For a certain type of memoirist, evoking the ecstasies of childhood imagination—and of childhood reading, especially—has become a station of the cross. Rebecca Solnit, in “ Recollections of My Nonexistence,” writes that…
The sequel to Mixon's popular The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual, her new book, The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner's Manual, explores in detail the complex crafts of character development and plot structure, explaining and…
Based on Mixon's work as a successful independent fiction editor, The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual brings together in one place everything you need to know about writing a novel, an in-depth exploration of the myriad aspects of…
