Writing the Fiction Synopsis: A Step by Step Approach (How-To Series (Memphis, Tenn.).) - Hardcover

McCutcheon, Pam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0965437116 ISBN 13: 9780965437110

Publisher: Gryphon Books for Writers, 1998

Synopsis

Walk through the process of writing a synopsis of your book, from targeting your market, to adding tone, to tightening by choosing just the right words. Learn how to write the synopsis to develop your book's theme, determine what elements of plot and character should be included, choose which method to use to begin your synopsis, and format it properly.

Using movies as examples, the author provides preliminary, plot development, character development, and story outline worksheets. Learn how to complete the blank worksheets for your book, complete the checklist to ensure you have included the necessary elements in your synopsis, and study the long and short sample synopses provided for each movie discussed.

What a synopsis is and why editors want one
What to put in your synopsis, what to leave out and why
How to include plot and character development, including resolution, in your synopsis
Learn the key to a good synopsis
Fill out the worksheets to write a synopsis of your book

Edition details

• Publisher: Gryphon Books for Writers
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965437116
• ISBN 13: 9780965437110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 171