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In today's world, an author who doesn't produce a breakout novel risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass, the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson, knows firsthand what makes a novel rise above its category in the already saturated book market. Using his own clients as case studies, Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout novel a powerful sense of time and place, larger-than-life characters, a high degree of tension, good subplots, and universal themes and shows the reader how to use these elements efficiently to write a novel that will generate interest and have the potential to hit the best sellers lists. Each section ends with checklists for review. Recommended for all public libraries serving communities with struggling writers. Lisa J. Cihlar, Monroe P.L., WI
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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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
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Sure, if you want to write like James Patterson, Déc 15 2001
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This review is from: Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Hardcover)
How to build unlikely plots. How to create improbable characters. How to end up with the same tired old stuff that makes you throw a James Patterson novel across the room -- in a rage that such mindless drivel could be published.

Yup: it's all here. This book should be subtitled "How To Craft Cliche, Cartoon Concoctions That Give The Novel A Bad Name."

Mr. Maass is one of those "Writer's Digest" acolytes who prey on the aspiring writer, and judging by the 5-star reviews for his book, he's found his audience. Which is really too bad. He's helping train a new generation of formulaic tinkerers who will write shallow nonsense that really belongs on TV.

The book is a wonderful case study on why publishing (of fiction, at any rate) is dying. "I am looking for authors with a distinctive voice," Mr Maass quotes editors as saying. Nonsense. They're looking for the tried and true and trite on the one hand (Patterson, Grisham, Sparks) . . . or the obscure and pretentious and muddled on the other (DeLillo, Pynchon, Franzen).

Your "breakout" novel will come when you line up all the hot buttons a particular publishing category demands (mystery, adventure, romance -- they each have different formulae) and earnestly press them, one by one. This, Mr. Maass says, will create the word of mouth that will have people lining up to buy your book. "Oooh, it's as dumb as a Patterson? Wow!" "Oooh, does she die young, like in a Sparks book? Gosh!"

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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Breakout of its Own, Jui 11 2001
Par James W. Christian "scripophilist" (San Antonio, TX USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Hardcover)
Most "how-to" books for writers offer at least some tidbits of useful information for the starving writer; Maass' Breakout Novel is a feast. This is a book about how structure, character, plot and theme work together to produce a compelling story. These quintessential elements of storytelling are hard to learn and hard to teach. Thankfully, Maass' writing is lively and his lessons cleverly and memorably illustrated. You'll find yourself muttering again and again "right!" "of course!" and "I get it!" so read this book with pen in hand. I'll bet this month's royalty check you'll be underlining and turning down page corners in no time. That said, you may not need to come back to it often. What you learn from a first reading is likely to stay with you and influence your storytelling for a long time to come.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Donald Maass is a Genius!, Avril 4 2002
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This review is from: Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level (Hardcover)
I just finished reading this book, and I must say, I'm impressed. With publishing this book, Donald Maass has found himself a little gold mine. Imagine all the "midcareer" authors and "wantabe" beginners who've plunked down their money to read this book, hoping for the Big Secret to writing that BREAK OUT novel that going to catapult them to the Best Seller lists. Yessiree, old Don unearthed the buried treasure when he came up with this idea. I'll bet all the other agents are kicking themselves for not thinking of it first. But did I actually learn anything from reading this book? Well...not really. Not worth the money, anyway. One thing I did learn, which I have to say I definitely don't agree with, is Anne Perry's statement in the foreword that "if you write a good book people want to read--a story that grips; characters that people care about, identify with, are interested in--your book will sell. Your destiny is in your own hands." Sorry, but that's just not true. There are many other factors that determine whether a book sells well or not. Many great books don't sell because of poor distribution, new authors with no fan base and plain old bad luck and timing. It's an insult to all writers to make a blanket statement like that. Also, I have to say that I resent Donald Maass plugging his clients, especially Miss Perry, ad nauseum in this book. After reading the infinite number of times he talked about her books, I was ready to throw HIS against the wall.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 "Breakout"? Try "Lackluster"
Most of the information in this book is too general to be useful for anyone but the beginning writer. Read more
Publié le Mai 3 2004

5.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent Resource - concise and a quick read
Very well written - I like the fact that Maass enforced most of thhe key concepts with examples from successful fiction - really helped enforce the concepts. Read more
Publié le Avril 1 2004 par James Owens

5.0étoiles sur 5 Made a good story great
For more than a year I've been wrestling with the details of the story I'm going to novelize, taking all the advice I could get, thinking and rethinking, redrafting. Read more
Publié le Mars 3 2004 par David Gressett

5.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent!
A multi-published friend of mine said that if you could take just one of Donald Maass' suggestions from this book and implement it, you'd have a much stronger story and a... Read more
Publié le Fév 15 2004 par Patricia Lewin

5.0étoiles sur 5 Great book for aspiring writers...
The only bad review of this book mentions the obvious question, "Well why doesn't HE write a breakout novel then?!". Read more
Publié le Fév 11 2004 par Wade A

5.0étoiles sur 5 Good advice - read it if you're serious about a career
Does this book teach you how to write novels and make John Grisham's millions in ten easy lessons? No. Read more
Publié le Nov. 14 2003

1.0étoiles sur 5 Writing the Formula Novel
Although this book has interesting insights about book marketing, its writing advice, if taken seriously, can turn a promising fiction writer into a hack. Read more
Publié le Juil 1 2003 par Asti Spumanti

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Essential Writer's Reference
I do not know where my writing would be if I had not picked up this book at a bookstore...for even the brief skim that I give novels and reference at bookstores is enough to tell... Read more
Publié le Janv. 2 2003 par JK

5.0étoiles sur 5 Best book on novel writing in this novelist's library!!
I purchased the Maass book having been turned down by Donald as a client twice over the years. But I was already a published author with four books in the pipe with a major... Read more
Publié le Déc 14 2002 par Chandler McGrew

1.0étoiles sur 5 Manipulative
I was somewhat disappointed in this book - felt as though the author used this as a means to further his own career, rather than help the careers of others. Read more
Publié le Juil 30 2002

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