In this follow up to This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley guides the writer through the elements of not just any fiction writing, but the kind of writing that transcends convention and truly stands out. Each chapter is a conversation about a particular idea—the Blank Page, Context, Character Relationships—in which Mosley demonstrates how to master essential elements like character and development, plot, voice, and description, harkening to the work of writers like Melville, Dickens, and Twain as well as providing demonstrative examples of his own.

"A no-nonsense guide worthy of shelf space with Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and E.M. Forster's timeless Aspects of the Novel."—Library Journal