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DonMaass

  1. Yes, Kirk, contact me thru our website. @KirkvdHeydt - Do you still do workshops? Looking for speakers at dfwcon for 2013. 1:34 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  2. Thanks! @_ElizabethMay - This is a very good one! 9:43 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  3. 79 Pick a point when your MC is suffering or stuck. Tape her mouth shut. She has to act it out. What does she do? #Maass 9:40 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  4. Breakout Wednesday! In workshops I reveal the secret of telling not showing, but actually showing is best. Here’s a tool for that… 9:40 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  5. (About numbering of Breakout prompts...must have missed one or numbered two the same. Anyone know?) 1:57 PM May 9th via TweetDeck
  6. 78 Find a scene that’s all action. Drop in an emotion that your protagonist doesn’t expect to feel. 1:55 PM May 9th via TweetDeck
  7. 77 Find a point where your protagonist has reactive feelings. Turn them into a physical action. 1:55 PM May 9th via TweetDeck
  8. Breakout Wednesday! Some ms wallow in emotion, others are all action, both leave us cheated. Here’re two tools to fix that…#Maass 1:54 PM May 9th via TweetDeck
  9. See you there! @JenniferLynKing - Deep in @DonMaass's FIRE IN FICTION...Prep for Don's Breakout Novel workshop at upcoming Backspace conf. 12:08 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
  10. Thanks! I'll recount. @DianePatterson @DonMaass You're slightly off on the count for the last two tips (should be 76 & 77) 7:54 AM May 2nd via web in reply to DianePatterson
  11. Thanks for keeping track.I'll recount.@DianePatterson @DonMaass You're slightly off on the count for the last two tips (should be 76 & 77) 7:52 AM May 2nd via web in reply to DianePatterson
  12. Thanks! @jen_zeman-DO NOT MISS THIS POST! Agent @DonMaass discusses premise @WriterUnboxed: writerunboxed.com/2012/05/02/the… *Don rocks!* #amwriting 7:48 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
  13. 76 Character-drive WIP? How can your MC’s family, friends, town, times or way of seeing become odd, unique, less ordinary? #Maass 7:46 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
  14. 75 Plot-driven WIP? How does the Big Problem affect your MC in ways that it doesn’t affect others? What’s the ultimate cost? #Maass 7:45 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
  15. Breakout Wednesday! Two ways to work on universal appeal in your novel, tying into this Writer Unboxed post… writerunboxed.com/2012/05/02/the… 7:45 AM May 2nd via TweetDeck
  16. Thanks to @JohnKPatterson for nice report on my PPWC keynote johnkpatterson.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/don… 9:17 AM May 1st via TweetDeck
  • Name Donald Maass
  • Location New York City
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  • Bio President of Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York, author of Writing the Breakout Novel, The Fire in Fiction and other craft books for fiction writers.
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