🎨 The Art of Writing Fiction
By Rowan Thornwell & T. Grant Wilder
— About
Fiction doesn’t begin with imagination — it begins with pressure.
The Art of Writing Fiction is a publication dedicated to exploring the craft of story through the lens of desire, consequence, and truth.
Fiction writing is more than fantasy on the page. It’s one of the most demanding forms of storytelling. To sustain ache and heat, a writer must master every element of craft — character that feels alive, dialogue that breathes, pacing that builds, rhythm that carries, and consequence that lingers.
This publication is built on a simple truth:
To know the art, one must know all the parts.
The art of story and the art of desire are inseparable — and sharpened even more when set beside The Art of Erotic Writing.
What You’ll Find Here
• Original works of fiction across styles and voices.
• Immersive lessons that break down how stories are built — showing how tension, structure, and language create ache and release.
• Writing practices and reflections that apply beyond the page, offering insight into the full art of storytelling.
Every lesson is crafted to make you feel the work, not just study it.
💠 Membership & Pricing
Free Subscribers — Stay Inspired
Not everyone starts by paying. Free subscribers receive occasional public lessons, excerpts, and reflections from Rowan Thornwell & T. Grant Wilder — small doses of craft and insight designed to keep your creative pulse alive.
You’ll see early previews of new series and invitations to step deeper when you’re ready.
Paid Subscribers — Full Access to the Craft
A paid subscription unlocks the heart of the work.
You’ll receive:
Full access to all paid lessons, complete courses, and archives.
Early delivery of new lessons and special practice exercises directly to your inbox.
Entry into the private comment community, where writers share reflections, process, and discoveries.
Each paid tier turns your reading into participation — a seat at the ongoing table where story, ache, and consequence are dissected in real time.
🎨 The Art of Writing Circle — Founding Members
The Circle is our most intimate tier — a creative atelier for those who want it all.
Circle members receive:
Full access to both publications — The Art of Writing Fiction and The Art of Erotic Writing.
Entry to every current and future series, archive, and premium course.
Early access to upcoming releases and exclusive Q&A sessions with Rowan & Grant.
Occasional behind-the-scenes notes, process essays, and cross-course resources not shared publicly.
Joining the Circle isn’t just about access — it’s about belonging to the shared space where structure and passion meet, and the craft of story becomes a living art.
Pricing
Monthly Full access to all lessons, archives, and courses $9.99/month
Annual Full access, billed yearly (save 17%) $99.99/year
🎨 The Art of Writing Circle:
Everything above + both publications, early access, Q&As, behind-the-scenes content $149.99/year
The Promise
Whether you stay free, go paid, or join The Circle, every word here is written with care — to teach you something real about story, ache, and truth.
Founding Authors and Instructors
T. Grant Wilder
Grant Wilder writes in the language of confession. His work blurs the line between hidden desire and revealed truth, moving through velvet-soaked histories, raw encounters, and myth-bound fantasies. For Wilder, fiction and erotic writing are the sharpest teachers of craft.
On Writing — T. Grant Wilder
“I don’t write as an expert. I write as a man who has lived inside words his whole life. I have chased them through newsrooms, scribbled them into notebooks at midnight, carried them like secrets in my chest. I have failed more sentences than I have finished, and every failure taught me the cost of choosing the wrong word.
Fiction demands more than story. It demands precision — the rhythm that carries, the image that cuts, the line that breathes. I stumble, I start again, I trim, I add. The ache of revision is as much a part of the craft as the first spark.
Perfection isn’t promised here either. What I can promise is care — care for the sentence, care for the scene, care for the ache that lingers after the page is turned. If you find a phrase that stays with you, carry it. If one misses, let it pass.
This is not mastery. This is practice. A lifetime of practice, and the stubborn faith that the right words, chosen well, can make a story live.
—Grant ❤️”
Rowan Thornwell
Rowan Thornwell writes literary fiction and queer erotica, lush and unafraid, always anchored in character and consequence. Under multiple names, he explores the tender, the filthy, the haunted, and the remembered — each a study in how form and story shape intensity.
On Writing — Rowan Thornwell
“I write as an independent author. Which means I wear every hat. I draft, revise, line edit, proof, format, design, upload, and then I go out into the world and try to find readers for the work I have made. I learn the software, I test the files, I fix the typos that slip through and I answer the emails. There are no departments. There is only the stubborn wish to tell a true story well, and the daily labour required to bring it to you.
Perfection is not promised here. Truth is. The prose is as clean as I can make it, the world as faithful as memory and research allow, and the heart of it is real. If a seam shows, take it as evidence of hands at work. If a sentence lands with you, carry it. If one does not, let it pass like river water.
Thank you for meeting Christian where he lives, in the heat, in the library hush, in the narrow spaces where a life begins to widen. Thank you for lending this book your time and breath. May it keep you company, gently and without hurry.
Enjoy with care.
—Rowan”
The art of story and the art of desire: inseparable, indivisible, alive.
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🔗 Also by Wilder & Thornwell
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The Art of Erotic Writing
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The Art of Writing Fiction
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