[stylist] Fw: For Moshe-synopsis

[Danielle Montour]

Very true about the confidence in the synopsis lol.  Judith, I do 
like your last one a lot.  It's great!

Danni

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:41:21 -0400
Subject: Re: [stylist] Fw: For Moshe-synopsis

If you're going to confine yourself to the 6-paragraph maximum 
your friend
recommends, you're going to have to feel completely confident 
that the
description of both characters is teased out to a satisfactory 
lure for your
editorial audience.  The most recent draft of the synopsis you 
provided was
leagues better than the first one you shared, but, never mind 
what we say.
You're never going to please every subscriber here, and there's 
going to
come a point when you have to feel confident in it yourself.  
I've been
honest in my feedback up to this point.  To that end, I don't buy 
the notion
that you're good at writing a novel but don't feel good about 
writing a
synopsis.  If the novel is a good one, the synopsis should write 
itself.  If
you're still feeling cautious, perhaps you should return to the 
novel and
figure out what it is that's keeping you from putting together a 
summary
that isn't so meandering.  I think you want to aim for a synopsis 
that
storms through the door, grabs the reader by the shirt and says, 
"look,
bitch, here's my story, and you're going to like it!" LOL  I 
really liked
that bit I found on the Internet about your novel.  This most 
recent
revision is good, but I want to hear you as the author feel 110 
percent
positive that this is a story youth are going to want to pick up 
and the
publisher would be foolish not to add to its collection.

All of this having been said, I want you to remind me of this 
positive
spirit when I start collecting rejection letters on my own work 
in progress.
It's far easier said than done, and I don't want my blunt 
opinions to in any
way discourage you from the notion that you are a great writer.  
Ultimately,
stop second-guessing yourself.  Sit down, write it well, and then 
go for a
slam dunk.  If this publisher doesn't like, there are many 
others.

Best,

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam 
Ewing

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judith Bron
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 9:26 PM
To: Stylist
Subject: [stylist] Fw: For Moshe-synopsis

I just got this from a close family friend who got a PHD in
education and
spent many years teaching English and history in the public 
schools.  I
thought you would be interested in  his feedback on a synopsis.  
Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: <schulgasser at juno.com
To: <jbron at optonline.net
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: For Moshe-synopsis


 Not necessarily, in answer to your question about telling the 
ending.

 A synopsis doesn't have to be more than 3-6 paragraphs,
describing the
 character and outlining the problem or struggle.

 As reported to Barbara from Moshe.

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