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mary rosenblum
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Hello all!
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mary rosenblum
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Happy St. Patrick's day and
welcome to our Friday After Hours.
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mary rosenblum
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I know quite a few people have
completed novels during the Nano novel writing project...
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mary rosenblum
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and many other people are
working on them...
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mary rosenblum
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and these days, most editors
and agents ask for a synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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That can feel like a
formidable obstacle...and it can BE a formidable obstacle.
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mary rosenblum
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A poorly written synopsis will
not earn you an invitation to submit your complete manuscript.
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on
the 'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question
mark at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular
'send' bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into
the regular send bar if that works better for you..
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mary rosenblum
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Even if you're only writing
short fiction, the synopsis can help you.
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mary rosenblum
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If you're a LR student, of
course, you're going to have to face those 'summary' assignments...
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mary rosenblum
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and that's essentially what
they ask for... a synopsis of a project you intend to write.
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geezer
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Way off topic. How would you
handle sounds? As in a shoot out,
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mary rosenblum
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Actually, that's a good
question, geeze!
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mary rosenblum
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I recommend against trying to
phonetically spell out a sound...
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mary rosenblum
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What sounds 'right' to you
will make other readers giggle.
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mary rosenblum
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It's better to let your POV
character hear the sounds.
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mary rosenblum
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Thunder rumbled in the
distance. Samar looked up nervously.
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mary rosenblum
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Same with the sounds of
gunfire...
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mary rosenblum
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let your POV interpret. Danar
ducked his head as a mortar shell screamed over.
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mary rosenblum
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The thing to keep in mind is
that many different people will read the scene so let each...
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mary rosenblum
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reader 'hear' the sound that
sounds right to him or her.
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paminnapa
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Ive been ready up on synopsis
and it seems there is no "right way" I saw on this web one that
you did and another called perfect princess. the foremats were different.
Same with other sites Ive looked out.
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mary rosenblum
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But format doesn't really
matter, Pam.
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paminnapa
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also Ive heard you say to write
in the MC pov...what if you have 6 MC in a novel? They innertwine slighlty
but this is where Im struggling most
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mary rosenblum
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If you have six equal POVs in
your novel, you may have a problem right there, Pam. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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Usually one, two, or even
three POVs dominate.
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mary rosenblum
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THe more main characters you
have, the more skill it requires to keep readers involved.
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mary rosenblum
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Now I may use five different
characters in my novel as POVs at various times, but only two of them may
be main characters...
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mary rosenblum
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the others are secondaries and
their POV is useful in a particular chapter or scene.
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mary rosenblum
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But when I write the synopsis,
I'll only use a single POV.
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mary rosenblum
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Your editor is not an English
teacher who is going to give you a bad grade because...
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mary rosenblum
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the margin wasn't right or
your header wasn't just so.
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mary rosenblum
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What IS important is that you
convey the energy of your novel, the plot, and the story CLEARY...
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mary rosenblum
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because that editor is
evaluating YOUR story against the ten others he just looked at.
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mary rosenblum
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It's not form, it's function
that matters.
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mary rosenblum
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If you try to involve all six
of your POVs, and you're trying to keep this to three to five pages...
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mary rosenblum
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how can your editor possibly
keep track?
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xana
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What exactly are editors looking
for in a synopsis - and what should be left out?
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mary rosenblum
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Well, they need to know the
shape of your dramatic arc.
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mary rosenblum
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Where does your story
start...what is the climax...how does it end?
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mary rosenblum
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As to waht to leave out?
Probably all the subplots.
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mary rosenblum
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Even if you have two main
characters, decide which one is stronger (you know which one you like
spending time with more) and tell the story through that POV.
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mary rosenblum
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If you need to include an
important event that takes place in the other character's POV while your
chosen one is absent, sure you can include it.
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mary rosenblum
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Meanwhile, Xara has discovered
that he is really the son of the old king...
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mary rosenblum
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Your goal here is to keep the
editor rapt until the last line of your synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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That's ALL you have to do.
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mary rosenblum
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So when you try to include
everything, it becomes less like drama and more like a tangled ball of
yarn!
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janecj333
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The synopsis is a summary of
fiction, but not fiction itself. Because you write it in third person
present tense, isn't the pov really your own?
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mary rosenblum
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Sure...it's not fiction. You
are telling the editor what your book is about.
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mary rosenblum
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You are answering the
question, 'so, what is your book about?' and doing it dramatically.
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mary rosenblum
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It's a pitch.
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on
the 'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question
mark at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular
'send' bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into
the regular send bar if that works better for you..
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andi
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Mary, i'm doing a contest one
where i have to write chapter two 2500 words and do a synopsis of 800
words.
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mary rosenblum
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You just have to write chapter
two, andi? Not chapter one? That's weird. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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Well, an 800 word synopsis is
about three pages. That sounds about right.
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mary rosenblum
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Almost four pages.
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mary rosenblum
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That's plenty of space for a
good synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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I just sent one off to my
agent, pitching a mystery series I'd like to write.
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mary rosenblum
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I think it was three and a
half pages long.
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andi
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chapter one is already written.
doing it for myself. canadians not invited
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mary rosenblum
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ah, that's too bad!
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mary rosenblum
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Well, then you'll have it.
Lots of novel contests ask for that.
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tory
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Does it matter if the synopsis
is single or double spaced?
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mary rosenblum
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I always double space 'em.
It's just easier to read. Editors read all day.
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mary rosenblum
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Again, this is not a test for
how pretty your page looks...and editors know that lots of folk...
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mary rosenblum
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who send in that novel are
first timers.
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mary rosenblum
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You might not get all the
formatting is dotted and ts crossed.
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mary rosenblum
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Make sure it's readable.
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mary rosenblum
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It's the content that matters.
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mary rosenblum
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And this is where a synopsis
can REALLY make you sweat.
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mary rosenblum
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It is HARD to translate those
350 - 400 pages into three and a half!
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xana
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Would it be useful to look at a
lot of book jacket blurbs to get ideas for synopses - and then tack on the
climax and ending?
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mary rosenblum
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It is, indeed, xana.
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mary rosenblum
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Most of those are written by
professionals who do freelance blurb work...
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mary rosenblum
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or by the editor.
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mary rosenblum
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They are succint, they capture
the high points of the plot and they are VERY short.
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mary rosenblum
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Your synopsis is huge by
comparison! :-)
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paminnapa
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In the one I read it was broken
up setting (underlined) then talked about setting. Underlined each
character with a brief description then a summary of story...Is that way
done a lot?
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mary rosenblum
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Not usually.
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mary rosenblum
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Of course you read the writers
guidelines.
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mary rosenblum
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But I've always done them the
same way, and my agent never complains.
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mary rosenblum
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And that is to tell the story
in third person narrative form from the perspective of my strongest main
character...]
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mary rosenblum
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in the most compelling and
dynamic form I can.
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mary rosenblum
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I have a ten page working
outline for the mystery I'm trying to sell...
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mary rosenblum
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and I shortened that to 3.5
pages before I sent it off...
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mary rosenblum
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not because I had to...
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mary rosenblum
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but because by the time I got
done distilling that plot to its most compelling form...
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mary rosenblum
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that is how long it was. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on
the 'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question
mark at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular
'send' bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into
the regular send bar if that works better for you..
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mary rosenblum
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But when you read guidelines,
you will find that some publishers specify what they want...
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mary rosenblum
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and so do agents.
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mary rosenblum
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And then you give them what
they want.
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mary rosenblum
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That may be ten pages.
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mary rosenblum
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It may be a chapter
summary...where you summarize each chapter briefly...
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mary rosenblum
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it may be a one page query
letter.
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mary rosenblum
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And if the editor or agent
asks for a query (and lots of agents do that)...
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mary rosenblum
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then really read those
paperback blurbs because that's all the room you have...
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mary rosenblum
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about one paragraph.
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mary rosenblum
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But...aha...here's the payoff.
:-)
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mary rosenblum
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It is VERY good for you to do
this, even if you are not submitting or not nearly ready to.
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mary rosenblum
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You surely should do this,
Pam.
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mary rosenblum
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It will help you sort out for
yourself which of your six characters...
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mary rosenblum
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are really carrying the story.
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mary rosenblum
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It forces you to know clearly
what is important and what is just subplot.
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mary rosenblum
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And believe me, when you are
dealing with your first novel or two, that is not at all clear,
necessarily.
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mary rosenblum
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It is an exercise I give to
workshop students all the time:
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mary rosenblum
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Write a one page synopsis of
your novel.
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mary rosenblum
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Write a one paragraph synopsis
of your story.
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ms.croft
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In a query, is it good to
compare your novel to other novels
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mary rosenblum
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It is, ms croft, but make sure
that novel has sold very well!
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mary rosenblum
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You certainly don't want to
compare it to a book that has lousy sales. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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But do realize, editors and
agents get tons of letters touting 'the new Lord of the Rings', 'the next
Harry Potter'.
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mary rosenblum
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-) It doesn't move 'em much.
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paminnapa
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thanks Mary..I actually have 3
mc and a few secondaries after rethinking. I also read that if you can you
should write a summary after each chapter you finish so it stays fresh and
easier to put together later.Ive just started doing that.
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mary rosenblum
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That's a good exercise,
pam...doing that summary of a chapter.
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mary rosenblum
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It also makes it SO much
easier to find that scene you now have to change when you can't recall...
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mary rosenblum
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which chapter it took place
in! :-)
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mary rosenblum
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and three main characters
sounds much more reasonable, too.
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ms.croft
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Yeah, I hear that!
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mary rosenblum
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But on the other hand, ms.
croft, if you say 'a thriller along the lines of a Hunt For Red October'...
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mary rosenblum
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and then tell the editor how
it differs, that gives the editor useful information.
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on
the 'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question
mark at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular
'send' bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into
the regular send bar if that works better for you..
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speckledorf
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I have a general
"template" for a back cover blurb. I played with it during NaNo
and it really forces you to consider the important parts of the novel.
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mary rosenblum
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Cool, speck.
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mary rosenblum
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How does it go?
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mary rosenblum
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I generally start with my
climax when I have to write a blurb...
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mary rosenblum
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and then sort of work
backward...
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mary rosenblum
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what has to be there in order
to get here?
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mary rosenblum
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By starting with your climax,
you know what has to be included...the characters and events...
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mary rosenblum
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that immediately precipitate
the climax...
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mary rosenblum
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and then you can select the
major plot events that propell them.
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ms.croft
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If you start with a climax, are
you giving away too much?
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mary rosenblum
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If you're writing a synopsis,
you MUST include the end, ms. Croft.
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mary rosenblum
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The editor wants to know if
your dramatic arc is solid, or is it broken.
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mary rosenblum
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Not every writer can actually
end that novel well.
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mary rosenblum
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BUT...if I'm writing a query
letter to an agent? I might leave the ending off as a tease...
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mary rosenblum
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Will Meg discover the identity
of the killer before he can strike again?
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mary rosenblum
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And quit there.
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mary rosenblum
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After all, I'm trying to get
the dude to ask for the synopsis and chapters! Or the complete ms...
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ms.croft
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Sorry, haven't taken the course
yet... but I agree ;)
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mary rosenblum
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Well, you'd be amazed at how
many editors get synopses that don't include the end.
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mary rosenblum
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You'd be amazed at how many
story summaries I get from students that don't include the end. LOL
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on
the 'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question
mark at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular
'send' bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into
the regular send bar if that works better for you..
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speckledorf
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This one starts with lead
character and present situation. Sec. para. starts with "Suddenly or
But when" and you fill in major turning points. Para. 3. starts with
"Now" as a action sequence or W
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speckledorf
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or "Will" and asks a
couple questions. Very basic but fun.
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mary rosenblum
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Sounds like a good basic
template. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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It's a good skill to practice!
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mary rosenblum
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I got a phone call from my
agent at 7 AM...she was in London and wanted a blurb of my new novel to
give to booksellers.
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mary rosenblum
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Talk about being on the spot.
Sheesh.
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mary rosenblum
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The big London Book Fair.
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mary rosenblum
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Next time you find yourself
sitting in traffic...
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mary rosenblum
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make up blurbs for your book.
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mary rosenblum
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It's a great way to focus on
the important themes.
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mary rosenblum
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And you may discover that
something you weren't really paying attention to is really important.
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mary rosenblum
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But do NOT try to get
everything crammed into that synopsis...
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mary rosenblum
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all the love interests, the
various character subplots.
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andi
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Is a blurb and synopsis the
same? i'm getting mixed up.
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mary rosenblum
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A blub is just a very short
synopsis and usually does not include the end...
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mary rosenblum
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certainly it does not if it's
going on the book jacket!
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mary rosenblum
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If you have a website, you can
put a blurb for your new book up there...again without the end! :-)
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mary rosenblum
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And...when your friend at work
asks you...'So, what is your book about?" you can answer without...
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mary rosenblum
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stumbling over your tongue.
:-)
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dwoods37
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Blurbs are teasers then.
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mary rosenblum
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Yes, usually.
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mary rosenblum
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A synopsis is a summary of the
plot's high points...
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mary rosenblum
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so that the agent or editor
can decide if the book is interesting and solidly plotted.
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mary rosenblum
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You're simply saying, with
your synopsis, 'I did a good plot'.
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mary rosenblum
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Your chapters (which usually
accompany the synopsis) tells the editor...'I can write, too."
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mary rosenblum
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Hi, PM...try typing /ask in
front of your question in your regular send bar...
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mary rosenblum
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then it'll show up in the transcript.
:-)
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paminnapa
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pmhotelguy asks, The summary for
assignment #5 ...why is it so hard? Ive written most of the article first,
cause Ive had so many misfires writing the sum, then the article
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mary rosenblum
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Thanks, Pam. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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I think it's hard because very
few of us start out by working out the complete piece first...
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mary rosenblum
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usually you sit down and start
writing and figure out where you're going as you get there.
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mary rosenblum
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But if you can work out the
shape of a story or article first...
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mary rosenblum
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it simply saves you rewriting
time.
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mary rosenblum
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You can make structural
changes before you've invested all those words on the page.
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mary rosenblum
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A summary is like this:
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mary rosenblum
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A little girl strolling
through the woods found a cabin with the door unlocked. She went inside...
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mary rosenblum
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and made herself at home, only
to be interrupted by the owners...three angry bears. She escaped...
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mary rosenblum
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learning a valuable lesson
about tresspassing.
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geezer
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Isn't that like working with an
outline?
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mary rosenblum
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We're getting into semantics
here, geeze...myself, I would consider an outline to be much more
detailed...
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mary rosenblum
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a synopsis is more general.
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ms.croft
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In a synopsis, do you add in the
overall "theme"?
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mary rosenblum
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Surely, if you know the theme.
:-)
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mary rosenblum
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I actually started the last
synopsis with the them.
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mary rosenblum
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uh..theme.
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mary rosenblum
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This is our After Hours Forum,
with me, Mary Rosenblum, your web editor. We're talking about writing the
synopsis tonight. I've published seven novels (number eight will be out
next year) , more than 60 short stories, and will do my best to answer any
questions you have. If you're new here, remember that you need to click on the
'Ask a Question' button or the 'word bubble' next to the red question mark
at the top of the screen in order to ask a question. Your regular 'send'
bar won't reach me! Or you can use /ask and type your question into the
regular send bar if that works better for you..
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andi
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this is off topic I'm doing one
story about two men who meet in a bar talking and one tells about an
encounter he had. i'm writing it in third voice does it stay in past tense
or double past all the way through the story he tells is my story
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mary rosenblum
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Past tense is less visible to
the reader, andi.
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mary rosenblum
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We notice present tense.
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mary rosenblum
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And if you're using past tense
and want to speak of events that happened farther in the past...
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mary rosenblum
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you use the past perfect.
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mary rosenblum
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Bill leaned his elbow on the
bar and frowned. Last month he had spent a week working on his father in
law's cabin...
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mary rosenblum
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'had spent' tells us it
happened previous to 'now'.
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mary rosenblum
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The main thing to remember
with a synopsis is...first, read the guidelines for the market or agent
you're submitting to. .
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mary rosenblum
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second: Write something that
is exciting, easy to follow, and conveys the important points of your story
only.
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mary rosenblum
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Those are the only two 'musts'
here.
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mary rosenblum
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Write a bunch of drafts.
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mary rosenblum
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Give 'em to friends.
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mary rosenblum
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It's hard to do a good
synopsis the first time you sit down to try it.
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mary rosenblum
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Don't wait until you need it.
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mary rosenblum
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Practice it now. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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The more you do it, the easier
it gets. When I first started writing 'long' I struggled..
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mary rosenblum
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to get a synopsis down below
ten pages. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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I'd have a hard time writing
one that long now!
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dfitz
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would you do an outline before
you do a synopsis?
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mary rosenblum
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Well, I'd certainly know where
the book was going. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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And realize, that as
unpublished novelists, you really will have to finish the book before..
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mary rosenblum
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a publisher or agent will do
anything with it.
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mary rosenblum
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For very hundred people who
start a novel, how many actually finish it? And could they finish it on a
deadline?
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mary rosenblum
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You have to sort of prove that
you can actually finish a novel and turn it in on time...
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mary rosenblum
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before you can offer a
synopsis without a manuscript in your hands.
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info
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my problem seems to be that I
have a hard time lengthening it that long
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mary rosenblum
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Nothing wrong with short if it
does the job, info!
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xana
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Some of us work better with real
deadlines. ;-)
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mary rosenblum
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You might have to make your
own on the first book, Xana. :-)
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ms.croft
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Should you include what happens
in all chapters?
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mary rosenblum
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Definitely not, ms. Croft,
unless the submission guidelines specifically tell you to do so.
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mary rosenblum
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What you want to do is start
iwth your main character and the first major plot element in the story.
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mary rosenblum
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So that right away, we know
the problem and the MC.
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mary rosenblum
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What are the dramatic high
points that take that MC from the start to the climax of the story?
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mary rosenblum
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Include them.
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mary rosenblum
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Include the resolution after
the climax.
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mary rosenblum
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Now, think about the things
that make this novel special. Is it that you have set is realistically...
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on the back lot of a race
track?
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mary rosenblum
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That your fantasy world is
cooler than any other out there?
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mary rosenblum
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Make sure that strength is
evident in your synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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And don't be modest!
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mary rosenblum
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No shuffling, head hanging,
geethisismyfirstattemptatanoveland....
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sort of thing!
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mary rosenblum
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Don't be ridiculous either.
'This makes Tolkien's work look like a kindergartner's scribbling...
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mary rosenblum
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And don't think editors
haven't gotten that very letter. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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I've read a few of 'em. Whew!
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xana
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It sounds like the first page of
your synopsis is probably in the first chapter of your novel.
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mary rosenblum
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It probably should be, Xana.
And aha...
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mary rosenblum
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you have just put your finger
on the secret value of a synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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If you find that your first
plot element ...the first one that you decide should be in your synopsis...
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takes place in chapter four...
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mary rosenblum
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Uh oh.
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mary rosenblum
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Maybe you need to rethink the
value of chapters one through three?
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forest elf
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Mary, I know about synopsis and
I know about chapter summary. But I came across a publisher asking for a
chapter synopsis. I am guessing this is the same thing as a chapter
summary, am I correct?
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mary rosenblum
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Yes. He may want a chapter by
chapter summary (synopsis)...
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mary rosenblum
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This is quite common in
nonfiction.
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mary rosenblum
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Some editors ask for it in
fiction...I think because so many novice writers are so bad at writing a
usable synopsis...
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mary rosenblum
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that they just ask for the
chapter summaries.
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paminnapa
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how would you start it if you
have an epilogu? Im my novel I set a scenewherea victim is poisoned...what
happens......then in Chapter one I introduce the mainMC.....how do I do
that in the beginning of a synopis?
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mary rosenblum
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You mean a prologue, Pam? The
poisoning scene comes first? Then the story starts?
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mary rosenblum
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I'd just start with 'Joanna
was poisoned. Inspector Travail got the phone call at 9 AM, ruining his
Sunday. ...
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mary rosenblum
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that sort of thing.
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canyon
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Do Brand Name authors still send
plot synopsis w/ their work?
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mary rosenblum
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ah, canyon, when you have
'earned your wings' by turning in novels on deadline...you can sell your
novel without writing it. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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You sell it ONLY on the
synopsis and then your contract specifies a date on which you must turn in
a draft.
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mary rosenblum
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I do it both ways.
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mary rosenblum
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Sometimes I write the whole
novel, sometimes I just do a synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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The benefit to you when you
practice writing synopses, is that you get a clearer and clearer picture of
the real strengths...
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of your novel. That helps you
know what you might want to trim during revision.
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forest elf
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I've read that chapter summaries
should begin each chapter on a new page. Should the prologue be included in
a chapter summary at all? Would it be on its own page before chapter one's
summary?
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mary rosenblum
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Yes, your prologue is its own
chapter, elf, as is an epilogue.
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mary rosenblum
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And if you're writing a
chapter summary, again, you want to make the summary dramatic, not just a
laundry list of what is included.
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mary rosenblum
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If you're editor is bored, he
or she is not impressed.
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mary rosenblum
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That's really to main
point...present your synopsis or chaper summary as a good read!
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mary rosenblum
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You're selling your novel!
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mary rosenblum
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Next time you're in a
bookstore, take a look at those paperbacks...
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mary rosenblum
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many of them will have a blurb
on the back.
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mary rosenblum
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That's the style you want, no
matter what length you're writing.
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mary rosenblum
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Notice how the writer has
picked out a single plot point to emphasize?
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mary rosenblum
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You know there's a lot more in
the book.
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canyon
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Is this the same w/ hardcover
jackets?
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mary rosenblum
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Some of them have blurbs, but
often they have reviews.
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forest elf
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It has been awhile, but you read
my NaNo blurb ... please give me some hope .... that was pretty good wasn't
it? If it is as good as my NaNo blurb am I doing okay?
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mary rosenblum
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Gosh, elf, I'm sorry. I don't
think I can remember it that clearly off hand.
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mary rosenblum
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But I don't remember thinking
I needed to rewrite it, so it must have been solid, elf. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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As I recall, I edited a few.
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geezer
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So, it is best to leave a
prospective agent wondering about the end? If I'm querying 100 of them I'd
rather not tell them all my idea.
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mary rosenblum
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If it's a query, geeze, I'd
say you can leave the agent wondering. But don't do it to protect your
idea.
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mary rosenblum
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Your idea has no value to an
agent.
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mary rosenblum
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Only your book does.
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mary rosenblum
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Look...ideas are a dime a
dozen.
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mary rosenblum
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They are only valuble when
they are part of a powerful book.
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mary rosenblum
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Don't leave the end off of a
synopsis.
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mary rosenblum
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It'll get you a rejection.
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mary rosenblum
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I just grabbed a book of my
overloaded bookshelves...
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mary rosenblum
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it's a paperback SF book by
Gordon Dickson.
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mary rosenblum
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The blurb is two paragraphs
long.
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mary rosenblum
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In the first paragraph, we
meet the MC, learn that he has been in charge of getting a Mars expedition
off the ground...
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mary rosenblum
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and when disaster struck,
threatening the lives othe marsnauts and the whole destiny...
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mary rosenblum
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of the human race in space,
only Jens saw what had to be done...and to do it...
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mary rosenblum
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he had to risk his own life,
face the loss of the woman he loved, and defy the...
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mary rosenblum
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awesome power of the President
of the US.
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mary rosenblum
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There you go.
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mary rosenblum
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Major plot points in a single
paragraph.
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mary rosenblum
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The first paragraph gave us an
intro to Jens.
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canyon
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So the editor gets the ending,
too?
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mary rosenblum
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Absolutely.
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mary rosenblum
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Otherwise, how does he know
you HAVE a good ending?
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speckledorf
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If anyone would like the
template I mentioned earlier, I'd be happy to email it to them.:--)
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mary rosenblum
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Don't let synopses scare you.
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mary rosenblum
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Practice writing them.
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mary rosenblum
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Do blurbs for your stories.
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mary rosenblum
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Then you'll be ready to do one
for real when you have a novel to market.
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mary rosenblum
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Actually, speck if you want to
eamil me the template...
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mary rosenblum
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I'll post it in the review
section.
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mary rosenblum
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That will save you copying all
the email addresses. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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People can just go copy it
directly.
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mary rosenblum
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Thank you all for coming. :-)
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mary rosenblum
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I'll post the transcripts in
the usual place:
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mary rosenblum
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Writing Craft: Forum
Transcripts.
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mary rosenblum
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Have a good weekend all!
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mary rosenblum
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Do join us on Sunday for our
casual chat!
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mary rosenblum
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Same time as this Forum.
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mary rosenblum
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Happy St. Patrick's day to you
all.
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mary rosenblum
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Good night, all!
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