As we close the posts on the Two Page Synopsis I’ll show you how you can expand a couple of other sections so that you can do the same for the remaining points and complete your Two Pager on your own.
Last time, we expanded our Heroine’s backstory and internal conflict, which gave an example of [...]
In this post we’re continuing with our series about writing a synopsis. If you’re joining us for the first time you might want to have a look at the previous posts (found on the Series Page). In those we’ve seen that by condensing the essence of our novel into something small (the fifty word High [...]
Today we’re continuing with our ten point implementation of the requirements for a character-based synopsis. These are:
The hook
The heroine, her backstory, and internal conflict
The hero, his backstory and internal conflict
The external conflict
First stage co-operation
Intimacy
Reversion
Second stage co-operation
Black moment
Resolution
Last time, we tackled points one through three. If you’ve missed out on the journey so far, it’s not too [...]
A mistake many writers make is imagining that a synopsis is merely a summary of their story. It’s one of the aspects, sure, but it’s far more than that. A synopsis is actually a marketing tool, and if you adjust your mindset to think of it that way then the whole thing becomes a lot [...]
If you’ve followed this blog series and done the exercises, you should now have the fifty word “High Concept” heart of your novel, the first part of your back-of-the-book blurb–covering the four aspects a reader would expect to be there–and the second part where you analyze those aspects from the perspective of a buyer.
Today we’re moving to the [...]
Continue reading about Your Novel–In Four Paragraphs Or Less (Aspect 3)
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