Albert Zuckerman

Writing the Blockbuster Novel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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: "Not long ago, I had an amusing experience meeting the author of a book I received as a gift nearly two decades ago a book that in many ways changed my life. 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."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780765382474
• ISBN-10: 0765382474
• Artikelnr.: 43673076

Autorenporträt

Albert Zuckerman is a legendary literary agent and founder of the eminent literary agency, Writers House. Zuckerman has been the agent-and sometimes book doctor-for many bestselling authors, including Ken Follett, Michael Lewis, Olivia Goldsmith, Nora Roberts, and Stephen Hawking. Zuckerman has written both novels and television scripts and has taught playwriting at the Yale School of Drama.