Book description
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.
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.
