Victoria Mixon

Independent editor, author of The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual and The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner's Manual

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Contrast: the basic quality that makes characters visible to the reader - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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A story is just research that allows us to learn the truth - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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Is your manuscript crawling with miscellaneous people? - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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Readers like to get roughed up - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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Unsympathetic characters are boring - https://t.co/cS5ofiSHVZ

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Tension is keeping your reader addicted - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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We're chronicling the inevitable forward motion of being alive. - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual: excerpt on #BookBuzzr - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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"...our story must always be about launching our reader out of our imagination and into their own..." - https://t.co/cS5ofjaRa7

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The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual: excerpt on #BookBuzzr - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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"The reason backstory is so often confused with exposition is that they share a lot in common." - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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Run your readers like rats in a maze - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner's Manual: excerpt on #BookBuzzr - https://t.co/cS5ofjaRa7

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"...what matters to you is why you're alive. And art is about learning why we're alive." - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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"...readers also read to learn life is worth surviving." The Art and Craft of Story - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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"...learn from the human craving for rhythm." - The Art and Craft of Fiction. - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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"Making an impossible choice is so agonizing to the human animal we often choose not to choose. . ." - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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"Be aware of which scenes carry the greatest weight in your plot and make sure your reader is wide awake for them." - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb

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An internal quest is concerned, on all levels, with the resolution of the protagonist's unresolved needs - https://t.co/cS5ofjajkz

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The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual: excerpt on #BookBuzzr - https://t.co/VZlfpWzNgb