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Writing the Breakout Novel: Winning Advice from a Top Agent and His Best-selling Client
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Writing the Breakout Novel: Winning Advice from a Top Agent and His Best-selling Client
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Donald Maass
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Foreword by Anne Perry
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:256 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Creative writing and creative writing guides |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781582971827
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| Classifications | Dewey:808.3 |
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| Edition |
New edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
F&W Publications Inc
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| Imprint |
Writer's Digest Books
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| Publication Date |
15 August 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A breakout novel is one that rises out if its category - such as literary fiction, mystery, romance, or thriller - and hits the bestseller charts. Maass explains the elements that all breakout novels share and shows readers how to use these elements to write a novel that has a good chance of succeeding in a crowded marketplace. They'll learn to: - Create a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place - Develop larger-than-life characters - Sustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finish - Weave sub-plots into the main action - Explore universal themes that will interest a large audience
Author Biography
Donald Maass is the author of 17 novels. He works as a literary agent, representing dozens of novelists in the fantasy, crime, mystery, romance, and thriller categories. He speaks at writer's conferences throughout the USA.
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