Writing the Breakout Novel--From an Agent in the Know
A Recipe for Writing the Breakout Novel by ingridsundberg What is a breakout novel? Read on as Agent Sarah Davies (of Greenhouse Literary) shares her opinion of what makes a breakout novel and the five secret ingredients that will make your novel a success. She shared the following information at the 2009 SCBWI LA Conference. So if you want to be the next “it-author” take a cue or two from Ms. Davies. The breakout novel is the novel that will change a writer’s career. It is the novel that everyone is talking about. It has buzz. Publishers make 90% of their revenue from the breakout novels which represent only 10% of the books they publish. The breakout novel makes the money and makes the space for other novels to survive and flourish. SARAH DAVIES’ FIVE INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS: 1) Your Work Must Be Unique! Your work must have an inspired concept. Know your market, and then forget it – write from inside you. “If there is a story you want to read ...