Whilst I was editing drifts, I wrote summaries on each chapter in the hope that this would make writing the synopsis easier. I think it has helped but I am still no nearer to getting it right.
Trying to fit a full length novel into a 500 words summary (or one page) is really difficult. I am down to 1,000 words at the moment (teo pages) and decided to take a break. I have written five different versions today and they are getting better/shorter (was four pages long before).
It's just so much happens in a full length novel, to share the whole story in one page is very difficult. I have tried to put every important event or interaction into one sentence but it looks like I am going to need to cut it down further.
I am going to give it one last attempt being really tough on what is important and cut down to just the bare essentials.
Trying to fit a full length novel into a 500 words summary (or one page) is really difficult. I am down to 1,000 words at the moment (teo pages) and decided to take a break. I have written five different versions today and they are getting better/shorter (was four pages long before).
It's just so much happens in a full length novel, to share the whole story in one page is very difficult. I have tried to put every important event or interaction into one sentence but it looks like I am going to need to cut it down further.
I am going to give it one last attempt being really tough on what is important and cut down to just the bare essentials.
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