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Writing the Blockbuster Novel
About This Book
"Sexy, smart, skillful. At last, the opportunity for any writer to learn from the master." —Nora Roberts, # 1 New York Times –bestselling author of Mind Games Albert Zuckerman, legendary literary agent, has worked with many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Olivia Goldsmith, Antoinette Van Heugten, Michael Lewis, and F. Paul Wilson. Zuckerman is a master at teaching writers the skills necessary to crack the bestseller list. For this revised edition of Writing the Blockbuster Novel, Zuckerman has added an analysis of Nora Roberts's The Witness, which he uses along with classic books like Gone With the Wind and The Godfather, to illustrate his points. Zuckerman's commentary on Ken Follett's working outlines for The Man From St. Petersburg provide a blueprint for building links between plot and character. A new introduction discusses social media and self-publishing. Writing the Blockbuster Novel is an essential tool for any aspiring author. As Dan Brown said in an interview: "I was halfway through writing my first novel when I was given a copy of Writing the Blockbuster Novel. [Zuckerman's] book helped me complete my manuscript and get it published. [When] I met Mr. Zuckerman for the first time. I gratefully told him that he had helped me. He jokingly replied that he planned to tell everyone that he had helped me write The Da Vinci Code." "Zuckerman knows what works." — Library Journal "Perceptive, informed, targeted. Authors striving for bestsellerdom would do well to hear Zuckerman's opinions." —LaVyrle Spencer, New York Times –bestselling author of Promise to Cherish
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Ken Follett
- Preface to the 2016 Edition
- 1. Getting Started
- 2. The Big Book: What Is It?
- 3. Setting Your Novel
- 4. The Outline Process
- 5. Larger-Than-Life Characters
- 6. Point of View
- 7. Tightening Character Relationships
- 8. Setting Up Scenes
- 9. Big Scenes
- 10. Weaving Plot Strands
- 11. Rhythm in Plotting
- 12. Story Points
- 13. Revision
- 14. Getting It Published and onto the Bestseller Lists
- Index
- About the Author
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright