Download or read book Writing the Breakout Novel written by Donald Maass and published by Writers Digest Books. This book was released on 2001-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using real-life case studies, the author shows novelists how to create a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place, develop larger-than-life characters, sustain a high degree of narrative tension, and explore universal themes that will interest a large audience of readers.