…or, What Was I Thinking? Several weeks ago the writing whirlwind that is Nicola Morgan got one of her many scary assistants to ask me if I’d be willing to host a guest post from the Great Crabbit One. At the time I was feeling somewhat weak (translation: I’d had a couple of glasses of…
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What Is A Synopsis For?
A synopsis is selling-tool, which shows editors and agents that you can write well and that you know how to structure a book. A synopsis, therefore, has to entertain and inform. What it shouldn’t do is intrigue. If you don’t give away your book’s ending in your synopsis then how will anyone you have submitted…
How To Write A Synopsis
The job of the synopsis is to tell the story briefly and coherently; to outline the ups and downs of your story, and to introduce your characters and to demonstrate their appeal. Your synopsis has to be good, because it has a lot of work to do: you’re going to use it to sell your…
Tess Gerritsen On Writing
New writers often wonder if they’re doing things right. Should they write in longhand or type straight to screen? Should they revise as they go, or just get their first draft down? Should they make it up as they go along, or plan everything out before they write a single word? Where writing is concerned,…