Writing Fear: How to Craft a Horror Protagonist and Get Under Their Skin with Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Who: Author Tatiana Schlote-Bonne with Midwest Writing Center
What: Writing Class
When: April 26, 11am – 1pm
Where: Online via the Midwest Writing Center
Cost: $30 for nonmembers, $20 for members – register below using PayPal
About the Workshop:
This workshop will guide you through creating a compelling protagonist and antagonist for a horror novel or short story. Questions we’ll consider: What scares your protagonist and why? What does the antagonist reflect about your protagonist’s fears? Why is your protagonist the right main character for this story? Generative writing prompts will help us figure out these elements of our stories and more. Using sensory details, we’ll place our protagonists in scenes where they must face their greatest fears–it’s good for them!
You’ll leave this course with a better sense for creating horror on the page and an outline for your protagonist’s growth throughout your story.
No writing experience necessary, just an interest in horror and storytelling!
Cost for MWC members is $20, and $30 nonmembers – register via the PayPal link below or call 309-732-7330 (you do not need a PayPal account).
Instructor Bio:
Tatiana is the author of the YA horror novel, Such Lovely Skin, and the forthcoming adult horror novel, The Mean Ones (September 2025). She has an MFA from The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. When she’s not writing, she’s either gaming, lifting heavy weights, or teaching people how to lift heavy weights.