tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post307879500504695762..comments2024-03-27T10:25:48.913-04:00Comments on Still Writing: SynopsisJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-86619248340309004492014-01-23T20:38:38.240-05:002014-01-23T20:38:38.240-05:00Ah, the synopsis. I suspect it was devised as a to...Ah, the synopsis. I suspect it was devised as a tool to torture authors to no end.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-21912530107642166182014-01-23T01:47:26.976-05:002014-01-23T01:47:26.976-05:00I absolutely loathe writing synopses. It has to b...I absolutely loathe writing synopses. It has to be the worst part of the writing process by about a million. I always try to avoid writing one for as long as is humanly possible, but there are always agents and publishers who seem to want the damn things. They say they don't care how they're written - they just want an idea of the story - but I know it counts more than you'd like to think.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-44458966669262800832014-01-22T16:09:03.790-05:002014-01-22T16:09:03.790-05:00Definitely the most dreaded part for me. After the...Definitely the most dreaded part for me. After the length of time I've been at it, queries aren't so bad anymore and I sort of enjoy writing pitches. But the synopses... ugh.TLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613912638668399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-4497943497682844292014-01-22T01:09:22.221-05:002014-01-22T01:09:22.221-05:00Synopses? Not looking forward to that.Synopses? Not looking forward to that.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-12972902498489512752014-01-21T18:46:19.131-05:002014-01-21T18:46:19.131-05:00You are absolutely right that voice is important i...You are absolutely right that voice is important in a synopsis. It's the one thing that can save a synopsis from killing the reader with boredom! I think a sentence that captures your MC's voice is often more important than a plot detail. I also discovered that writing things slightly out of sequence sometimes helped me to simplify and be concise. Never mind that you wrote the MC's revelation in paragraph 4 but it didn't occur until the events you describe in paragraph 6. Who cares? The agent/editor wants a feel for your overall story arc ... not a precise list of every piddling event in order.Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-90783061796785705002014-01-21T15:44:42.785-05:002014-01-21T15:44:42.785-05:00Hard not to put the word "dreaded" in fr...Hard not to put the word "dreaded" in front synopsis. One of those necessary evils that I've never been very good at.<br /><br />mood<br /><a href="http://moodywriting.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Moody Writing</a> mooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-47715132208460956812014-01-21T06:30:03.951-05:002014-01-21T06:30:03.951-05:00I can't remember where I learned how to write ...I can't remember where I learned how to write them, but I remember being told three short paragraphs - intro, situation, and crisis/twist.<br />I always run mine by a critique partner. I must rewrite it twenty times before it goes to my publisher. And then they have me rewrite it again...Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-8392215263968617692014-01-21T04:58:33.976-05:002014-01-21T04:58:33.976-05:00Synopses are definitely not my forte so at this po...Synopses are definitely not my forte so at this point in time I can't offer any nuggets of wisdom, but I will check out that link.Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.com