BREAKOUT NOVEL INTENSIVE 2.0

“Students frequently have asked me to make the weekend-long Breakout Novel Workshop even longer. The week-long Breakout Novel Intensive is designed to take novelists deeply into the creation of breakout-level fiction. Expect to work harder than you have ever worked but to come away with a novel-in-progress that is bigger and more powerful than you ever imagined you could write.”  --Donald Maass

Introducing Breakout Novel Intensive 2.0!!

Incorporating insights from Donald Maass's THE FIRE IN FICTION and WRITING 21st CENTURY FICTION, the 2012 edition of the Breakout Novel Intensive offers students many new levels of growth for their fiction.

Included are new or revised units on story discovery, strong voice, standout characters, the inner journey, compelling story worlds, beautiful writing, creating resonance and finding meaning in both story and process.

Breakout fundamentals are also covered: strong characters, inner conflict, personal stakes, plot layers, powerful scenes, micro-tension, practical theme techniques and much more.

The goal of Breakout Novel Intensive 2.0 is not to teach formula writing but to deepen every writer's unique fiction, whether commercial or literary in intent.

Writers of commercial fiction who wish to soar out of category, as well as literary novelists who want to learn how to make powerful story principles work for them, will find the 2012 Breakout Novel Intensive 2.0 an idea-packed and career enriching experience.

This workshop is ideal for those just beginning a new project or for those embarking on a revision of a completed work. While writers at all level of craft are welcome, we assume a basic understanding of fiction craft.

This retreat and workshop includes:

• All meals and comfortable, private sleeping accommodations with private baths.

• Morning classes with Donald Maass, geared toward building students' specific projects using concepts covered in his popular, Writing the Breakout Novel book and workbook.

• A private thirty-minute consultation with Donald Maass, who will read the first fifty pages of each student's manuscript.

• A private consultation with Editor-in-Residence and Program Director Lorin Oberweger.

• Opportunities to confer with other professional writers on staff.

• Afternoon and evening writing time and voluntary critique groups.

• A special session on scene structure and "deep scene" practices with Lorin Oberweger and editor Jason Sitzes.

• A special session on micro-tension with Don Maass

• A custom USB drive with a copy of The Career Novelist, bonus exercises, and more!

In order to ensure an intimate and productive environment for our students, enrollment is strictly limited to thirty-five writers. Participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please register early.

2012 DATES AND LOCATIONS:

$1850 for former seminar participants, $1950 for new students.
Includes complete room and board, plus all workshop materials for entire week.

Hood River, OR
March 26-April 1, 2012
Best Western Hood River Inn

Orlando, FL
September 17-23, 2012
Embassy Suites – Lake Buena Vista Resort

Donald Maass, a top agent for fiction writers and author of Writing the Breakout Novel, 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.

Donald Maass has helped many mid-list and genre authors transform their careers. His twenty-five years of experience can help you, too.

“A phenomenal time-saver. I’ve learned more in one week than in all the rest of my writing career. I wish I’d found Don’s classes years ago.” — Catherine, CAN

“Inspirational, necessary, and an unbelievable experience that no aspiring or published writer should miss. This is time well–spent.” — Jennifer, CA

“I not only got everything I expected but a great deal more – and made fantastic contacts with other marvelous writers.” — Jill, WA

“The combination of classes, conferences, and the opportunity to be with other serious writers makes this an unforgettable week.” — Madeena, TN

For more information, please call 813–391–8980.