fiction writing – Page 2 – Marcos M. Villatoro

The Art of Fiction Writing, Part 2: You Must Dream

Here I discuss writing how-to books, the ones I like in particular. I also talk about the writing process–what it’s like to dedicate your days

So, you’ve got a great story that you want to tell. It’s all made up, complete fiction, and you’re ready and raring to hit the

In class, we talk a lot about aesthetics, or the study of art–both appreciating it and creating it. It’s something the writer (the literary writer)

When I tell someone that I’ve finished writing a novel, sometimes they ask, “So, when’s it coming out?” They know I have a number of

Every novel needs a little chaos in it. That’s what ignites the story. The novel begins with a character or two in their regular, everyday

According to my journals, I wrote the first notes for my novel The Holy Spirit of My Uncle’s Cojones on August 2, 1996. “No title

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