Synopses how do you write them?

[Garren Jacobsen]

The question is in the title. Any good resources for these that you would suggest?

 

[TWErvin2]

The question is in the title. Any good resources for these that you would suggest?

Here's an article on synopsis writing that I wrote a while back that may be a good place to start:

Link: Writing a Novel Synopsis

 

[skip.knox]

I just did a search on "how to write a book synopsis" and got 24 million hits. You will find them varied, variously interesting, and ultimately about as helpful as "how to write a book".

One thing they all have in common: it's hard to do.

 

[cupiscent]

Susan Dennard's advice, complete with Star Wars example, is a great way of thinking about it. Even if your novel is more complicated than a movie or YA novel (which are shorter, with cleaner plotlines, than an epic fantasy can be) I found it a great start to thinking about streamlining and cutting to the core of the story.

 

[cupiscent]

This popped up on my blog feed today so I'm adding it to the resource pile: some pointers from a lit agent about synopses.