Re: Synopses, again
MadScientistMatt: The correct format is whatever the person you are sending the synopsis to says is the correct format.
Yes, which is why I looked all over the Baen website for something other than "send us a synopsis." No luck.
UJ: There isn't a standard for synopses.
That's what I was afraid of. Okay, I'll try it both ways, and see what looks better. The story is a pain to summarize either way--it's sort of a braid format, with three plot lines that start out near each other, go off in different directions for most of the book, and end up in the same place for the climax with each one being integral to the solution for the rest. That makes 'scene by scene' easiest to write, but not necessarily the most informative to read. Dammit, if it took less than 95,000 words to say coherently, I would have said it in less than 95,000 words the first time.
Thanks for the quick response.