Synopses/proposals

[ksmith]

Three chapters and a synopsis of the rest--this I have done before. However, I tend to write working synopses, complete with dialogue. 60-70 pages (double-spaced, but still), broken down by POV. Former agent used to say that with a little more dialogue, I'd have the book.

Anyway, question for the house--how long are your synopses, on average? Do they include dialogue?

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I have a book by Pam McCutcheon entitled WRITING THE FICTION SYNOPSIS--A step by step approach that suggests formats and turning points and contains samples of long and short synopses. I'm not looking forward to this, but I have to do it...