How to write a breakthrough romance. Secrets of skill from the famous literary agent. Maass D.

This book is a cult classic among the textbooks of writer's skill and manuals in Creative Writing. Who, if not Donald Maass, the president of one of the most successful literary agencies in the world, knows firsthand what books publishers want to publish and which of them really shoot and fall into the lists of bestsellers? Maass examines in detail the elements that consist of all breakthrough novels - regardless of the genre - and then shows how to stand out against the background of others and become a famous writer. You can attract an agent, interest the publisher and lay the foundation of your literary career.

“Over the past twenty years, I learned a lot about what exactly has been erecting a book from the rank of ordinary works to breakthrough works. And for this I had to read thousands of unpublished novels. Most often, the materials are disappointed, because their creators did not use techniques that could turn their ordinary stories into the Great. They swim finely. The topics they affect either weak or beaten. Their characters are template. Their plots are echoed to recent newspaper headlines, blockbusters and bestsellers who have already proven themselves. The creation of a breakthrough novel is work, including on your own worldview.

You are accustomed to avoid trivials and appeal to well -known topics and nurture confidence that from personal views, experience, insight and source You can develop such stories in each of your plans that your novels will take a new height in terms of spectacularity and originality.

I believe in all the work that I send to the publishers. I fall in love with novels I am much less common. And very few novels manage to truly demolish the roof or even change my life. Are you ready to change your readers' lives? And your own life? Fine. Then we start ”(Donald Maass).