Writing The Breakout Novel Weeklong Intensive

WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL WEEKLONG INTENSIVE with New York literary agent Donald Maass

April 11 - 17 , 2011 - Hood River, Oregon
Best Western Hood River Inn

New York literary agent Donald Maass, author of Writing the Breakout Novel, provides an insider's guide to aspiring and experienced novelists who want to take their writing careers to a new level and create fiction that stands out in the competitive publishing world.

Throughout the week, Maass leads participants through practical writing exercises that plumb depths of character, raise stakes both public and personal, add plot layers, heighten sense of time and place, strengthen point of view and voice, deepen themes, transform openings, and develop the brainstorming skills that produce consistently original stories.

This retreat includes:

1.) All meals and comfortable, private sleeping accommodations with private baths.
2.) Morning classes taught by Donald Maass, geared toward building students’ specific projects using concepts from his popular, Writing the Breakout Novel book and workbook.
3.) A private thirty-minute consultation with Donald Maass, who will read the first fifty pages of each student’s manuscript.
4.) A private consultation with Editor-in-Residence and Program Director Lorin Oberweger.
5.) Opportunities to confer with other professional writers on staff.
6.) Afternoon and evening writing time and voluntary critique groups.
7.) Group follow–up discussions and pitch practice with Donald Maass.
8.) Complimentary copy of the Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook.
9.) Enrollment STRICTLY limited to thirty-five students.

Registration Details

All-inclusive weeklong workshop (Hood River):
new students $1895 or returning students $1795

Registration and more information: www.free-expressions.com, or contact Lorin Oberweger, program director, lorin@free-expressions.com.