40 Things To Do Before I'm 40: The Synopsis Saga

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Synopsis Saga

You would think logically, that the hardest part of actually preparing a novel for submission, is the actual writing of the novel itself, wouldn't you? I've managed to write a novel of just under 80,000 words, yet why am I struggling to grasp the concept of writing a synopsis, to prepare to market my book to an Agent? I've so far managed two sentances - hardly going to set an Agent's world alive with that, am I?

My brain states that logically I should bullet point the entire novel/characters and hopefully turn it, into something resembling a synopsis. If all else fails, then I may be visiting this lady http://www.bubblecow.co.uk/

2 comments:

Caroline said...: Try this - BubbleCow Resourse x; May 1, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Janette said...: Thanks honey - I'm getting there slowly!; May 2, 2009 at 9:04 PM

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The List

1) Learn a foreign language - in progress
2) Watch a foreign film - completed
3) Go skinny dipping
4) Snog Take That
5) Write a novel and get published - in progress
6) Go in a hot air balloon - completed
7) Work in Africa
8) Go to an international football match in the new Wembley - completed
9) Visit all 50 states of America - in progress (4/50)
10) Get my own column in a newspaper/magazine
11) Win a BAFTA
12) Do a sponsored hike/bike ride for charity - completed
13) Read all of the BBC Top 100 reads - completed
14) Go to Wimbledon - completed
15) Rescue an animal from captivity - in progress
16) Be a Mum
17) Go to a Paul Smith fashion show
18) Watch the Lord Of The Rings trilogy - completed
19) Go surfing - completed
20) Go to the ballet - completed
21) See a Shakespearean play at the RSC in Stratford - completed
22) Drive a Ferrari - completed
23) Have tea at the Ritz in London - completed
24) Create a short film to go onto You Tube - completed
25) Learn to do the tango - completed
26) Meet Mr T
27) Own a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes - completed
28) Be in Times Square, NY at midnight on New Years Eve - completed
29) Write a script/story for Dr Who - completed
30) Ride on a Harley Davidson to Ayres Rock
31) Go to an ice hockey match - completed
32) Go to a baseball match - completed
33) Watch a Nottingham Forest match from an executive box - completed
34) Learn to play chess - completed
35) Fly a trapeze - completed
36) See Rick Springfield in concert
37) Fly over the Grand Canyon - completed
38) Watch all of the James Dean films - completed
39) Cook with a celebrity chef
40) Go to the Grand Prix