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| | Beth Anderson's Barebones Synopsis Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) |
 | | The first thing I noticed on her synopsis was that it was full of beautiful description, just loaded with it, and little else. By the time I had gone through the entire synopsis, I had shown her that she only had shown three actual events, or plot points, in her entire synopsis. |
 | | Writing a synopsis does not have to be an exercise in self-flagellation and throwing yourself into a tar pit before you roll in the feathers. I want to teach you this method today, and I know it works, because this is the method I use when I'm plotting any book, i.e., writing the synopsis. |
 | | Simply put, the purpose of the synopsis, to the acquisition editor, is to determine whether or not you have a solid plot, and whether or not it's something they might want to take a look at. That’s it. |
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