Pen to Print: Crafting Atmosphere & Antagonists – The Spooky Edition

NB: To make the most of Crafting Atmosphere & Antagonists – The Spooky Edition Workshops, please ensure that you book your place for both sessions on Tuesday 14 and 28 October.

Session One: Crafting Atmosphere and Setting in Spooky Narratives

This session explores how atmosphere and setting contribute to the eerie and suspenseful tone of horror, crime, and paranormal genres. Participants will examine how these elements shape the reader’s experience and support the writer’s voice.

Key Activities:

• Introduction to atmosphere and setting in spooky storytelling.
• Guided writing tasks to amplify mood and tone.
• Exercises to develop and refine the writer’s unique voice within genre conventions.

Outcome: Participants will leave with a stronger grasp of how to build immersive, unsettling environments and how to align these with their narrative style.

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If you have any accessibility requirements, please directly get in touch with us at pentoprint@lbbd.gov.uk

• Booking is essential. Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are found not to have booked a place for a session
• We encourage all participants to keep their cameras on during the session
• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to remove participants who are disruptive to a session
• Pen to Print and our partners reserve the right to unenroll a participant from a course and explore an alternative approach to supporting them on their writing journey, if we feel that a class is unsuitable for that participant
• NB: May feature content that some people may find upsetting, uses language or depicts scenes reflecting attitudes that are no longer seen as acceptable
• Pen to Print reserves the right to cancel, delay or postpone the event for any reason, including adverse weather conditions, an emergency situation or unforeseen or unavoidable circumstances out of its reasonable control. In such cases, the event organiser will endeavour to inform participants as quickly as is possible