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There is a book out there called "Writing the Breakout Novel" by Donald Maass. The book was a tremendously help for me in deconstructing my plot and characters.
by joeax 10y ago
There is a book out there called "Writing the Breakout Novel" by Donald Maass. The book was a tremendously help for me in deconstructing my plot and characters. I rewrote and even rearranged entire chapters. I had subplots that had no closure that I rewrote to provide an ending.
I invite you to check out my novel's Amazon page and read some of the reviews. Even the negative reviews praise the story itself, while slamming my writing style :)
- mkaziz 10y agoWould you mind answering a few questions? I'm curious how you published your novel (self vs traditional), how you marketed, what your sales were like, etc.
- joeax 10y agoYeah no problem. Find my contact info at timecrossers.com
- zhubert 10y agoAwesome, thanks! For my major edit, I went through The Story Grid approach by Coyne. Very helpful and appealed to my techie brain.
- joeax 10y agoThanks, signed up. I used the info from Maass's novel to create a plot diagram for my story. In the end that's what we are - story engineers.