Many of us are getting ready to send off our manuscripts to editors or agents we met with at DID.Along with that goes the dreaded synopsis. Let's face it, condensing your 300 + page novel into less than ten pages is tough.
When I asked the editor I met with how many pages she wanted for the synopsis ,she said five to ten, but I could go longer if needed. The longest synopsis she received was 100 pages long. (She was not impressed by this. )
\Obviously that person was clueless as to what a synopsis really is.
Some e-publishers don't even require a synopsis any more, but like it or not, most still do.
So on my quest to compose the perfect synopsis I did my research and thought I'd share a site I found on the Internet. This is long but worth the read.
http://www.bethanderson-hotclue.com/workshops/writing-the-tight-synopsis/
Until next time.
Happy Synopsis Writing.
3 comments:
That's great! Thanks for sharing. I'm getting ready to tackle the 'dreaded synopsis' and I'm, of course, totally dreading it. :)
This is great! Thanks for the link, although I'm just keeping the one I have and tinkering with it. :)
i know the synopsis is valuable, but that doesn't make the process any funner. thanks for sharing the tip.
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