Firstly, let me just say hello, and wave politely to you all. *waves* I may pop in to introduce myself in the proper manner a little later, but as of right now, I'm in a bit of a rush.
So here is my quandary, and if anybody can help, that would be terrific.
I just finished my third and final draft and coming in at around 200,000 words, boiling this down into a 2-3 page synopsis is proving to be a nightmare. Not to mention the storylines and characters. I have looked around and have gleaned a pretty clear picture of what should be in my synopsis, so no worries on that front. I'm just wondering how brutal I should be when it comes to cutting it down to central points. Obviously, I won't worry about subplots in the synopsis, except where absolutely vital, but how do I approach a synopsis for several significant, central protagonists? I would say, on the face of it, I have three characters that I would call integral, though of course, I do have the one main character around whom the entire world revolves. Do I just not worry about them, and let their stories come out if I can get the agent past my synopsis? With a story of 200,000 words, when an agent asks for a synopsis, what is the generally accepted or preferred page count? I think that about covers it, so again, thanks for any feedback.
So here is my quandary, and if anybody can help, that would be terrific.
I just finished my third and final draft and coming in at around 200,000 words, boiling this down into a 2-3 page synopsis is proving to be a nightmare. Not to mention the storylines and characters. I have looked around and have gleaned a pretty clear picture of what should be in my synopsis, so no worries on that front. I'm just wondering how brutal I should be when it comes to cutting it down to central points. Obviously, I won't worry about subplots in the synopsis, except where absolutely vital, but how do I approach a synopsis for several significant, central protagonists? I would say, on the face of it, I have three characters that I would call integral, though of course, I do have the one main character around whom the entire world revolves. Do I just not worry about them, and let their stories come out if I can get the agent past my synopsis? With a story of 200,000 words, when an agent asks for a synopsis, what is the generally accepted or preferred page count? I think that about covers it, so again, thanks for any feedback.
