NEW!

HOLIDAY POST-CONFERENCE INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH DONALD MAASS

Feel like staying in San Francisco an extra day after the SFWC?

Want an intimate, small group full-day workshop led by super New York Literary Agent Donald Maass?

Can't come to the main conference but still want to juice up your writing?

Then consider the President's Day POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP on Monday, February 15th!

For $300 you can take Donald Maass' legendary Writing the Breakout Novel workshop.  If you're serious about taking your writing to the next level, you can't afford NOT to learn from this top notch instructor. Here's the scoop:

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MONDAY, 2/15!

Donald Maass: Writing the Breakout Novel (full-day)

When: Monday, February 15th, 2010 from 9am-Noon & 1pm-4pm with a break for lunch (lunch not included)

Where: Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel, One Nob Hill, San Francisco

Cost: $300

Description:  Top Literary Agent Donald Maass takes a small group of attendees through the steps to becoming a breakout novelist.  Small intensive course.

In today's world, an author who doesn't produce a breakout novel risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass, the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson, knows first hand what makes a novel rise above its category in the already saturated book market. Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout novel--a powerful sense of time and place, larger-than-life characters, a high degree of tension, good subplots, and universal themes--and shows the reader how to use these elements efficiently to write a novel that will generate interest and have the potential to hit the best seller lists.

You do not have to register for the San Francisco Writers Conference to attend this workshop.