NYC-area writers! Donald Maass "Writing the Breakout Novel" workshop! Sat. May 26. $250. Register now! http://www.backspacewritersconference.com/register/

Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo.

Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel -- one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists.

Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share -- regardless of genre -- then shows you writing techniques that can make your own books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.

For advanced fiction writers, or those who aspire to be!

"RUN sign up for the Donald Maass workshop. I took his workshop in May and it was, hands down, the BEST workshop on writing I have ever taken in 25 years! LOVED IT! - Stef Ann Holm

"If you never attend another writing workshop in your life, you definitely should attend this one." Helen Dowdell

"Chiming in to say: yes, his workshop really is THAT good. Seriously." - Keith Cronin