03877cam a2200253 4500 296085070 TxAuBib 20150116120000.0 010126s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2001022036 9780898799958 0898799953 (OCoLC)45835601 TxAuBib Maass, Donald. Writing the breakout novel [BOOK] / Donald Maass ; foreword by Anne Perry. First edition. Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 2001. 264 pages ; 24 cm. Includes index. You Have the Power to Break Out -- Why Write the Breakout Novel? -- The Truth About Book Publishing -- The Truth About Authors -- The Myths of Success -- The E-Revolution -- Premise -- The Stories That You Love -- Four Facets of Three Great Novels -- The Little Components of Big Ideas -- Build It and the Breakout Premise Will Come -- Brainstorming the Breakout Premise -- Stakes -- Creating High Human Worth -- Public Stakes -- Personal Stakes -- Escalating Stakes -- Your Own Stakes -- Time and Place -- The Psychology of Place -- Keeping Up With the Times -- Working With Historical Forces and Social Trends -- God at Work in the World -- The Secret Ingredient -- Characters -- Real People vs. Larger-Than-Life Figures -- What Makes a Character Larger-Than-Life? -- Dark Protagonists -- The Highest Character Qualities -- Building a Cast -- Advanced Character Relationships -- Sidekics and Narrators -- Depth and Differentiation of Character -- Plot -- Conflict -- The Five Basic Plot Elements -- Bridging Conflict -- What is the Worst That Can Happen? -- High Moments, Turning Corners, Killing Characters -- Structuring Plot -- Larger Plot Structures -- Contemporary Plot Techniques -- The New Shape of the Novel -- The Character-Driven Story -- Self-Discovery in the Plot-Driven Novel -- Nonlinear Narrative -- Tension on Every Page -- Multiple Viewpoints, Subplots, Pace, Voice, Endings -- Multiple Points of View -- Successful Subplots -- Narrative Pace -- Voice -- Endings -- Advanced Plot Structures -- Families, Groups, Generations -- Thrillers -- Crossover Fiction -- Whole Life -- Historicals -- Out-of-Category Romance -- Linked Short Stories -- Inventing Your Own Advanced Plot Structure -- Theme -- Having Something to Say -- Step-by-Step Theme Building -- Symbols -- Becoming Passionate -- Right and Wrong in the Novel -- The Protagonist's Declaration of Purpose -- What Makes a Theme Universal? -- Discovering Theme -- Breaking Out -- Agent and Editor -- The Pitch -- Outlines -- Breakout Publishing, Breakout Living -- Success, Sequels, Series and Beyond. Explains the elements that all breakout novels share & shows readers how to use these elements to write a novel that will stand out within the crowded marketplace. A breakout novel is one that rises out of its category -- such as literary fiction, mystery, romance, or thriller -- and hits the bestseller lists. 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 of readers Then, using several of his clients' experiences -- including best-selling novelist Anne Perry -- as case studies, Maass provides real-life, insider examples to show how this type of novel can generate agent and publisher interest, creating or enhancing a novelist's career. 20150120.