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LEADER: 03169cam a22002774a 4500
001 2001022036
003 DLC
005 20050607110706.0
008 010126s2001 ohu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2001022036
020 $a0898799953 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN3365$b.M245 2001
082 00 $a808.3$221
100 1 $aMaass, Donald.
245 10 $aWriting the breakout novel /$cDonald Maass ; foreword by Anne Perry.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCincinnati, Ohio :$bWriter's Digest Books,$cc2001.
300 $a264 p. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction 5 -- You Have the Power to Break Out; How to Use This Book -- CHAPTER ONE -- Why Write the Breakout Novel?-- The Truth About Book Publishing; The Truth About Authors; The Myths of Success; -- The E-Revolution; Where to Go From Here -- CHAPTER TWO -- Premise33 -- 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 -- CHAPTER THREE -- Stakes59 -- Creating High Human Worth; Public Stakes; Personal Stakes; Escalating Stakes; Your -- Own Stakes -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Time and Place8 -- 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 -- CHAPTER FIVE -- C haracters103 -- 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; Sidekicks and Narrators; Depth and Differentiation of -- Character -- CHAPTER SIX -- P lo t 133 -- 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 -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Contemporary Plot Techniques163 -- The New Shape of the Novel; The Character-Driven Story; Self-Discovery in the Plot- -- Driven Novel; Nonlinear Narrative; Tension on Every Page -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- Multiple Viewpoints, Subplots, -- Pace, Voice, Endings181 -- Multiple Points of View; Successful Subplots; Narrative Pace; Voice; Endings -- CHAPTER NINE -- Advanced Plot Structures199 -- Families, Groups, Generations; Thrillers; Crossover Fiction; Whole Life; Historicals; -- Out-of-Category Romance; Linked Short Stories; Inventing Your Own Advanced Plot -- Structure -- CHAPTER TEN -- T h e m e229 -- 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 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- B reaking O ut 247 -- Agent and Editor; The Pitch; Outlines; Breakout Publishing, Breakout Living; -- Success, Sequels, Series and Beyond -- In d e x261.
650 0 $aFiction$xAuthorship.
650 0 $aFiction$xTechnique.
650 0 $aFiction$xAuthorship$xMarketing.
856 4 $3Table of Contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001022036.html