Course cost is 50 dollars. Class dates will be determined based on how quickly the spots fill. Class lectures will run from 7pm to 8pm CST on Saturdays online Via Google Hangouts, but live participation in the lectures while encouraged is NOT A REQUIREMENT of the course. Lectures will be recorded and a private link will be provided via email on Sunday mornings. However, to get the maximum flavor out of the class it is recommended that you attend the live lectures.

The theme of this first class will be horror stories. To sign up for the class, follow this link to the Kevin Strange Square Store. We’ll be in touch with you via email to confirm your participation in Strange Stories with Kevin Strange.

Jump on this quick, gang! Classes will fill up FAST!