Synopses

I do not like them, Sam I Am.

I would not like them here or there.

I would not like them anywhere.

Synopses, I mean. Not green eggs and ham. (On a side note, I'm actually a big fan of green eggs and ham).

Query letters are a stroll through the park in comparison to the synopsis (which is a long dive off a cliff). I don't know if that's a well-crafted analogy, but I'm sure you see my point. Stop staring!

My current synopsis is hideous. I went through my novel, chapter by chapter and wrote down, in one or two sentences, a synopsis of each chapter. Basically, all the important parts. Then, I typed it up into a mish-mash five-page paper... Boring.

My trouble is trimming it down. I feel like every sentence is important and necessary. It's hard to step back, take an objective view on it, and figure out what's really important. And what really isn't. I suppose I could leave out the (not so important) invisibility cape, as long as I leave in the evil villain's magic powers...

But then, one part of me says, "But I like the invisibility cape. I want people to know about it."

While the other part of me argues back, "They'll know about it when they actually read the book, silly."

Yes, I call myself names. No, I'm not schizophrenic.