Stieg Larsson’s Girl Breaks the Rules
By Joanna Novins
May 15, 2011Several months ago, I attended a writer’s conference where the draw included the founder of a major literary agency speaking on crafting the big scenes for a blockbuster novel—(and no, it wasn’t Donald Maass, who has written a well-known and fascinating book on writing the breakout novel). In preparation for the presentation, the speaker asked that…