The Best Synopsis

For the month of June, From A Writers POV is celebrating 20 issues. In celebration we are running a contest for The Best Synopsis. Writers have submitted their synopsis and four writers were picked as the finalists. Each week this month we are displaying one of the four finalists and at the end of this month, the winner will be picked and displayed.

So how does a writer, write The Best Synopsis? We are going to discuss that briely in today's blog.

A synopsis must be eye catching. From the time the reader reads the first line, it must get their attention. The synopsis must give the reader so much that they say they won't more.

The synopsis should give brief details about the main character. What their role will be. What will happen to get the story going. It should then give a mysteric sentence or statement that something is going to happen to change the current events of the book. It should finally say what could happen and what the reader will experience while reading it.

A synopsis should be about 5-6 paragraphs long. Be detailed but do not give up too much. Make the reader want to read the book. It's just like reading the back of a book. Give details that will make the reader hold on to a book.

Someone once told me, "The best way to get a good synopsis is to let your friend or relative who has read the manuscript write it for you"

Before we end today's blog.....

Don't forget to check out our online writing course. Registration ends tomorrow for our first session. You can register here: http://povonlinewritingcourses.webs.com/

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Signing Off,

Dominique Watson