THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION: A PRACTITIONER’S MANUAL
One of the handful recommended by Preditors & Editors, this book brings together in one place everything you need to begin your work in fiction. Through an in-depth exploration of the myriad aspects of the art and craft, Mixon welcomes you in a warm voice into the greater fellowship of all writers.
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“The freshest and most relevant advice you’ll find.”
—Helen Gallagher, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Wonderfully useful, bracing and humorous. . .it demystifies the essential aspects of the craft while paying homage to the art.”
—Millicent Dillon, five time O.Henry Award winner & PEN/Faulkner nominatee
“Teeming with gold. . .makes you love being a writer if only to belong to the special club that gets to read this book.”
—KM Weiland, author of Outlining Your Novel
THE ART & CRAFT OF STORY: 2nd PRACTITIONER’S MANUAL
Praised on video by #1 Kind Best Seller Stu Wakefield, this book explores in detail the complex crafts of character development and plot structure. Mixon explores the greats and applies their lessons to the creation of new fiction, including a step-by-step analysis of six brilliant stories from which their genres sprang. Join a passionate discussion of the grand art of storytelling.
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“This book changed my life.”
—Stu Wakefield, #1 Kind Best Selling author of Body of Water
“I wish I’d had The Art & Craft of Story when I began my first novel.”
—Lucia Orth, author of the critically-acclaimed debut Baby Jesus Pawn Shop
“As much a gift to writers as an indispensable resource. . .Highly recommended.”
—Larry Brooks, author of four bestselling thrillers & Story Engineering
“Opinionated, rumbunctious, sharp and always entertaining. . .lessons of a writing lifetime.”
—Roz Morris, best selling ghostwriter & author of Nail Your Novel
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A. Victoria Mixon is a professional writer and freelance independent editor who has worked in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for over thirty years.
Mixon co-authored the nonfiction Children and the Internet: A Zen Guide for Parents and Educators, published by Prentice Hall in 1996, for which she is listed in the Who’s Who of America.
Her blog, A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, has been named a Top 10 Blog for Writers 2011, Top 20 Blog for Writers 2012 and Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers.
She writes the editorial advice column Ask Victoria opposite literary agent Donald Maass and Ask Chuck by Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest on the popular writer’s online newsletter Writer Unboxed. She also maintains Victoria’s Advice Column.
Mixon has worked with both published and unpublished writers, including the award-winning authors Millicent Dillon, winner of five O. Henry Awards and a PEN/Faulkner nominee; Lucia Orth, author of Baby Jesus Pawn Shop, critically-acclaimed by NPR, Publisher’s Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews and nominated for national fiction awards; Sasha Troyan, author of Angels in the Morning and The Forgotten Island, both Booksense Selections; and Stu Wakefield, author of the #1 Kindle best-seller Body of Water.
Her clients are represented by Beverly Slopen Literary Agency, Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, Dunham Literary Inc, Foundry Literary + Media, Harold Ober Associates, and (President Obama’s literary agency), Dystel & Goderich Literary Management.
Mixon can be reached through Twitter and email.
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