Writing Books by Donald Maass
The Breakout Novelist: Craft and Strategies for Career Fiction Writers
Inside veteran agent Donald Maass brings together the most innovative and practical information from his workshops and previous books to lead you through every aspect of setting your novel apart from the rest. You'll find over 70 practical exercises to help you move from blah to breakout. You'll also learn from Maass' experience from more than three decades in the publishing industry. Get straight talk from an insider about agents, contracts, how the industry is changing, and how to be the kind of author who builds a successful career book after book. [top] The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great
NOW AVAILABLE! In his new book, New York literary agent Donald Maass illuminates the techniques of master contemporary novelists. Some authors write powerhouse novels every time. What are they doing differently on the page? Maass not only explains, he shows you how you can right away use the techniques of greatness in your current manuscript. [top] Writing the Breakout Novel
“Don Maass describes the business of writing novels in a clear, concise, and brutally honest fashion. If you want to learn to write bigger and better novels, this book should be first on your reading list. It is the best book on writing bestsellers I have ever read.” —Dean Wesley Smith, bestselling author of 60 novels “What a delight to read the advance manuscript of Donald Maass’ book, Writing The Breakout Novel, and to discover that it flows like a best-selling novel itself. In the course of two decades he has arrived at a number of definite and highly perceptive conclusions on just what the differences are between an ordinary, pedestrian but enjoyable novel and an ostensibly similar work that catapults the book and its author into an entirely new plane of literary success. I found myself interrupting my reading of his manuscript after three chapters to go back and revisit my own current work-in-progress, checking it to see how it jibed, or failed to jibe, with his suggestions.” —Jack Whyte, author of The Camulod Chronicles [top] Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Writing Exercises to put the Instruction into Action
“Building on the success of its predecessor, Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook... presents the patented techniques and writing exercises from Maass's popular writing workshops to offer novelists first-class instruction and practical guidance. You'll learn to develop and strengthen aspects of your prose. Maass also carefully dissects examples from real-life breakout novels so you'll learn how to read and analyze fiction like a writer. With authoritative instruction and hands-on workbook exercises, Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook is one of the most accessible novel-writing guides available. Set your work-in-progress apart from the competition and write your own breakout novel today!" —from the publisher [top]
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