Tag: besser
member name: Kenneth R. Besser
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August 30, 2007 11:20 PM EDT --
Since the very first one in 1984, my wife, Susan, and I have always been blessed with practically perfect children. The nature and extent of their very slight imperfections have ebbed and flowed over their . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Anyone who's been near me recently knows I have lately become a big fan of "The Donald." Maass, that is, the New York literary uber agent; not the New York real estate one with the . . .
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August 31, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
“Your opening scene was vivid,” The Donald wrote in his reply letter passing on my request that he represent my novel, Hollow Vengeance, “but that was not enough for me to keep turning . . .
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August 12, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
As an entirely unexpected surprise recently, I received an e-mail telling me Writer's Digest was making rebroadcasts of select sessions from the Pre-BEA Writer's Conference available to . . .
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September 05, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
“[Insert your favorite story’s title here] is a great story, wonderfully written!” Simple though it may be, no higher praise can be lauded upon a literary work of art. What is it, . . .
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July 18, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
Recent attempts to thwart the Herculean efforts of JK Rowling to give all of her readers an equal chance to enjoy the rapture of discovering the next and final outcome for themselves without fear of spoilers . . .
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August 22, 2007 08:37 AM EDT --
One man’s poop is another man’s peanut butter, I always say because I firmly believe your perception of anything in life is quite often a matter of the perspective from which you view it.
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August 24, 2007 06:28 AM EDT --
After thirty years of being happily married to the same wonderful person and 111 kid-years of being a parent of six practically perfect children, few things phase me anymore. I thought I had pretty . . .
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September 06, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
Authors who publish their first books have a tendency to treat them like firstborn children. They take photographs of their contract signing meetings with their agents and more pics at the even better . . .
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September 09, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
Every story is set in a time and place and fixing them strongly in the minds of readers is a large part of making your writing a breakout novel. In the fourth chapter of his book, Writing the . . .
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September 20, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
As we have said before, great stories are comprised of great premises involving great people, in grand places, doing wonderful things. All of these things are very important, but at some times . . .
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August 23, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
I continue to enjoy reading books on how to write better.
In his book, Writing the Breakout Novel, and his seminars based thereon, uber agent Donald Maass somewhat dismisses the value of reviews by asking . . .
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September 04, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
Donald Maass's twenty-page chapter on stakes in Writing the Breakout Novel can be distilled down to four affirmative words, make the reader care. In order to do that, unless your first draft is miraculously . . .
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September 06, 2007 06:50 AM EDT --
Our friend, The Donald, is a big stakes eater, if you pay any attention at all to the third chapter of his book, Writing the Breakout Novel. To quote Maass, who makes the same point he admits many . . .
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August 23, 2007 06:09 AM EDT --
Many people ask the questions, What makes a person successful? and What did they leave behind upon their death as a monument of their success?
The only remnant of our success in life that we leave behind . . .
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September 02, 2007 09:43 AM EDT --
Book reviews only work if they are sufficiently short and to the point. Great works, however, like Donald Maass's how-to manual, Writing the Breakout Novel, sometimes take a little longer. We will . . .
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