Sumários

Building tension and suspense

4 Novembro 2025, 15:30 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Discussion: 
  • 'Giovanni's Room' (excerpt) by James Baldwin
  • 'Colossal' by Tara Laskowski
  • Tips on building tension and suspense
  • Alfred Hitchcock on suspense
  • Timed writing

  • Homework: readings on Moodle


Building tension and suspense

4 Novembro 2025, 11:00 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Discussion: 
  • 'Giovanni's Room' (excerpt) by James Baldwin
  • 'Colossal' by Tara Laskowski
  • Tips on building tension and suspense
  • Alfred Hitchcock on suspense
  • Timed writing

  • Homework: readings on Moodle


Peer workshop

31 Outubro 2025, 15:30 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Peer workshop on flash fiction stories
  • Clarification of requirements for Story 1 (due next lesson)


Peer workshop

31 Outubro 2025, 11:00 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Peer workshop on flash fiction stories
  • Clarification of requirements for Story 1 (due next lesson)


Genre

28 Outubro 2025, 15:30 Alexis Hannah Somerville

  • Discussion of texts: The Werewolf by Angela Carter, Horror Story by Carmen Maria Machado
  • Fiction genres
  • Splicing and subverting genres
  • Retelling myths and fairytales
  • Timed writing
  • Homework and reading on Moodle