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ksmithWe have at least one each May here in northern Illinois, a 90+F degree day that wrings the life out of any remaining daffs or tulips, and belts the stuffing right out of you. Had one today. Tomorrow, the temp is supposed to freefall back down to the 60s, possibly with rain. Which we need, because despite all the precip we had all winter and the first part of spring, we find ourselves on the mild drought side of the ledger.
Between lunch hour and this evening, added almost 1200 words to the GIDEON synopsis. I really would like to bring this one in under 20 pages (double-spaced) rather than my usual 60-70. So far, I'm up to 12. 11, if you allow for the partial paragraphs and phrases and such. Sometimes multiple scenes/plot turns dump out at one time, and I just set them in place with key words and phrases. Just enough so that I can remember them later, and fill in as needed.
It's strange. Plot is just yorking out all over the page. I like it. Yet past experience tells me that much of it will hit the buglight as the conversion from outline to book is made. Assuming someone buys the thing.
But we like rolling that stone up that hill. Yes, we do.
Between lunch hour and this evening, added almost 1200 words to the GIDEON synopsis. I really would like to bring this one in under 20 pages (double-spaced) rather than my usual 60-70. So far, I'm up to 12. 11, if you allow for the partial paragraphs and phrases and such. Sometimes multiple scenes/plot turns dump out at one time, and I just set them in place with key words and phrases. Just enough so that I can remember them later, and fill in as needed.
It's strange. Plot is just yorking out all over the page. I like it. Yet past experience tells me that much of it will hit the buglight as the conversion from outline to book is made. Assuming someone buys the thing.
But we like rolling that stone up that hill. Yes, we do.
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Date: 2007-05-15 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-15 01:07 pm (UTC)I write "working" synopses--overly detailed in spots, with chunks of dialog and lots of description. Fully fleshed-out scenes. Those items don't, I believe, belong in "submission" synopses, the sort of thing Agent will submit to Editors, especially given that odds are overwhelming that much of the detail won't make it into the thing that becomes the book. What I think I need for the submission synopsis are the overarching plot, the major turns, major characters, highlights of conflict. I'm wrestling with that now--when lines of dialog pop into my head, I open my file for scrap dialog and toss them in there instead.
OTOH, an agent once told me that if you're trying to sell outside your genre, a looong, detailed synopsis is better because you need to convince an editor who may not be familiar with your previous work that you can write a story s/he wants. The pitfalls there can be many, however, if you're the type who writes a synopsis, then tucks it in a drawer and forgets about it.
::slowly raises hand::
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Date: 2007-05-15 06:54 pm (UTC)The Sisyphus Project: When it absolutely, positively has to be done over and over and over again.
Hey --
Date: 2007-05-16 12:02 am (UTC)(But it wasn't the book I was planning to write right now...)
Cute icon!
Date: 2007-05-16 12:03 am (UTC)Re: Hey --
Date: 2007-05-16 01:08 am (UTC)Woo Hoo!
(But it wasn't the book I was planning to write right now...)
This is the book I was planning, but...it's turning out differently than I expected...
Re: Hey --
Date: 2007-05-16 06:37 am (UTC)I've got one of those, too... ;^)
Re: Cute icon!
Date: 2007-05-16 06:51 am (UTC)Re: Cute icon!
Date: 2007-05-16 05:32 pm (UTC)I'm careful about those sites -- once I started seeing large ads for them, I wondered what they might be trying to download into my computer. Fortunately, I have a sterling firewall.
Re: Cute icon!
Date: 2007-05-16 05:38 pm (UTC)Re: Cute icon!
Date: 2007-05-16 06:29 pm (UTC)