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The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell
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The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell Spiral - 2011

by Donald Maass

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The all-inclusive guide for novel writers

If you're serious about making your fiction vibrant, engaging, and marketable, you've found the right book. The Breakout Novelist gives you the craft and business know-how you need to make your book stand out.

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. Maass shares examples from contemporary writers across all genres to equip you with the strategies great writers use to craft great fiction - from core fiction-writing elements like character, setting, description, and plot, to more advanced techniques including point of view, voice, and suspense. Plus, you'll find over 70 practical exercises to help you move your writing from blah to breakout.

You'll also learn from Maass' experiences over 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.

Get the best of Maass' expertise and instruction in one easy-to-use reference.

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  • Title The Breakout Novelist: How to Craft Novels That Stand Out and Sell
  • Author Donald Maass
  • Binding Spiral
  • Edition Spi
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati OH
  • Publication date 2011-03
  • ISBN 9781582979908 / 1582979901
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.44 x 5.5 x 1.44 in (21.44 x 13.97 x 3.66 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Fiction - Authorship, Fiction - Technique
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010037936
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.3

About the author

Donald Maass heads the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York City, which represents more than 150 novelists and sells more than 100 novels every year to publishers in America and overseas. He is a past president of the Association of Authors Representatives, Inc., and is the author of several books.
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