About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Date Published: 2002-08-01
ISBN-13:9781582971827ISBN:158297182X
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Description: New. Using real-life case studies, the author shows novelists how to create a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place, develop larger-than-life characters, sustain a high degree of narrative tension, and explore universal themes that will interest a... read more
"This book, unlike a lot of books about writing out there, addresses how to write books that are sellable. As such, it has some good advice about how to start with a strong premise, how to make sure your book "says" what you wanted it to, and some other stuff. But, it has some advice that I took with a grain of salt. Most of this stemmed from the fact that my end goal isn't to sell books as much as it's to satisfy my inner muse. So, his suggestion to write books that would all go on the same shelf at Borders (all "literature," or all "mysteries," for instance) is...umm... kind of sell-outy. Ray Bradbury wrote in a plethora of different styles. Orson Scott Card is writing a whole series of historical fiction books right now. This is advice that takes all the fun out of writing, in my opinion.
However, there were enough useful nuggets in here for me to still be glad I read it."
"If you are a writer, or if you want to be a writer, this is the very first book you should read. It's written by a best-selling author and, I believe, publisher, who knows his stuff. He knows what it takes to get published. The writing industry is a tough industry. There are so many unpublished authors out there, trying to find an agent or a publisher. So many worthy, unpublished authors...and many that have missing elements in their writing. Though I am unpublished as of yet, I hope to one day be published, and if I attain that goal, it will be in part because of this book\."
"I thought this was an excellent way to think about one's stories in a more tangible way. Although many of the elements he discusses are probably intuitive to most writers, it is easier to analyze these elements when one is consciously aware of them."
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