Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level - Hardcover

Donald Maass

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898799953 ISBN 13: 9780898799958

Publisher: Writers Digest Books, 2001

Synopsis

Describes the elements that all "breakout novels" share and details writing techniques to make a book stand out and succeed.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald Maass is the author of 17 novels. He now works as a literary agent, representing dozens of novelists in the SF, fantasy, crime, mystery, romance and thriller categories. He speaks at writer's conferences throughout the country and lives in New York City.

From Library Journal:

In today's world, an author who doesn't produce a breakout novel risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass, the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson, knows firsthand what makes a novel rise above its category in the already saturated book market. Using his own clients as case studies, Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout novel a powerful sense of time and place, larger-than-life characters, a high degree of tension, good subplots, and universal themes and shows the reader how to use these elements efficiently to write a novel that will generate interest and have the potential to hit the best sellers lists. Each section ends with checklists for review. Recommended for all public libraries serving communities with struggling writers. Lisa J. Cihlar, Monroe P.L., WI
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0898799953
• ISBN 13: 9780898799958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264