SYNOPSIS WRITING

I'VE BEEN DREADING THIS PART. NOT THAT I'VE HAD TO DO IT BEFORE AND KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE HOW HARD IT IS - I ONLY WISH! - BUT BECAUSE EVERY 'SYNOPSIS WRITING' THING I'VE EVER READ HAS SAID THE SAME THING: WRITERS HATE WRITING THEIR SYNOPSIS.

IMAGINE HOW HARD IT IS TO WRITE A NOVEL. IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR! NOW IMAGINE TAKING YOUR 90,000 WORD, 400 PAGE NOVEL AND CONDENSING IT DOWN TO A 2-3 PAGE SUMMARY. BE SURE TO HIT ALL THE IMPORTANT PARTS. MAKE SURE THE AGENT, EDITOR, PUBLISHER WILL WANT TO READ THE REST OF YOUR BOOK BASED ON WHAT YOU TELL THEM IN 2,000 WORDS.

BOY IS IT HARD.

I HAVE THREE AND A HALF PAGES OF NOTES - POINTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE, THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO MY STORY. NOW I GET TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONDENSE THAT INTO A CATCHY DESCRIPTION... WITH A LOT LESS WORDS!

WISH ME LUCK!