Tag: writing
member name: Kenneth R. Besser
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August 19, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Question:
--- In trtreadingcircle@yahoogroups.com, (a good little group, even if it's not on Gather) "Rjay" <irish.bratz@...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have been a member her . . .
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August 03, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
The sarcastic pessimist in me intermittently rears its ugly head to spit the plaint that no good deed goes unpunished. Yesterday was no exception. I'd worked hard courting a local independent . . .
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August 29, 2007 07:11 AM EDT --
Being a successful author is only 10% writing. The other 90% of what an author needs to bestsell books is marketing, which is as difficult to define as it is to do. Nonetheless, if you ask any . . .
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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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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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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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July 25, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
The sound of his keys jingling against the black leather pants protector attached to his belt preceded him down the hall. Jennifer hid her head under her pillow to avoid hearing it in the hope . . .
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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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