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The Fire in Fiction: Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great by Donald Maass (Paperback, 2009)

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Fire in Fiction : Passion, Purpose and Techniques to Make Your Novel Great, Paperback by Maass, Donald, ISBN 158297506X, ISBN-13 9781582975061, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Maass, a literary agent and author of other books on novel writing, explains how novelists can instill their stories with passion and keep the reader excited and engaged. He contends that passion is a practical tool that can be drawn on at any time and shows how the day-to-day story development of a novel is key. He provides examples of strong characters, settings, voice, and conflict in published novels, and how to make the impossible feel real and write hyperreality, with exercises for working on writing techniques. There is no bibliography. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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Discover the Difference Between a So-So Manuscript and a Novel Readers Can't Forget We've all read them: novels by our favourite authors that disappoint. Uninspired and lifeless, we wonder what happened. Was the author in a hurry? Did she have a bad year? Has he lost interest altogether? Something similar is true of a great many unpublished manuscripts. They are okay stories that never take flight. They don't grip the imagination, let alone the heart. They merit only a shrug and a polite dismissal by agents and editors. It doesn't have to be that way. In The Fire in Fiction, successful literary agent and author Donald Maass shows you not only how to infuse your story with deep conviction and fiery passion, but how to do it over and over again. The book features: Techniques for capturing a special time and place, creating characters whose lives matter, nailing multiple-impact plot turns, making the supernatural real, infusing issues into fiction, and more. Story-enriching exercises at the end of every chapter to show you how to apply the practical tools just covered to your own work. Rich examples drawn from contemporary novels as diverse as The Lake House, Water for Elephants, and Jennifer Government to illustrate how various techniques work in actual stories. Plus, Maass introduces an original technique that any novelist can use any time, in any scene, in any novel, even on the most uninspired day...to take the most powerful experiences from your personal life and turn those experiences directly into powerful fiction. Tap into The Fire in Fiction, and supercharge your story with originality and spark! | How do widely published authors keep their stories burning hot? This work shows readers how to write compelling stories filled with interesting settings and vivid characters, and how to do it over and over again. It also shows readers how to infuse writing with life.