Comments on: Synopsis: Why All Writers Need One Even Though They Hate It

By: robintvale (Jessica)

robintvale (Jessica) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:44:48 +0000

Hummm.. An elvin woman working for the Elder addpats needs to bring the god Unnamed bound in the Book of Pordicion back to Dentree to be destroyed.

Is that a synopsis or the pitch? Urrg.

By: Rachel C. Thompson

Rachel C. Thompson — Mon, 21 May 2018 17:37:10 +0000

In reply to Jini Ellyne (J. Ellyne). any book can be boiled down to 3 sentences or one compound sentence AKA, the elevator pitch. The trick is in the bones and not in the flesh.

By: Rachel C. Thompson

Rachel C. Thompson — Mon, 21 May 2018 17:32:39 +0000

If you write the synopses before you write the book it’s a handy guide that keeps you from wondering. Use it as a basic tool to plan and plot with. If the story changes because you improved it, then it’s easy to modify the synopses. A horse can’t pull a wagon without structure;what will the wheels attach to? Don’t drag a ramshackle box along, make the thing roll.Get the parts together and put them in order and then you’ll have a working synopses. A shorter synopses also makes a great back cover blurb to entice readers.

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By: Sean Carlin

Sean Carlin — Wed, 16 May 2018 15:14:10 +0000

In reply to Leigh J. A. Owens. An "elevator pitch" -- also known as a logline -- conveys the protagonist, antagonist, conflict/stakes, setting, and tone/genre -- all in one concise sentence (two tops). Learning to compose those is an art unto itself...

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By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 May 2018 03:05:25 +0000

A synopsis is definitely a great test for any story. I’ve heard a fair number pitch that it’s a good way to test an idea, if you can’t identify the main pillars of the story before writing a rough draft, are you really ready to write the rough draft?
Of course some do like to discover their story during the rough draft process, and that’s fine, but I like to have at least a rough outline, something to start with and react to.

I like to practice by analyzing and writing a synopsis of published novels, and use that as a foundation for writing a review.

By: Terence Park

Terence Park — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:20:05 +0000

If it’s a novel I start with the resolution. No, that’s wrong, I start with a character who is going to have to deal with extraordinary circumstances. I introduce events are likely to flow naturally from the story and setting, and ultimately – following Aristotle’s archaic but still sound advice – aim for a resolution that fits with the world created.
The synopsis flows from the events but, invariably, the writing process demands examination of more abstract matters – why write if you’ve nothing to say? The synopsis is the prompt to have an eye on the work as a whole, under the principle of ‘prune message in favour of action’.

By: H.R. Sinclair

H.R. Sinclair — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:00:42 +0000

Learning to strip down the novel to it’s bones is definitely a skill. Getting the right stuff in there and leaving the other stuff out–yeah the cat picture!

By: Deborah Makarios

Deborah Makarios — Wed, 02 May 2018 00:12:18 +0000

I actually quite like writing synopses. (Am I a freak? Quite possibly.) It’s writing the entire rest of the novel that’s exhausting!