tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post6207487939918784780..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Paragraph starts in the synopsisEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-71205963101604283412010-06-07T09:20:08.637-05:002010-06-07T09:20:08.637-05:00I came up with something that incorporates these s...I came up with something that incorporates these statements by having my word processor "autosummarize" down to 15% and then creating the transitions. The problem is, I ended up with a seven page, single-spaced synopsis. :/<br />Much cutting ahead...Sarah J. MacManushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03430266551248332700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-894777466988001942010-06-06T22:37:51.422-05:002010-06-06T22:37:51.422-05:00Timely advice, Alicia. It's a mind-battle con...Timely advice, Alicia. It's a mind-battle condensing 100K down to a synopsis. I feel your advice should be obvious to me - I know not what to do, but don't know how not to do it. Hopefully, your pointers will get the ball rolling in the right direction :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-34156748410522446082010-06-06T22:36:41.784-05:002010-06-06T22:36:41.784-05:00Timely advice, Alicia. It's a mind-battle con...Timely advice, Alicia. It's a mind-battle condensing 100K down to a synopsis. I feel your advice should be obvious to me - I know not what to do, but don't know how not to do it. Hopefully, your pointers will get the ball rolling in the right direction :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-35905130414587937272010-06-06T15:43:44.165-05:002010-06-06T15:43:44.165-05:00Thanks for the synopsis-writing advice--very helpf...Thanks for the synopsis-writing advice--very helpful.Ruth Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12305109099610123918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-6170643156192987732010-06-06T14:49:37.388-05:002010-06-06T14:49:37.388-05:00Yeah, you know, I think it's dangerous to writ...Yeah, you know, I think it's dangerous to write fiction about something you already have a strong opinion about-- you end up ranting or proseletyzing, not telling a story.<br /><br /> So, Anon, I feel your pain-- I want to tell writers, if you mean to send a message, write a bumper sticker! A story is about story!<br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-82097962765234650012010-06-06T02:24:11.704-05:002010-06-06T02:24:11.704-05:00Your blog has excellent advice for new writers and...Your blog has excellent advice for new writers and submitters, especially on how to make things work on a sentence level. I edit a tiny online lit zine. A small, insignificant enterprise that is too poor to pay its esteemed contributors. <br /><br />We occasionally receive stories and poems that ought to be published in fancy-pants mags like <i>The Paris Review</i>, but alas, most of our slush pile is atrocious. Cliches and illogical sentence structure are the biggest issues. And narrators who are just puppets spouting the author's opinions. Sometimes I think I could start a more profitable magazine out of all the bad poetry and pretentious stories we receive. Like a freak show that people can't look away from. Meh...it's late and I'm just feeling nasty after reading utter crapola. Lucky you guys getting paid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-23311963313333853272010-06-05T22:10:50.755-05:002010-06-05T22:10:50.755-05:00After reading this I had to pull up the last synop...After reading this I had to pull up the last synopsis I wrote and I was surprised to find I actually did this with most of the first sentences of my paragraphs. Yay! I used a combination of the cause/effect and emotion, but every once in awhile there's a time one slipped in there (By the next morning, a few days later, two weeks later, etc).<br /><br />I think I'm one of the weird people who actually enjoys writing a query and synopsis. LOL. <br /><br />JTJulie Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880895598847092028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-87144027643326897482010-06-05T21:02:14.814-05:002010-06-05T21:02:14.814-05:00Sigh. I spent all day today writing a synopsis.
T...Sigh. I spent all day today writing a synopsis.<br /><br />Thank you for writing this post before I sent it out!Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.com