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Author: Rich DeRuvo (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: 07-03-08 10:30
Is it acceptable to divide your synopsis into chapters? Like: Chapter 1:
.......................... etc
Chapter 2:
.......................... etc
or do agent want it all in one stream? I'm asking because it would be a lot easier to follow if my synopsis was like this.
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Re: synopsis |
Author: Jeanne Gassman (---.hsd1.vt.comcast.net)
Date: 07-03-08 15:22
Rich,
No chapter breaks in the synopsis. Try this site for examples and resources on the synopsis:
http://www.charlottedillon.com/synopsis.html
It's for romance novels, but the same rules apply. And there are some fabulous links on there with posted synopses from published novels.
Hope that helps.
Jeanne
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Re: synopsis |
Author: Christopher Chance (---.range81-158.btcentralplus.com)
Date: 07-12-08 05:11
Hi Rich,
I don't know much about agents; I haven't got one, but my publisher required me to send a chapter synopsis for each of my books in the form of a couple of paragraphs for each chapter. The chapter synopsis became a useful tool for interviews and press releases. It also helped with the blurb; that very important 300 words or so on the back cover. Synopsis are a bone of contention with many writers and there are many people out there giving advice and guidance, good for them, but I found a chapter synopsis helped me so do one anyway.
Good luck, Chancer.
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Re: synopsis |
Author: jayce (---.mob.bellsouth.net)
Date: 07-12-08 16:39
Christopher:
Beg to differ. Your work is nonfiction. For fiction, I would follow Jeanne's advice.
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Re: synopsis |
Author: Christopher Chance (---.range86-139.btcentralplus.com)
Date: 07-13-08 03:56
Hi jayce,
fair comment, but by doing a chapter synopsis he's giving himself a tool to work with and it can only help him. Incidentally, I got the impression that this may be a trend with some publishers... who knows?
(Good thread though, eh?)
Regards, Chancer.
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