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I think that I may have the wrong place here, yet “share your work” didn’t seem appropriate.
I just finished my latest and grea… ah, who am I kidding. I just finished my second book (first one went to PA, long story, didn’t know, trying to “write a better book”) and have began the process of reviewing publishers that are currently accepting MSs.
All of them require a synopsis of the book, broken down in chapters. Here is my problem; I finished this morning, and I ended up with 12 pages of single spaced “short” breakdown of each chapter. Well over 5,000 words to depict a 149,000 word book. Does this sound reasonable? I kind of expected a shorter synopsis… and I could very well be spending too much time describing a few of the chapters in an effort to not let anything slip by unannounced.
Oh, yeah… if there any of you out there that might be interested in mentoring me… or my MS, please let me know. It is a fantasy/fiction, and I am interested in having someone who enjoys reading, to read it for enjoyment. Or to check it for structural problems and what-not, but really to see if it is something a person might enjoy reading.
But the main reason that I am here today is to find out what is the common length for a synopsis.
Sorry so long winded, I will let you all go now.
I just finished my latest and grea… ah, who am I kidding. I just finished my second book (first one went to PA, long story, didn’t know, trying to “write a better book”) and have began the process of reviewing publishers that are currently accepting MSs.
All of them require a synopsis of the book, broken down in chapters. Here is my problem; I finished this morning, and I ended up with 12 pages of single spaced “short” breakdown of each chapter. Well over 5,000 words to depict a 149,000 word book. Does this sound reasonable? I kind of expected a shorter synopsis… and I could very well be spending too much time describing a few of the chapters in an effort to not let anything slip by unannounced.
Oh, yeah… if there any of you out there that might be interested in mentoring me… or my MS, please let me know. It is a fantasy/fiction, and I am interested in having someone who enjoys reading, to read it for enjoyment. Or to check it for structural problems and what-not, but really to see if it is something a person might enjoy reading.
But the main reason that I am here today is to find out what is the common length for a synopsis.
Sorry so long winded, I will let you all go now.
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